WSST Presentation March 2014

1. Come Aboard!
WSST Appleton, Wisconsin 2014

2. What is an acronym for the names of the
Great Lakes?
H – HURON
O - ONTARIO
M – MICHIGAN
E – ERIE
S - SUPERIOR

3. In which lake did the famous, “Edmund
Fitzgerald” sink?
Superior

4. Great Lakes Questions
Name the Great Lakes in
Order from West to East.
Superior – Michigan – Huron – Erie - Ontario

5. Which is the deepest Lake? Shallowest?
Deepest – Lake Superior – 1332 feet
Shallowest – Lake Erie – 210 feet

6. How much of the Earth’s fresh water in
in the Great Lakes?
20%

7. How many US states and
Canadian Provinces border the
Lakes? Canada
Ontario
United States
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York

8. What percent of the Great Lakes was
covered in ice this season?
92.2%.

9. How many people visited the ice caves on
Lake Superior this season?
124,000

10. Climate change reports are noting that
the lakes are heating up, what changes
could this cause?
Less Ice Cover
Lower Water Levels
Increased evaporation rates
Heat waves
Algae growth
Impact of Invasive Species

11. How Big is a Crowd?
 Layout a map of the Great Lakes.
 Discover the impact of human population density on
fisheries.
Playing “How big is a Crowd?” with teachers in South Africa

13. Who is Sea Grant?
 Sea Grant's mission is to enhance the practical use and
conservation of coastal, marine and Great Lakes
resources in order to create a sustainable economy and
environment
 Environmental stewardship, long-term economic
development and responsible use of America’s coastal,
ocean and Great Lakes resources are at the heart of Sea
Grant’s mission.
 A network of 33 Sea Grant programs in the coastal US
States and territories carries out this mission through
research, extension and education activities.

14. Great Lakes Sea Grant
Illinois-Indiana: Lake Michigan
Michigan: Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, Lake
Superior
Minnesota: Lake Superior
New York: Lake Ontario and Lake Erie
Ohio: Lake Erie
Pennsylvania: Lake Erie
Wisconsin: Lake Superior and Lake Michigan

15. Great Lakes Literacy
A Great Lakes literate citizen:
• Understands the essential principles and
fundamental concepts about the
characteristics and functioning of the
Great Lakes
• Communicates accurately about the Great
Lakes’ influence on systems and people in and
beyond their watershed
• Can make informed and responsible
decisions regarding the Great Lakes and the
resources of their watershed

16. Great Lakes Literacy Principles
The Great Lakes, bodies of fresh water with many
features, are connected to each other and to the world
ocean.
Natural forces formed the Great Lakes; the lakes continue
to shape the features of their watershed.
The Great Lakes influence local and regional weather and
climate.
Water makes Earth habitable; fresh water sustains life on
land.
The Great Lakes support a broad diversity of life and
ecosystems.
The Great Lakes and humans in their watersheds are
inextricably interconnected.
Much remains to be learned about the Great Lakes.
The Great Lakes are socially, economically, and
environmentally significant to the region, the nation and
the planet.

17. Shipboard Science Workshop
Ready for adventure?
Join fellow teachers and
scientists for a 7 day
adventure aboard an EPA research
vessel on a Great Lakes.

18. R/V Lake Guardian
180 feet = 55 meters
Room for 40 people
Sponsored by
Sea Grant and
U.S EPA

19. Lake Superior – Teacher
and Scientist Workshop
Bridging the gap between scientist and teachers

20. Teachers and Scientists at Work

21. Retrieving the rosette
Plankton nets

22. The Tucker Trawl
The boat has two
laboratories where samples
are processed.

23. The Huffington Post | By Peter
Finocchiaro
Posted: 04/10/2013 3:52 pm EDT
"The massive production of
plastic and inadequate disposal
has made plastic debris an
important and constant pollutant
on beaches and in oceans around
the world," said Lorena M. Rios
Mendoza, a University of
Wisconsin-Superior scientist
researching the impact of such
pollution.

24. Hydrolab
Hydrolab work onboard
measuring
• depth
• pH
• dissolved oxygen
• temperature
• turbidity
• chlorophyll a
• conductivity
Our research team

25. Limno Loan Program
 Program is partnership between Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
and US EPA-GLNPO
 Hydrolab data sonde is loaned out to trained educators
during school year
 Students collect water quality data from local waterways
with actual equipment used by scientists in the field
S. Francis C. Byers

26. Limno Loan Program

27. Work with the Hydrolab
Bringing science and scientific research
alive for students!

29. Denis Sullivan

30. Sail the Denis Sullivan
•Up to 45 participants
•3 hour educational trip
•$750 if booked for next
year by March 31, 2014

31. Sharing scientific findings

33. Attack Pack
The Aquatic Invaders Attack Pack is a backpack filled with
materials to help teach students about Great Lakes aquatic
invasive species
Each pack includes:
 preserved specimens of aquatic invasive species
 fact sheets
 a classroom guide and a USB flash drive containing 10 lesson
plans.
Wisconsin residents can borrow an Attack Pack for free
from Wisconsin's Water Library. The Pack will be delivered to
your local library via the Library Delivery Network of Wisconsin.

34. Wisconsin Water Library

35. Scientific & Engineering
Practices
Science and engineering require both knowledge
and practice. Science is not just a body of
knowledge that reflects current understanding of
the world; it is also a set of practices used to
establish, extend, and refine that knowledge.
When students actively engage in science
practices they deepen their understanding of core
science ideas.

36. QUESTIONS?
Cindy Byers, Rosholt Middle School
cibyers@rosholt.k12.wi.us
Lynn Kurth, Prairie River Middle
School
Lynn.kurth@maps.k12.wi.us