CONNECT EXPLORE INVESTIGATE SYNTHESIZE Great Lakes in My World 9-12 Alliance for the Great Lakes, Chicago 60602 © 2012 by the Alliance for the Great Lakes All rights reserved. Published 2012 Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ISBN: 0-9770212-2-X The Alliance for the Great Lakes gratefully acknowledges support for this project from: Anne and Stephen Bent Rockwell Automation Connie and Dennis Keller Dr. Scholl Foundation The Siragusa Foundation Gravity Tank A Great Lakes educator’s guide with 66 Great Lakes Creature Cards and an accompanying USB flash drive with supplemental materials This book is printed on totally chlorine free, recycled paper using soy inks. Great Lakes in My World was funded in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through grant number NE 96545101 with Alliance for the Great Lakes. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. ©2012 by the Alliance for the Great Lakes. All rights reserved. This publication may be reproduced and distributed to students in whole or in part without permission, as long as such reproduction is for non-commercial or non-profit educational purposes, and the Alliance for the Great Lakes is credited with any use. For wider distribution, please contact the Alliance for the Great Lakes for special permission at [email protected] Formed in 1970, the Alliance for the Great Lakes (formerly the Lake Michigan Federation) is the oldest independent citizens’ organization in North America. Our mission is to conserve and restore the world’s largest freshwater resource using policy, education and local efforts, ensuring a healthy Great Lakes and clean water for generations of people and wildlife. Staff Board of Directors Great Lakes in My World 9-12 Joel Brammeier Jack Bails Katie Larson PRESIDENT & CEO CHAIRMAN Stephanie Smith Todd Brennan Kate Bartter PROJECT CoordinatorS WISCONSIN OUTREACH COORDINATOR VICE CHAIRWOMAN, POLICY Katie Larson Susan Campbell William Jefferson Black Stephanie Smith COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER Frances Canonizado VICE CHAIRMAN, DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM DEVELOPERS OUTREACH MANAGER Tina Rongers Jessica Tobacman Jamie Cross SecretarY EDITOR ADOPT-A-BEACH MANAGER Sue Conatser Dina Benes Nate Drag TREASURER Barbara Lea NEW YORK OUTREACH coordinator Joel Brammeier Deena Zaiff Judy Freed PRESIDENT & CEO PROJECT Assistants MARKETING DIRECTOR Jim Ridgway Robert Zolna Rebecca LaGesse EX OFFICIO [email protected] dataBASE SPECIALIST Troy Lair Lisa Yee-Litzenberg Moritsugu Kariya ANNUAL GIVING coordinator EX OFFICIO [email protected] Angela Larsen Gary Ballesteros DESIGNERS COASTAL PROGRAM MANAGER Paul Botts Sara Jenner Katie Larson Matthew Brett [email protected] Education COORDINATOR Jonathan Cooper creature CARD ILLustrator Michelle Liebetreu Patricia Ninham Hoeft GRANT MANAGER David Keller Sam Lovall Deborah Loeser SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN OUTREACH coordinator Hyle Lowry Larry MacDonald OHIO OUTREACH coordinator Ted Martin Olga Lyandres Susan MiHalo RESEARCH MANAGER Jo-Elle Mogerman Bettina Marshall Joy Mulinex OFFICE MANAGER, CHICAGO Buzz Patterson Carolyn Scholz Mark Shadle INDIVIDUAL PHILANTHROPY DIRECTOR Bill Sheldrake Jonah Smith Joyce Solberg sustainaBLE BUSINESS DIRECTOR Stephanie Smith Unmi Song VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS Bob Taft Janet Taylor Lee Botts ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, GRAND HAVEN OFFICE EMERITUS Jared Teutsch Henry T. Chandler water POLICY ADVocate EMERITUS Lyman C. Welch James Griffith Water QUALITY DIRECTOR EMERITUS For general inquiries, contact the Alliance for the Great Lakes at: For inquiries regarding the curriculum, e-mail or call: [email protected] or 312-939-0838 [email protected] or 312-939-0838 [email protected] or 616-850-0745 2 Alliance for the Great Lakes | Great Lakes in My World | 9-12 V 1.0 Alliance for the Great Lakes | Great Lakes in My World | 9-12 Introduction When we think of the Great Lakes, a lot of us think of home. Indeed, the first thing many of us learned in school about the Great Lakes was that we could remember the names of these vast, magnificent natural treasures by their mnemonic: Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, Superior. For those of us who work, play and live in the region, the Great Lakes are HOME. They provide a place for family getaways to local beaches and parks. They provide jobs. They provide drinking water. And, often overlooked for education purposes, they provide an example of how natural systems can both thrive and struggle depending on human decisions and actions. Today’s high school students are the next generation of scientists, engineers, educators, advocates, professionals, parents, problem-solvers . and more. This curriculum uses the Great Lakes as the starting point for teaching and learning while emphasizing hands-on, inquiry-based, real-world experiences. The intent of the Great Lakes in My World 9-12 curriculum is to give students a meaningful way to learn scientific, geographic and research skills while learning about the Great Lakes – a rich, living ecosystem in its own right, and a cherished resource that defines our lives and, yes, our home. We hope that the Great Lakes in My World 9-12 curriculum will motivate you and your students to engage in meaningful learning about the natural world in a way that makes it personally relevant and exciting, and that lays the groundwork for a lifetime of learning about this wonderful corner of the world we inhabit. Happy teaching, Katie Larson EDUCATION COORDINATOR Acknowledgements We thank the following educators for lending their expertise to We thank the following for their research and technical review of the field-testing, evaluating and advising of this curriculum: this curriculum: Becky Corrigan, Lincoln Park High School, Chicago, IL Joel Brammeier, Alliance for the Great Lakes, Chicago, IL Mia De Santis, Northside College Prep High School, Chicago, IL Todd Brennan, Alliance for the Great Lakes, Milwaukee, WI Jacqueline DiLorenzo, Bogan High School, Chicago, IL Abby Crisostomo, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL Marie Doherty, South Park Elementary, Deerfield, IL Catherine Game, WRD Environmental, Chicago, IL Leslie Dorworth, IL-IN SeaGrant, Hammond, IN Randy Knutson, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, National Park Cheryl Dudek, King College Prep High School, Chicago, IL Service, Porter, IN Mike Everett, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Angela Larsen, Alliance for the Great Lakes, Chicago, IL Cheryl Feigenbaum, Reinberg School, Chicago, IL Chloe Lawson, DePaul University, Chicago, IL Jennifer Fleck, Gage Park High School, Chicago, IL Olga Lyandres, Alliance of the Great Lakes, Chicago, IL Erica Flounders, Lyons Township High School, LaGrange, IL Dan Mason, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, National Park Karla Hammond, Pennfield High School, Battle Creek, MI Service, Porter, IN Aimee Kalisz, Friends of the Rogue, Dearborn, MI Samantha Mattone, WRD Environmental, Chicago, IL Lindsay Knippenberg, NOAA Office of Education, Washington, DC Dan Milz, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL Sharon Kranz, Rosyln Road School, Barrington, IL Jared Teutsch, Alliance for the Great Lakes, Chicago, IL Mary Kultgen, Lakeshore Technical College, Sheboygan, WI Lyman Welch, Alliance for the Great Lakes, Chicago, IL Amanda Miracle, Hammond Academy of Science and Technology, Hammond, IN Sofia Momchilov, Carl Schurz High School, Chicago, IL We thank the following organizations for providing specimens for Nancy Ortega, Reinberg School, Chicago, IL Great Lakes Creature Card illustrations: Alicia Padilla, Walter S. Christopher School, Chicago, IL Sandy Sulita, St. Raymond School, Mt. Prospect, IL Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Herbarium, Porter, IN Theodora Vosnos, Northside College Prepatory High School, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Collections, Chicago, IL Chicago, IL Erin Wengerhoff, Algonquin Middle School, Des Plaines, IL Michelle O. Wrona, Lyons Township High School, La Grange, IL V 1.0 Alliance for the Great Lakes | Great Lakes in My World | 9-12 3 This Kit Includes: 1 { LESSON } CONNECT name> 1 Coastal Journey { LESSON } STUDENT PAGE Students explore Great Lakes coastal habitats through imagery, « Coastal Journey » narrative writing and comparing different coastal habitats. OBJECTIVES background vocabulary Visualize different Represent one habitat Write a descriptive Compare and contrast The Great Lakes coastal zone encompasses some of the most diverse and productive Great Lakes habitats with a diagram narrative of a journey two or more Great Lakes abiotic riparian habitats in the region. Dramatic sand dunes, and lush grasslands and forests through a coastal habitat habitats beach river characterize some of the unique habitats found in the riparian zone, or along the using imagery biotic sand dune Great Lakes shoreline. bog savanna ecosystem swale Coastal habitats are the environments in which populations of flora and fauna live SUB JEC T V O CABU LAR Y MATERIALS TIME/DURATION emergent marsh swamp and meet their needs. The Great Lakes coastal ecosystem consists of a variety of Language Arts, abiotic drawing paper fauna wetland populations living in community and interacting with the non-living portions of the Environmental beach art materials 120 minutes fen Science biotic pencils flora region. In this lesson, you will discover different Great Lakes habitats