| Image | Title | Author | Keywords | Grade | Resource Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | On the Brink: The Great Lakes in the 21st Century | Dempsey, Dave | environmental issues, human impact, ecosystem, history, culture, Great lakes | Adult | Book |
 | Mystery on the Great Lakes | Marsh, Carole | fiction, Great Lakes | 3-6 | Book |
 | Minnesota’s Iron Country: Rich Ore, Rich Lives | Lamppa, Marvin G. | natural resource, iron, mining, history, culture | 9-Adult | Book |
 | Living Great Lakes: Searching for the heart of the Inland Seas | Dennis, Jerry | history, Great Lakes, geology, industry, story, culture, memoir, philosophy | Adult | Book |
 | Kingdom Classification: Protozoans, Algae, and Other Protists | Parker, Steve | plankton, food chain | 6-Adult | Book |
 | Kids’ Guide to Climage Change and Global Warming | Kaye M.A., Cathryn Berget | climate change, service projects | 3-12 | Book |
 | How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate | Cherry, Lynne and Gary Braasch | climate change, student reader | 6-9 | Book |
 | How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate - Teachers Guide | Malnor, Carol | climate change, lesson plans | 6-9 | Curriculum |
 | Harvey, the Great Lakes Whale | Nelson, William George, Stacey Willey, and Emily Mauchmar | fiction, shipping, fish, shipwrecks | 3-6 | Book |
 | Guide to Common Freshwater Inverts of North America | Voshell Jr., J. Reese and Amy Bartlett Wright | macroinvertabrates, field guide | 8-Adult | Book |
 | Great Lakes: the Natural History of a Changing Region | Grady, Wayne and Emily Damstra | history, geology, ecology | Adult | Book |
 | The Great Lakes (Rookie Read – About Geography) | Valzania, Kimberly | geography, habitats, water | 1-4 | Book |
 | The Great Lakes (Lightning Bolt Books: Famous Places) | Piehl, Janet | freshwater, geography, human impact | 5-8 | Book |
 | Forestry Field: A Manual for Science Teachers | Glenn, David and Donald D. Dickman | trees, forestry, field guide | Adult | Book |
 | Fishes of the Great Lakes Region | Hubbs, Carl L., Karl F. Lagler, and Gerald Ray Smith | fish, field guide, ecology | 8-Adult | Book |
 | The Day the Great Lakes Drained Away | Barker, Charles Ferguson | picture book , geology | p-Adult | Book |
 | The Copper Princess: A Story of Lake Superior Mines | Munroe, Kirk | mining, shipping, history | 9-Adult | Book |
 | Climate Crisis: An Introductory Guide to Climate Change | Archer, David and Stefan Rahmstorf | climate change, human impact | Adult | Book |
 | Clean Water, 2nd Edition: Intro to Water Quality | Vigil, Kenneth M. | water issues, pollution, water quality, human impact | Adult | Book |
 | Amazing Agates: Lakes Superior’s Banded Gemstone | Wolter, Scott F. | geology, rocks, agates | 3-Adult | Book |
 | Agates of Lake Superior: Stunning Varieties and How They Are Formed | Lynch, Bob and Dan R. Lynch | geology, rocks, agates | 6-Adult | Book |
 | So Terrible a Storm – A Tale of Fury on Lake Superior | Brown, Curt | history | Adult | Book |
 | Talking Rocks: Geology and 10,000 Years of Native American Tradition in the Lake Superior Region | Morton, Ron and Carl Gawboy | geology, cultural history, Native American | Adult | Book |
 | What are Wetlands? (Science of Living Things) | Kalman, Bobbie and Amanda Bishop | wetlands, habitat | 2-6 | Book |
 | Tale of a Great White Fish | de Vries, Maggie and Renne Benoit | sturgeon, picture book, history, biology | K-Adult | Book |
 | Water Pollution (True Books: Enviroment) | Donald, Rhonda Lucas | water pollution, water issues | 3-6 | Book |
 | The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown-Ups | Ingoglia, Gina | forestry, trees | K-Adult | Book |
 | Wetlands (About Habitats) | Sill, Cathryn and John Sill | wetlands, habitat | K-5 | Book |
 | Paddle to the Sea | Holling, Holling C. | geography, history, Native American | 3-Adult | Book |
 | The Philosopher Fish | Carey, Richard Adams | sturgeon, population, caviar, human impact | Adult | Book |
 | Trout: An Illustrated History | Prosek, James | trout, fish | 8-Adult | Book |
 | National Geographic's Birds of North America, 3rd Edition | Dunn, Jon L. and Jonathan Alderfer | birds, field guide | 6-Adult | Book |
 | Plastic: A Toxic Love Story | Freinkel, Susan | plastic, pollution, water issues, human impact | Adult | Book |
 | The Great Lakes Water Wars | Annin, Peter | water issues, freshwater | Adult | Book |
 | Water (Eyewitness Books) | Woodward, John | water | 2-Adult | Book |
 | Cuttlefish: Kings of Camouflage | NOVA | cuttlefish, adaptations, camouflage | 3-Adult | DVD |
 | What Makes a Fish a Fish | Crawley, Annie | ocean, fish | K-Adult | DVD |
 | The Way Cool Game of Science - Earth Structure and Processes | Nye, Bill and Disney Educational Productions | atmostphere, climates, earthquakes, erosion, rocks, soil, interactive | 4-8 | DVD |
