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Cleanups planned for Coastweeks
The News-Messenger (9/2)
Ohio's 2008 Coastweeks observance will again focus on the preservation and protection of Lake Erie and its watershed through a variety of cleanup events along the shoreline and throughout its watershed.

Maritime Academy may hike maritime tuition up to 57%
Traverse City Record-Eagle (8/27)
Some of next year's students at the Great Lakes Maritime Academy could face tuition rate hikes of 50 percent or more.

Students build wind turbines
WTVG-TV Toledo (8/27)
Science students at Clay high school will soon have a way to measure the wind and how much power it can produce. This grant-funded project will provide data on how well turbines produce power in the changeable wind environment near the lake.

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Alien Invaders: A zebra mussel issue investigationfree sample lesson
Grade level: 9-12Date:  1995Program cost:  $12.00
Description: An interdisciplinary case study focused on zebra mussels and designed to educate students about the potential dangers of invading exotic species and the importance of preserving native ecosystems.
 
Bell Live! The Great Lakes: A Superior Adventurefree sample lesson
Grade level: 4-8Date:  2000Program cost:  $30.00
Description: Bell Live is a virtual field trip to Lake Superior, accompanied by demonstrations and experiments. The curriculum is divided into four sections each providing a variety of activities and experiments related to that topic, and backed up by on-line information and activities.
 
Biological Control of Purple Loosestrifefree sample lesson
Grade level: 9-12Date:  2001Program cost:  $8.00
Description: This program gives students a practical application of invasive species management focusing on Purple Loosestrife. Students assess the plant diversity in an infested wetland, raise and apply beetles in a marsh as a control agent, and monitor the results.
 
Caring for Planet Earth: The Great Lakes (Volume 1)free sample lesson
Grade level: 3-12Date:  1997Program cost:  $0.00
Description: A game-based, interactive CD-ROM program takes learners on a journey of discovery through the Great Lakes. It is designed to strengthen decision-making and problem-solving skills as well as to promote an understanding of the Great Lakes.
 
Environmental Rediscoveries (Schoolship)free sample lesson
Grade level: 7Date:  2000Program cost:  $0.00
Description: Students have the opportunity to become "sailors and scientists" for a day, learning about the ecosystem of Presque Isle Bay, Lake Erie. On board, students operate sampling equipment, and then return shoreside to analyze their samples.
 

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