Resources for Educators
Featured Initiatives
- Ask a Scientist
- Explore scientific topics with experts and friends in the relaxed atmosphere of a local coffee house.
- COSEE Great Lakes
- Advancing Great Lakes and ocean science education by developing partnerships between scientists and educators.
- Water on the Web
- This is a Web-based national curriculum for colleges and high schools that provides real data, primers, data interpretation, Geographic Information Systems tools, and more.
- LakeSuperiorStreams.org educational resources
- An awareness of watershed processes can begin at an early age. The curricula provided by LakeSuperiorStreams.org will assist you in preparing lessons for pre-school through highschool students.
- Partners in Education Program
- This collaboration between Minnesota Sea Grant and the Great Lakes Aqaurium enables University of Minnesota Duluth education students to volunteer to work with education professionals.
General
- A-maze-ing Lake Superior
- Twenty-nine activities about Lake Superior for kids and adults ages 8 and up. Includes mazes, word puzzles, and fun facts!
- The Great Lakes Basin - maps
- Five 12x16 maps of each Great Lake and its basin, complete with additional information. A sixth map opens to 17x22" and features the entire Great Lakes System.
- Listening to the Lake
- Keep in touch with what's going on with Lake Superior with this collection of short informational radio broadcasts.
- The Lake Superior Game
- In this game designed for groups, a bucket of water representing Lake Superior either gradually becomes polluted and depleted, or not, depending upon the choices made by players.
- Exploring Science Writing: an environmental focus
- Ideal for grade 8-12 classes in english, journalism, and science, this workbook includes assignments and various writings about science and natural resources.
Aquatic Invasive Species Materials for Educators
- Travelling Trunks
- Rent a trunkload of aquatic invasive species educational materials.
- Exotics on the Move
- Collection of lesson plans about aquatic invasive species on CD-ROM.
- ESCAPE
- Exotic Species Compendium of Activities to Protect the Ecosystem
- Community Stewardship Projects on Exotic Aquatic Species
- This booklet provides summaries of 15 community stewardship projects created by students to increase awareness about aquatic invasive species.
- Biological Control of Purple Loosestrive, 4-H Leader’s Guide & Youth Manual
- Youths can contribute to controlling loosestrife if provided with the right tools and adult guidance.
- Aquatic Invasive Species: An Educator's Information and Materials Guide
- A booklet containing selected educational materials for k-12 teachers and informal educators.
- America’s Most Unwanted Poster
- Color photos and comical illustrations of 5 species adorn the poster, and the special perforated page at the bottom features information for use in classrooms.
- Mussel Menace! instructors training package
- An instructor's training package about the problems caused by zebra mussels and how to prevent their spread.




