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MSU Extension Publication Archive Archive copy of publication, do not use for current recommendations. Up-to-date information about many topics can be obtained from your local Extension office. The Life of the Lakes, A Guide to Great Lakes Fishery Education Materials Michigan State University Extension Service Shari L. Dann, Ph.D., Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Issued September 1994 84 pages The PDF file was provided courtesy of the Michigan State University Library Scroll down to view the publication. A//i vx THE LIFE sun ;-*A^#*^H: : : £££3 ^ v ^.4 ^ •-:.•:•:.•.- .•-•-•• U : •&$N- THE LAKES vitU A Guide to Great Lakes Fishery Education Materials £E> • • V'*1]f|i:8»,s„ -r: «« < The world's greatest •.iiij^ia^a^esi-ii freshwater fishery. Michigan Sea Grant Extension WB$T% Michigan State University mjM ^0St>&*^ The Life of the Lakes A Guide to Great Lakes Fishery Education Materials Shari L. Dann, Ph.D. Department of Fisheries & Wildlife Michigan State University The Life of the Lakes "Z*^~ *^v Acknowledgements Production of this guide was made possible by a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Washington, DC. Author: Shari L. Dann, Ph.D. Reviewers: Jody Kubitz Department of Fisheries Michaela Zint & Wildlife Department of Fisheries Michigan State University & Wildlife Michigan State University Graphic Design: Ken Dettmer Graphicom Carol Allaire Walter Hoagman Graphic Art: Jody Kubitz Ron Kinnunen Department of Fisheries Jim Lucas & Wildlife John McKinney Michigan State University Chuck Pistis Steve Stewart Illustrations: Ned Fogle, Ph.D. Michigan Sea Grant Fisheries Division College Program Michigan Department of Natural Resources Rosanne Former Ohio Sea Grant College Program Carol Allaire Michigan Sea Grant Sally DeRoo College Program Plymouth Public Schools Todd Buck Plymouth, MI Instructional Media Center Lisa Dzierwa Michigan State University Cherry Knoll School Traverse City, MI Research: Three activities are updated and revised from the curriculum Denise Seipke Investigating the Great Lakes Greening of Detroit Environment: Unit 2, Great Lakes Detroit, MI Fishing in Transition (by Nowak, P., L. Lin and W Stapp. 1983. Steve Piersma MICHU-SG-83^00. Michigan Grand Haven Public Schools Sea Grant College Program, Grand Haven, MI Ann Arbor, MI.) Alan Crook Editing: Carol Y. Swinehart Ontario Ministry of Natural Michigan Sea Grant Resources Extension Jon Stanley Tom Mitchell Dave Walsh Outreach Communications Michael Hansen Michigan State University National Biological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior Typing: Julie Detwiler Ann Arbor, MI Vernie Nichols -=Sfc 2 ~^ The Life of the Lakes The Life of the Lakes A Guide to Great Lakes fishery Education Materials Table of Contents Introduction: Purpose of the Guide 4 Teaching About Great Lakes Fisheries 5 Pre- or Post-Video Short Activities and Activities Using Great Lakes Fisheries Map/Posters 7 Great Lakes Fisheries: The Present 8 Great Lakes Fisheries: The Past (Post-Glacial Times to 1950s) 9 Great Lakes Fisheries: The Recent Past (1960s to Present) 10 Great Lakes Fisheries: The Future 11 Activities: Where Have all the Lake Trout Gone? 13 Fisheries Careers Scavenger Hunt 23 Swimming Through Time: Great Lakes Fisheries Timeline 25 Contaminants in Great Lakes Fishes 27 Great Lakes Fisheries and the Economy 33 Great Lakes Food Web 39 Species Profiles 41 Taxonomy of Benthic Life in the Great Lakes 61 Taxonomy of Phytoplankton 62 Taxonomy of Zooplankton 63 Additional Overhead/Handout Masters: Aquatic Life in the Great Lakes 65 Great Lakes Ecology and Food Web 66 Fish Production and Fisheries Science and Management 67 Pyramid of Biomass and Biomagnification in the Great Lakes 68 Historic and Commercial Fishing Nets in the Great Lakes 69 Commercial Fisheries in the Great Lakes 71 Sportfishing in the Great Lakes: Where It Occurs 72 Sportfishing in the Great Lakes: What Species Anglers Prefer 73 Contaminant Trends in Lake Michigan Bloaters 74 Curriculum Materials Related to Great Lakes Fisheries or Aquatic Sciences 75 References for Stories and Legends About the Great Lakes 76 Videos About Fisheries 76 Other Educational Opportunities 77 Project WET, Aquatic Project WILD, and Aquatic Resource Education Contacts in the Great Lakes Region 78 Environmental Education Organizations in the Great Lakes Region 80 The Life of the Lakes ~^^ '^Z 3 Introduction: Purpose of the Guide This guide is designed for educators working Resources Bldg., Michigan State University, East with youth ages 12-18 (middle school and high Lansing, MI 48824, (517) 353-9568. school youths). The activities, curriculum materials, This guide for educators is divided into several concepts, discussion questions and teaching ideas sections. First, a Curriculum Framework outlines are appropriate for middle school and high school key concepts an educator might teach using the settings, and for nonformal youth education settings topic of Great Lakes fisheries. This framework is such as 4-H clubs, other youth organizations, intended as a