 | The Way Cool Game of Science - Population and Ecosystems | Nye, Bill and Disney Educational Productions | populations, ecoystems, interactive | 4-8 | DVD |
 | The Way Cool Game of Science - Diversity and Adaptation | Bill Nye and Disney Educational Productions | diversity, adaptation, interactive | 4-8 | DVD |
 | Folks Songs of the Great Lakes Region | Murdock, Lee | culture, history, music | K-Adult | Cassette Tape |
| No image available. | Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes - Curriculum Guide, 2005, 2nd Edition, K-5 | The Nature Conservancy, Gulf Coast | prairies, marshes, curriculum | Adult | Book - Curriculum, K-5 |
 | The Great Lakes Faunal Atlas: Amphibians, Reptiles, and Mammals of the Great Lakes, Part II | Herbert, P.D.N. | amphibeans, reptiles, mammals, interactive | 5-Adult | CD - Interactive |
 | The Great Lakes Faunal Atlas: Birds of the Great Lakes | Herbert, P.D.N. | birds, adaptations, interactive | 5-Adult | CD - Interactive |
 | Mission: Acid Rain | Hincks, S. and J. Wearing-Wilde | interactive, acid rain, human impact, ecosystem | 7-Adult | CD - Interactive |
 | Great Lakes Explorer: Biodiversity | Barker, D.M. and S. Hincks | biodiversity, ecosystem, habitat, pollution, human impact, fish | 6-Adult | CD - Interactive |
 | Introduction to Aquatic Environments | Herbert, P.D.N. | rivers, lakes, food web, biology, fish, biodiversity | 8-Adult | CD |
 | Aquaculture Interactive: A Digital Aquaculture Textbook | Masterson, James W., Ph.D. | interactive, aquaculture, history, culture, water quality, environmental issues | 9-Adult | CD - Interactive |
 | Wetlands of the Arrowhead | University of Minnesota Sea Grant and the Arrowhead Water Quality Team | wetlands, water quality, images, powerpoint | 3-Adult | CD |
| No image available. Watch UW-Extension's "A String of Pearls" | A String of Pearls: Wisconsin's Estuaries Along Lake Superior | University of Wisconsin - Extension | esturary, culture, history, geogrpahy, freshwater | 6-Adult | DVD |
 | A Tribute to the Great Lakes | Fortner, Rosanne with Pat Dailey, Lee Murdock, and Alex Bevan | history, culture, music | K-Adult | CD |
| No image available. Click below to see the contents of this lesson. The Habitable Planet, Lesson 1.2 | The Habitable Planet: A Systems Approach to Environmental Science, Lesson 1.2 | Annenberg Media | climate change, carbon, glaciers, ice core, ecosystem | Adult | CD - Curriculum, 9-12 |
 | Lake Effects Curriculum | Great Lakes Aquarium | freshwater, lakes, streams, ecosystems, fish | Adult | CD - Curriculum, K-8 or print form |
| No image available. | 2009 Year of Science: NOAA Education Sampler | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | oceans, coasts, atmosphere, climate, science | Adult | CD - Curriculum, 3-12 |
| No image available. | Greatest of the Great Lakes - A Medley of Model Lessons | Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and the COSEE Great Lakes Curriculum Committee | habitat, water quality, weather, climate, ecology, estuary, invasive species, human impact | Adult | CD - Curriculum, 4-10 |
 | Minnesota's Changing Climate Curriculum - Grades 3-8 | Will Steger Foundation | curriculum, climate change, biomes, data, graphing | 3-8 | Curriculum |
 | Minnesota's Changing Climate Curriculum - Grades 9-12 | Will Steger Foundation | curriculum, climate change, biomes, data, graphing | 9-12 | Curriculum |
 | Changing Climate - Great Lakes Curriculum | Ohio Sea Grant | curriculum, climate change, Great Lakes | 5-8 | Curriculum |
 | The Wisconsin Climate Change Activity Guide | Wisconsin DNR | curriculum, climate change, Wisconsin | 7-12 | Curriculum |
| No image available for SPECIES curriculum, but click here to see their website. | SPECIES - Climate Change and Impacts on Ecosystems | Center for Essential Science | curriculum, climate change, ecosystems | K-12 | Curriculum |
 | Climate Change Awareness and Action Curriculum | Shayna Sellars with Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, Protect Our Winters, and Save the Poles | curriculum, climate change, hands-on activities | 5-6 | Curriculum |
 | Lake Superior Agates: Field Guide | Lynch, Dan R. and Bob Lynch | agates, field guide, Lake Superior | 6-Adult | Book |
 | Year of the Fires: The Story of the Great Fires of 1910 | Pyne, Stephen J. | Northern Rockies, wildfires, firefighting | Adult | Book |
 | The Seven States of Minnesota | Toren, John | cultural history, natural history, Minnesota, geography, maps | 9-Adult | Book |
 | Minnesota's Outdoor Wonders | Gilbert, Jim | phenology, natural history, photos, Minnesota | 6-Adult | Book |
 | Superior Seasons | Perich, Shawn | stories, Lake Superior's North Shore | 9-Adult | Book |
 | Roadside Geology of Minnesota | Ojakangas, Richard W. | geology, Minnesota | 9-Adult | Book |
 | Tales of the Road: Highway 61 | Wurzer, Cathy and Palisade Productions, LLC | Highway 61, stories, Minnesota | 9-Adult | DVD |
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