Great Lakes Maritime Transportation Lesson Plans - Teaching Units
Link: Powerpoint Presentations (as PDF Slide Shows)

Developed by Participants in the 2007 Great Lakes Maritime Transportation Summer Teacher Institute
sponsored by the Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute (www.glmri.org)

Great Lakes Maritime Transportation Lessons for K-12
(Mathematics, Language Arts/Reading, Social Studies, Science)

Table of Contents
All PDF Files Listed Below

• Keep Your Boat Afloat?  (Kindergarten science/math)

  By Susan Katt, Pewaukee Lake Elementary School (WI)

• What Can You Do With a Great Big Lake  (Gr. K-2 social studies)

  By Paul Zuiker, Crescent Elementary School (WI)

• Promote Your Laker!!  (Gr. 6 social studies)

  By Kathy Trakul, Lincoln Northfield Middle School (MI)

• Comparing Transportation Choices: Shippping v. Rail v. Trucking?  (Gr. 6-8 science)

  By Kathy Keeney, Lombardi Middle School  (WI)

• To Dredge or Not to Dredge?  (Gr. 7-8 science)
  Green Bay Dredging PDF, Dredging PPT (as PDF)

  By Cindi Wallendal, Lombardi Middle School

• Edmund Fitzgerald  (HS science)

  By Amy Rose, substitute teacher (MI)

• Water Molecules of the Great Lakes  (HS chemistry)

  Bill Katt, Wauwatosa East High School (WI)

• Invasive Species Moving INTO and OUT OF the Great Lakes (HS biology)
  Crayfish Plague PPT (as PDF)

  By Lisa Bircher, East Palestine High School (OH)

• Balance & Ballast Water  (HS Special Education)

  By Pat Murphy, Fraser High School (MI)

• Ballast & Invasive Species on the Great Lakes (HS Science)

  By Naomi Ojala, substitute teacher (MI)

• Name That Invasive Species (HS biology)

  By Mary Murphy, Stevenson High School (MI)

• Cost Benefit Analysis of Transportation Alternatives in the Great Lakes (HS or college)
• Transportation Comparison PPT (as PDF)
• Tour of Great Lakes Bulk Ore Carrier PPT (as PDF)
• Vessels of the Great Lakes PPT (as PDF)

By Dr. Harry Bircher, Youngstown University (OH)

• Great Lakes Shipping PPT (as a PDF)
• Great Lakes Maritime Transportation K-12 Education/Outreach Program PPT (as a PDF)

  By Joan Chadde

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