ERIC Number: ED460821
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995
Reference Count: N/A
Great Lakes Instructional Materials for the Changing Earth System: An Earth Systems Education Effort of the Ohio Sea Grant College Program and the Ohio State University.
Miller, Heidi, Ed.; Sheaffer, Amy, Ed.
This activity book was developed because of the importance of understanding both our water resources and the impact of global change. The materials in this set were designed to use current data and information access skills, offer productive collaboration experiences, and provide critical science decision-making opportunities. Activities are grouped into the following categories: Great Lakes in perspective, global climate change, Great Lakes climate factors, visualizing changes in the Earth system, biodiversity: bird populations, biodiversity: forest ecosystems, biodiversity: nonindigenous species, biodiversity: Great Lakes fish, life support for an aging lake, estuary values and changes, toxic chemicals and global change, agriculture and climate change, Great Lakes shipping and lowered lake levels, recreation: where will we play?, and environmental response. (MKR)
Descriptors: Earth Science, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Global Approach, Learning Activities, Marine Education, Oceanography, Science Activities, Water Resources
Ohio Sea Grant Publications, The Ohio State University, 1314 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212-1194 ($3).
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Sponsor: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC), Rockville, MD. National Sea Grant Program.; George Gund Foundation, Cleveland, OH.
Authoring Institution: Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Ohio Sea Grant Program.