As sixth graders dig deeper into understanding the phenomena of a changing population of organisms, our problem hit close to home as the organism we'll be studying is local to Lake Michigan, which is literally blocks away from our school. Students quickly saw that Lake Michigan is connected to a vast number of other waterways, and its changing population over decades can possibly be caused by many factors. We'll be asking lots of questions as they relate to food availability, reproduction rates, environmental changes, and other organisms that are connected to the trout.
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Lake MichiganI love that this unit hits so close to home with the Great Lakes! ArchivesCategories |