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Sizing Up the Lake Erie Dead Zone
Provided by: Michigan Sea Grant |Published on: December 12, 2024
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Synopsis
- In this lesson, students will observe data for Lake Erie's temperature and oxygen content to find dead zones.
- Students will analyze data, answer questions, and annotate maps to understand hypoxic conditions in Lake Erie.
Subjects: Biology
Authors: Michigan Sea Grant, Center for Great Lakes Literacy
Region: Southeast Michigan
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- The data sheet is easy to follow.
- Students will be engaged throughout the inquiry-based activity.
Prerequisites
- The handout says this is Lesson 4, but this can work as a stand-alone lesson.
- Teachers will need to define the terms hypoxic and anoxic before beginning the lesson.
Differentiation & Implementation
- To support scientific writing, students can practice citing information from the data to support their answers on the handout.
- After completing this lesson, students can discuss how climate change will impact dead zones.
- Students can choose a Lake Erie species and research and report on the impact dead zones in the central basin will have on them.
- Students can also research additional impacts of pollution, climate change, and temperature rise on Lake Erie's ecosystems.
- Consider using this activity as a part of the lesson linked here.
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