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Life Science

In these lessons, we focus on life sciences as they apply to the aquatic environment. For example, animal behavior, life cycles and food webs are explored as well as what is required for life and what happens to an ecosystem when invasive species arrive.

Lessons

  • Food Chains and Webs
    • Activity: Linking the Chain
  • Food Web II
    • Activity: Who’s Hungry?
  • Fish Identification
    • Activity: Can I See Some ID Please? How to Identify Fish
  • Fish Life Cycle
    • Activity: Drawing the Fish Life Cycle
  • Predicting Smelt Runs
    • Activity: Predicting Smelt Runs
  • Searching For Steelhead
    • Activity: Find the Break! Searching for Steelhead
  • Habitat Restoration
    • Activity: Designing Habitat for Sturgeon
  • Invasive Species
    • Activity: Great Lakes Most Unwanted
  • Sea Lamprey
    • Activity: Break the Barriers
  • Survival Game
    • Activity: Ruffe Musical Chairs
  • Restoring Marshes
    • Activity: Writing Hypotheses

Data Sets

  • Lake Michigan Fish Community
  • Types of Plankton in the Great Lakes
  • Where in Lake Michigan Does Plankton Live?
  • Scuds and Mussels
  • Hitchhikers: No Ballast on Board

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