general guide, since many areas camps, and nature centers. Classroom teachers as within the Great Lakes basin have their own, more well as youth organization volunteers will find a specific frameworks for teaching science, social great variety of resources and ideas in this guide. studies and /or environmental education. Educators will be able to adapt activities and Next, a discussion guide is presented to help the discussion ideas to their audience's age level and educator using the video "The Life of the Lakes." their educational setting. Many activities are This guide is divided into several sections to designed for cooperative learning by groups of provide ideas for discussing the past, present and youths. In addition, there are many ideas for future of Great Lakes fisheries. independent research/learning projects which might occur over longer periods than the typical Six activities are provided in this guide to class or club meeting. Educators should feel free to accompany "The Life of the Lakes" video and use this guide as a "smorgasbord" of teaching ideas map/posters. These activities do not duplicate the — pick and choose those activities that are most wealth of existing, high quality educational meaningful for the audience, and sequence them in materials available. Three activities are updated whatever way they wish. and revised from the curriculum Investigating the Great Lakes Environment: Unit 2, Great Lakes This guide is part of a multi-media educational Fishing in Transition (by Nowak, P., L. Lin and W. package. Other components of this package include: Stapp. 1983. MICHU-SG-83^00. Michigan Sea Grant College Program, Ann Arbor, MI.) VT-044, The Life of the Lakes: The Great Lakes Fishery ($25.00) A set of overhead masters is also part of this guide. These are based on graphics found in the A 55-minute broadcast-quality video program publication "The Life of the Lakes: A Guide to the that portrays the Great Lakes fishery today, Great Lakes Fishery." Ideas for their use are found describes how it has changed since the Great throughout this guide. Lakes were formed, and presents the challenges the fishery faces in the future. Finally, a wealth of teaching materials and specif ic educational contacts are listed. These should E-2440, The Life of the Lakes: A Guide to the guide educators toward valuable, existing resources Great Lakes Fishery ($7.50) of particular interest. A booklet with clear, interesting graphics that provides comprehensive background informa SPECIAL NOTE: One of the narrators of the tion to supplement the concepts presented in video "The Life of the Lakes: The Great Lakes the video. The booklet is packaged with three Fishery" is Dr. Sylvia Earle, internationally poster-sized inserts - one presenting a renowned scientist and spokesperson on behalf of timeline of the history of the Great Lakes the world's waters. (Dr. Earle is mentioned as a role fishery, another listing all the fish species model in Michigan Essential Goals and Objectives found in the lakes and their tributaries, and a for Science Education K-12.) Dr. Earle is a marine map of the Great Lakes basin. biologist, underwater explorer, and former chief sci E-2442-2447, The Life of the Lakes: Posters entist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ($1.50 each) Administration (NO A A). Dr. Earle holds the world A set of six posters - featuring maps of each record for a solo deep ocean dive to 3,000 ft. that lake and one of the Great Lakes basin, text was completed in a one-person submersible vessel. describing various aspects of the fishery and Her most recent goal is to reach the greatest ocean illustrations of some Great Lakes fishes. depths using new technologies she is helping to design. She has discovered and catalogued To order additional copies of these materials, previously unknown ocean life and has a sea urchin contact: Michigan Sea Grant Extension, 334 Natural (Diadema sylvie) and an underwater plant (Pilina 4 ~: The Life of the Lakes earli) named after her. Youth might enjoy using History of Women in Science for Young People, by magazines and other references to research her Vivian Sheldon Epstein. VSE Publisher, 212 South work and the work of other prominent aquatic Dexter St., Denver, CO 80222. scientists. References to consult include: Dr. Sylvia Earle: NOAA's Chief Scientist Fueled by Champion of the Deep: Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, the Possibility of Discovery, by Cathie Cush, by Peggy Orenstein, New York Times Magazine, Underwater USA, June 1991. June 23,1991. Teaching About Great Lakes Fisheries The materials provided in this publication were additional activities to reinforce these concepts with designed to provide teaching outlines/plans for a your youth. two-week thematic unit about Great Lakes fisheries 2. Using the information presented in this for middle school or high school youth. Within this curriculum package, adapt activities from Project publication are six activities, and the video is WILD-Aquatic or other curricula with Great Lakes segmented into four sections for ease of specific information.