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Around the Great Lakes, the pressing environmental issues include the
impact of invasive plants and animal species, overfishing and the
reproductive failure of native fish, loss of coastal wetlands and
habitats along tributaries that feed the Great Lakes, historical
contamination from mining and manufacturing and the impact of toxic
contaminants that persists in those waters. And you already mentioned
global warming--that too is a topic of discussion for the Great Lakes
region.
On Oct 1, 2008, at 3:03 PM, Susan Timberlake wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I'm working on series of science enrichment publications for
> elementary school teachers on the theme "Headline Science:
> Science, Math, and Literacy Behind the Headlines."
>
> My first task is to come up with a theme for each issue that is both
> conducive to developing inquiry-based activities and connected to
> science that kids are likely to see in the news in the coming year.
> So, for example, while the Large Hadron Collider might well be in the
> news this coming year, I think I'd be hard-pressed to come up with
> related inquiry-based activities for elementary school students; thus,
> quantum physics is probably not an appropriate theme for the year.
>
> I'd love input from the many creative and well-informed people on this
> list about what news-related science topics could connect to a wealth
> of inquiry-based activities. (Note that energy and climate change are
> probably the theme for future issues, so they're not on the menu for
> this year.) If you have a favorite activity to recommend, I'd love to
> hear about that too.
>
> Thanks,
> Susan
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