{"id":23,"date":"2013-05-01T18:59:11","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T18:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2018-09-28T19:50:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-28T19:50:55","slug":"life-science","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/by-broad-concept\/life-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.2.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Life Science<\/h1>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.2.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>Lessons<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Food Chains and Webs\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/food-chains-and-webs\/\">Food Chains and Webs<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Activity: Linking the Chain\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/make-the-connection-food-chains-and-webs\/activity-linking-the-chain\/\">Activity: Linking the Chain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Food Web II\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/food-web-ii\/\">Food Web II<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Activity: Who\u2019s Hungry?\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/whos-eating-whom\/activity-whos-hungry\/\">Activity: Who\u2019s Hungry?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fish Identification\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/fish-indentification\/\">Fish Identification<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Activity: Can I See Some ID Please? How to Identify Fish\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/a-fishs-life\/activity-can-i-see-some-id-please-how-to-identify-fish\/\">Activity: Can I See Some ID Please? How to Identify Fish<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Fish Life Cycle\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/fish-life-cycle\/\">Fish Life Cycle<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Activity: Diagraming the Fish Life Cycle\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/a-fishs-life\/activity-diagraming-the-fish-life-cycle\/\">Activity: Drawing the Fish Life Cycle<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Predicting Smelt Runs\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/predicting-smelt-runs\/\">Predicting Smelt Runs<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Activity: Predicting Smelt Runs\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/predicting-smelt-runs\/activity-predicting-smelt-runs\/\">Activity: Predicting Smelt Runs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Searching For Steelhead\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/searching-for-steelhead\/\">Searching For Steelhead<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Activity: Find the Break! Searching for Steelhead\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/searching-for-steelhead-following-the-fish\/activity-find-the-break-searching-for-steelhead\/\">Activity: Find the Break! Searching for Steelhead<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Habitat Restoration\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/habitat-restoration\/\">Habitat Restoration<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Activity: Designing Habitat for Sturgeon\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/bringing-sturgeon-back-habitat-restoration\/activity-designing-habitat-for-sturgeon\/\">Activity: Designing Habitat for Sturgeon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Invasive Species\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/invasive-species\/\">Invasive Species<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Activity: Great Lakes Most Unwanted\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/invasion-great-lakes-invasive-species\/activity-great-lakes-most-unwanted\/\">Activity: Great Lakes Most Unwanted<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Sea Lamprey\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/sea-lamprey\/\">Sea Lamprey<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Activity: Break the Barriers\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/sea-lamprey-in-the-great-lakes\/activity-break-the-barriers\/\">Activity: Break the Barriers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Survival Game\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/survival-game\/\">Survival Game<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Activity: Ruffe Musical Chairs\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/survival-game-when-invasives-move-in\/activity-ruffe-musical-chairs\/\">Activity: Ruffe Musical Chairs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Restoring Marshes\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/restoring-marshes\/\">Restoring Marshes<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Activity: Writing Hypotheses: Battle for the Marsh\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/save-the-wetlands-restoration-of-great-lakes-marshes\/activity-writing-hypotheses-battle-for-the-marsh\/\">Activity: Writing Hypotheses<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.2.2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>Data Sets<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Lake Michigan Fish Community Data Set\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/data-sets\/lake-michigan-fish-community-data-set\/\">Lake Michigan Fish Community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Types of Plankton in the Great Lakes\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/data-sets\/types-of-plankton-in-the-great-lakes\/\">Types of Plankton in the Great Lakes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Where in Lake Michigan Does Plankton Live?\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/data-sets\/where-in-lake-michigan-does-plankton-live\/\">Where in Lake Michigan Does Plankton Live?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Scuds and Mussels\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/data-sets\/scuds-and-mussels\/\">Scuds and Mussels<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Hitchhikers: No Ballast on Board (NOBOB)\" href=\"\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/data-sets\/hitchhikers-no-ballast-on-board-nobob\/\">Hitchhikers: No Ballast on Board<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> 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. <div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> Lessons Food Chains and Webs Activity: Linking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":1075,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/files\/2013\/05\/zebra-overtaking-native-mussel-DSCN4894.jpg\"><img class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1092\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/files\/2013\/05\/zebra-overtaking-native-mussel-DSCN4894.jpg\" alt=\"zebra-overtaking-native-mussel-DSCN4894\" width=\"349\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a>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.<\/p><h2>Lessons<\/h2><ul><li><a title=\"Food Chains and Webs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/food-chains-and-webs\/\">Food Chains and Webs<\/a><ul><li><a title=\"Activity: Linking the Chain\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/make-the-connection-food-chains-and-webs\/activity-linking-the-chain\/\">Activity: Linking the Chain<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a title=\"Food Web II\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/food-web-ii\/\">Food Web II<\/a><ul><li><a title=\"Activity: Who\u2019s Hungry?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/whos-eating-whom\/activity-whos-hungry\/\">Activity: Who\u2019s Hungry?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a title=\"Fish Identification\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/fish-indentification\/\">Fish Identification<\/a><ul><li><a title=\"Activity: Can I See Some ID Please? How to Identify Fish\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/a-fishs-life\/activity-can-i-see-some-id-please-how-to-identify-fish\/\">Activity: Can I See Some ID Please? How to Identify Fish<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a title=\"Fish Life Cycle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/fish-life-cycle\/\">Fish Life Cycle<\/a><ul><li><a title=\"Activity: Diagraming the Fish Life Cycle\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/a-fishs-life\/activity-diagraming-the-fish-life-cycle\/\">Activity: Drawing the Fish Life Cycle<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a title=\"Predicting Smelt Runs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/predicting-smelt-runs\/\">Predicting Smelt Runs<\/a><ul><li><a title=\"Activity: Predicting Smelt Runs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/predicting-smelt-runs\/activity-predicting-smelt-runs\/\">Activity: Predicting Smelt Runs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a title=\"Searching For Steelhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/searching-for-steelhead\/\">Searching For Steelhead<\/a><ul><li><a title=\"Activity: Find the Break! Searching for Steelhead\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/searching-for-steelhead-following-the-fish\/activity-find-the-break-searching-for-steelhead\/\">Activity: Find the Break! Searching for Steelhead<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a title=\"Habitat Restoration\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/habitat-restoration\/\">Habitat Restoration<\/a><ul><li><a title=\"Activity: Designing Habitat for Sturgeon\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/bringing-sturgeon-back-habitat-restoration\/activity-designing-habitat-for-sturgeon\/\">Activity: Designing Habitat for Sturgeon<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a title=\"Invasive Species\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/invasive-species\/\">Invasive Species<\/a><ul><li><a title=\"Activity: Great Lakes Most Unwanted\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/invasion-great-lakes-invasive-species\/activity-great-lakes-most-unwanted\/\">Activity: Great Lakes Most Unwanted<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a title=\"Sea Lamprey\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/sea-lamprey\/\">Sea Lamprey<\/a><ul><li><a title=\"Activity: Break the Barriers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/sea-lamprey-in-the-great-lakes\/activity-break-the-barriers\/\">Activity: Break the Barriers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a title=\"Survival Game\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/survival-game\/\">Survival Game<\/a><ul><li><a title=\"Activity: Ruffe Musical Chairs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/survival-game-when-invasives-move-in\/activity-ruffe-musical-chairs\/\">Activity: Ruffe Musical Chairs<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a title=\"Restoring Marshes\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganseagrant.org\/lessons\/lessons\/life-science\/restoring-marshes\/\">Restoring Marshes<\/a><ul><li><a title=\"Activity: Writing Hypotheses: Battle for the Marsh\" 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