Resources for Distance Learning

During this unprecedented time, Wisconsin Sea Grant is pleased to share Great Lakes literacy resources for educators and families to use during school closures due to COVID-19. In addition to the resources below, check out the following:

Explore the Great Lakes

• Explore Lake Sturgeon
• Explore the Caddisfly
• Explore the Burbot
• Explore Shipwreck Stories
• Explore Aquatic Invasive Species and Shipwrecks

Or…

• Read a Great Lakes, Great Read
• Explore the Wisconsin Sea Grant website for videos, podcasts, and publications for the public that may also be of interest to your students and children.
• #ColorTheGreatLakes with our new Great Lakes Coloring Sheets.

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FACTS AND FIGURES

• Wisconsin Water Facts
• Did you know? A page with facts about water and the books that teach us.

DON’T MISS VIDEOS

• Wisconsin Sea Grant YouTube channel
• Maritime archaeology: Voices of the Coast, About Their Equipment

CURRICULA AND ACTIVITIES TO TRY

• Aquatic invasive species – full text of the classroom guide, lessons and classroom activities from Attack Pack
• Great Lakes fish – full text of the classroom guide, lessons and classroom activities from Fish-o-pedia
• Maritime history and underwater exploration – learn about remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), the engineering design process, and Great Lakes shipwrecks from our ROVe Pack.
• Great Lakes shipwrecks and maritime archaeology – explore Great Lakes shipwrecks and archaeology, including vocabulary, remotely operated vehicles, and careers. With YouTube channel interviews with a maritime archaeologist from the ROVe the Great Lakes Pack.
• Intro to the Great Lakes – activities to get to know the Great Lakes (sorry, Basin Map unavailable)
• Plastic pollution – resources to explore plastics in our freshwater (and marine) environments.
• Wisconsin Shipwrecks
• Center for Great Lakes Literacy – educator’s curriculum collection. Chock full of lessons and activities on a wide range of Great Lakes literacy topics.
• For younger learners: Wisconsin Water Library lesson plans and STEM kits

Other Wisconsin resources

• EEK! Environmental education in Wisconsin
• Environmental Education in Wisconsin  A gateway to resources, events, grants, and more to support your journey or share your story.
• PBS Wisconsin Education:
  • at-home learning page
  • resources to support daily programming
  • Science
  • First Nations
• Rivers2Lake From our education friends at the NOAA Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve. Their curriculum page.
• Wisconsin Water Siftr

National resources

• Alliance for the Great Lakes. H.O.M.E.School
• Great Lakes Now: An Exploration of the Great Lakes – curated by PBS Learning media
• NOAA National Marine Sanctuaries, at home
• Sea Grant Educational Resources Websites maintained by state-specific Sea Grant programs.
• The Bridge Ocean science education (and including the Great Lakes) from NOAA
• USGS Water Science School
• Skype a scientist