
Teacher Resource Center


Citizen Science: Birds & Phenology
Look for phenomenal phenology in your community. Watch and ID birds in your neighborhood.
Citizen Science: Cloud Clues
Name cloud characteristics in this outdoor, observational activity.
Clipboards
A class set of 36 clipboards with pencils.
Attack Pack
This kit features twelve lessons for a variety of ages that relate to invasive species in the Great Lakes.
The Watershed Game
The Watershed Game helps students understand the relationship between land uses within a watershed, water quality, and their community. Working in teams, students apply tools (practices, plans, and policies) to decrease water pollution while balancing financial resources. The goal for the activity is to reduce pollution from various land uses to the stream without going… View More
Freshwater Estuary/Wetlands Model: Exploring Estuary and Wetland Functions
As the St. Louis River flows into Lake Superior, it creates a freshwater estuary. This dynamic area can provide several important aquatic habitats; open water, sediment on the bottom and wetlands along the shoreline. Students will observe the characteristics of wetlands and estuaries through the use of a model and identify their importance to the health of aquatic… View More
Wild Rice Detective
Students will learn about the life cycle of wild rice and traditional harvesting methods. Then, students will solve mysteries concerning damage and predation to wild rice specimens using inquiry-based scientific methods and real-life data.
Simple Machines
Practice using simple machines in a Lake Superior context.
Would You Drink This Water?
Students use their senses to determine the quality of water samples.
Run For Your Life Cycle (Sturgeon Edition)
Students become lake sturgeon traveling a migration route to model life cycle stages.