We’ve compiled a list of online resources that we hope you’ll find useful. We will add to and update these links frequently. If you know of others that should be included, please let us know by sending an e-mail to Adams.Jacqueline@epa.gov. Please note that GLEAMS is not responsible for the content contained in these links.
The Bridge is an on-line marine and freshwater sciences resource center. Visit the Bridge at www.vims.edu/bridge/.
Sea Grant has programs in all of the Great Lakes states. You can find information and resources at:
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
www.iisgcp.org/
Lake Champlain
www.uvm.edu/~seagrant/
Michigan Sea Grant
www.miseagrant.umich.edu
Minnesota Sea Grant
www.seagrant.umn.edu/
Ohio Sea Grant
www.ohioseagrant.osu.edu
Pennsylvania Sea Grant
www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/seagindex.htm
Wisconsin Sea Grant
www.seagrant.wisc.edu/index.asp
You can also find Great Lakes focused information and resources at the Great Lakes Information Network (GLIN): www.great-lakes.net/.
COSEE Great Lakes offers teacher education workshops in all Great Lakes states and aboard the R/V Lake Guardian. COSEE also supports student group scholarships and training for scientists who wish to work with educators.
Then visit T.E.A.C.H. The Education and Curriculum Homesite of GLIN to find Great Lakes-related educational materials for educators and students: www.great-lakes.net/teach/about/.
Decision Making for the Great Lakes is an internet site about Great Lakes topics for high school classes. The site features a structured decision making approach called PrOACT, with steps of:
Problem definition
Objectives for the outcome
Alternatives
Consequences of selecting the alternatives
Tradeoffs in reaching a conclusion