cosee great lakes: scientists who have made a difference and broadened impacts
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The primary objective of the COSEE Great Lakes program is to facilitate collaboration between scientists and educators by enhancing teacher capabilities in Great Lakes/ocean science and to assist scientists in education and public outreach. Presented at IAGLR Annual Meeting, Duluth, MN, June 2, 2011.TRANSCRIPT
COSEE Great Lakes: Scientists Who Have Made a
Difference and Broadened Impacts
Steve Stewart, M.S. Senior District Extension Sea Grant Educator
Senior Investigator, COSEE Great LakesMichigan Sea Grant Extension
David P. Lusch, Ph.D.Distinguished Senior Research Specialist
Department of GeographyMichigan State University
Introduction Michigan Sea Grant
Education Program Co-leadDirector, Great Lakes Education ProgramDirector, Summer Discovery Cruises
COSEE Great Lakes Michigan’s COSEE GL lead Lake Huron lead Teaching with Great Lakes
Data lead
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A primary COSEE Great Lakes Objective
Facilitate collaboration between scientists and educators: • enhance teacher capabilities in Great Lakes/ocean
science• assist scientists in education and public outreach
Introduction
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2007 Lake Huron Exploration Workshop2007 Lake Huron Exploration Workshop
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2007 Lake Huron Exploration Workshop2007 Lake Huron Exploration Workshop
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2008 Great Lakes Rock!Excellent presentation, Dr. Lusch. I think I have learned more during your 30 minutes than I have in any previous geology course! Your analogies are wonderful, and I already plan on using them in the classroom. Thank you for the offer of the use of your PowerPoint in the classroom. I've already gone to your site & found more great resources there. Thank you!
2008 Great Lakes Rock! Online Workshop
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2009 Shipboard & Shoreline Science2009 Shipboard & Shoreline Science
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2009 Shipboard & Shoreline Science2009 Shipboard & Shoreline Science
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Standards and Principles Science Education Standards
To be effective in working with teachers, scientists must become informed about the content expectations in science classrooms.
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Great Lakes Literacy (the goal of COSEE-GL) A Great Lakes literate person:
understands the essential principles and fundamental concepts about the characteristics, functioning and value of the Great Lakes;
can communicate accurately about the Great Lakes’ influence on systems and people in and beyond their watershed; and
is able to make informed and responsible decisions regarding the Great Lakes and the resources of their watershed.
Standards and Principles
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Ocean LiteracyPrinciples
Great Lakes Literacy Principles
1. The Earth has one big ocean with many features.
1. The Great Lakes, bodies of fresh water with many features, are connected to each other and to the world ocean.
2. The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of the Earth.
2. Natural forces formed the Great Lakes; the lakes continue to shape the features of their watershed.
3. The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate.
3. The Great Lakes influence local and regional weather and climate.
4. The ocean makes Earth habitable. 4. Water makes Earth habitable; fresh water sustains life on land.
5. The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems.
5. The Great Lakes support a broad diversity of life and ecosystems.
6. The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected.
6. The Great Lakes and humans in their watersheds are inextricably interconnected.
7. The ocean is largely unexplored. 7. Much remains to be learned about the Great Lakes.
8. The Great Lakes are socially, economically, and environmentally significant to the region, the nation and the planet.
Great Lakes Literacy Principles
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Natural forces formed the Great Lakes; the lakes continue to shape the features of their watershed Ancient igneous and metamorphic rocks form
portions of the upper Great Lakes basin. Most rocks underlying the present day Great Lakes and the surrounding watershed are sedimentary, and originated as deposits within shallow tropical seas that once covered the basin.
Most of the surficial sediments in Michigan were deposited and shaped during the advance and retreat of continental glaciers.
Great Lakes Literacy Principles
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Bring Concepts to Life with Examples Michigan Structural basin – like nested bowls
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Bedrock structure in the Great Lakes Region
Wisconsin
Dome
Thornton, IL
Marblehead
Freemont
Kelleys Is
Pelee Is
Toledo
I-80
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Niagaran Escarpment - the major resistant-rock (dolomite) landform in the Michigan Structural Basin.
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Rock Island, Wisconsin
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Fayette State Park, Michigan
Bring Concepts to Life with Examples
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Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
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Dip slopeScarpslope
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Hwy 401
Niagara Falls
Lewiston, NY
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Natural forces formed the Great Lakes; the lakes continue to shape the features of their watershed During the Ice Age, mile-thick sheets of ice covered
the Great Lakes region multiple times, depressing the crust with their weight. Ancient beach ridges or wave-cut cliffs mark previous Great Lake shorelines. Since the glaciers retreated (about 10,000 years ago), the Earth’s crust has been adjusting upward in a process of isostatic rebound that continues today.
Great Lakes Literacy Principles
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ISOSTATIC REBOUND - With glacial melting, the tremendous weight of the ice was lifted from the North American Plate and the land surface, noticeably depressed during the glacial maximum, began to rebound upward. This process continues today in Michigan at a rate of about 7.5 cm per century.
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Isostatic rebound evidenceBring Concepts to Life with Examples
Nipissing wave cliff
Algonquin 11,000 C14 yrs184.4 m
Nipissing 4500 C14 yrs184.4 m
Algonquin 11,000 C14 yrs184.4 m
Nipissing 4500 C14 yrs184.4 m
51.8 m rise in 6500 yrs.
Nipissing wave cliff
Algonquin wave cliffs
Fort Mackinac, Mackinac Island, MI
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Do not attempt composing lesson plans without the active participation of classroom teachers Always link your material to appropriate Grade
Level Content Expectations Provide opportunities for field testing the lesson
plan materials before mass dissemination Use appropriate/alternative technology within the
lesson plan (not everyone has super-fast Internet access)
Involve classroom teachers
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COSEE Great Lakes: Scientists Who Have Made a Difference and
Broadened Impacts
Questions?Steve Stewart
Michigan Sea Grant Extension
David P. LuschMichigan State University
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