The Great Lakes

"How well do you know the Great Lakes?" Just ask any 4th grader and they will amaze you with their knowledge of our Great Lakes. This unit was in conjunction with the Invasive Species curriculum from the Resilient Planet. Students started with some research about a specifis Great Lake, made a poster, and did a presentation to their class. Then in the science lab, students actually created a model of the Great lakes, determined the volume of water in each, located the cities with the most population, and calculated how many pounds of fish were harvested from each lake. As you can see from the picture, the blue squares represented the water, the post-it notes had the cities and populations on them, and the yellow squares represented how many pounds of fish were harvested. Students also figured out the miles of shoreline for each lake, measured a piece of rope using the scale of 1cm = 10 miles of shorleine, and laid the ropes out to show the outline of the Great Lakes. This was a great activity for the students to do to help them understand one of the greatest resources on our planet.