Learning Across Five Lakes and Two Peninsulas
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Video segment from 3rd – 12th grade series On Location With the Michigan Learning Channel
Videos that Explore Michigan
- Superior SalamandersLesson 2207
Superior Salamanders
Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th GradeThis lesson will explore the phenomenon of salamander migration — across a main road — in Presque Isle Park near Lake Superior and the efforts to protect the p…
- The Great Lakes “Vampire”Lesson 2206
The Great Lakes “Vampire”
Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th GradeThis lesson will explore the phenomenon of invasive species in the Great Lakes, specifically the sea lamprey, to help students learn how predator-prey relation…
- The Cost of Drinking WaterLesson 2205
The Cost of Drinking Water
Exploring MichiganScience6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th GradeBased on an independent project by the Great Lakes News Collaborative to better understand the real cost of water, this lesson will explore the costs associate…
- Virtual Field Trip: (Ship)Wrecks Within Reach
Virtual Field Trip: (Ship)Wrecks Within Reach
Exploring MichiganScienceVirtual Field Trips6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th - 12th GradeThe Great Lakes only national marine sanctuary brings underwater history up close. Whether you’re in a glass-bottomed boat, looking down from a kayak, or divin…
- Virtual Field Trip: Floating Habitats
Virtual Field Trip: Floating Habitats
Exploring MichiganScienceVirtual Field Trips6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th - 12th GradeA partnership of the John G. Shedd Aquarium’s Kayak for Conservation program and the Urban Rivers organization has created new “floating” islands to replace th…
- Virtual Field Trip: Microplastics in the Lakes
Virtual Field Trip: Microplastics in the Lakes
Exploring MichiganScienceVirtual Field Trips6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th - 12th GradeDid you know that over 10,000 tons of plastics enters the Great Lakes every year? Researchers in New York have been looking into plastics pollution in the Grea…
- Virtual Field Trip: Lead-Poisoned Eagle
Virtual Field Trip: Lead-Poisoned Eagle
Exploring MichiganScienceVirtual Field Trips6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th - 12th GradeA bald eagle was spotted acting unusual. It turns out that it had severe lead poisoning. Lead poisoning for eagles seems to be more of a consequence of coexist…
- Virtual Field Trip: Algae
Virtual Field Trip: Algae
Exploring MichiganScienceVirtual Field Trips6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th - 12th GradeAlgae is so important to our region, but when algae grows extremely fast it's called a bloom. Most of the time they are harmless, but sometimes they can make t…