Great Lakes Invasive Species Campaign
Essential Questions:
- How do the populations of living things effect the populations of other living things in the same community?
- How is the general equilibrium between inhabitants of ecosystems disrupted by the introduction of foreign invasive species?
- What role does human activity play in the problem of invasive species and what role can it play in helping solve the problem?
Monday, October 22 - Friday November 3rd
Great Lakes Invasive Campaign
Click on the document to the right or below to begin your project. Create a shared google doc of the instructions that is shared to all in your group. This will be shared with me as well. Resources:
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Schedule and Agenda
Monday, 10/22/18 - Wednesday, 10/24/18
- Group assignments, and individual group responsibility assignments
- Slogan development
- Begin Research for Pamphlet/Brochure Development
- Strange Days on Planet Earth Video and Journal Response
Friday, 10/29/18 - Tuesday, 10/30/18
- Pamphlet/Brochure Development
Wednesday, October 31
Brochures Due Today!
- Designate one person as group leader.
- Group leaders create a folder in your Google Drive that has the title of your groups slogan and brochures. For example " ES give a hoot brochures". Have all brochures shared an in this folder, then share the folder with me.
- All group members - be sure you have the document shared with anyone who has the link and a Saugatuckps email account.
- We need to figure out printing - Any Ideas?
- Before you "turn in" your brochure, fill out a self assessment on the Rubric - turn these in attached to your finished brochure in your group folder.
Thursday, November 1 - Friday, November 2
Website Development
- All group members share brochures and/or research with website developers.
- Be sure to follow the rubrics for websites and brochures closely.
Monday, November 5th
Presentation Day! Follow the following guidelines:
- All members of the group must help present - at a minimum, your brochure information.
- Use the website to show the brochures.
- "Sell" us on your slogan and campaign - your trying to win a competition for a job!
- Explain how your campaign and slogan will educate and encourage local waterway users to be sure they are part of the answer and not the problem.
Resources for All
20 years of Zebra and Quagga Mussel Research: A comprehensive look at what has changed in the 20 years these invaders have existed in the Great Lakes.
How exactly do Quagga and Zebra Mussels affect the water they inhabit?
Video and Website Resources:
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