Gary Abud Jr.

This lesson will explore the phenomenon of shoreline erosion, as students learn about how bodies of water, like rivers, carve out the landscapes around them, moving and depositing sediment, supporting the aquatic ecosystem, and providing natural and man-made ways to interact with human activities and the environment.

• Know how rivers sculpt the landscape, causing shoreline erosion
• Understand how gradient relates to acceleration
• Be able to engineer a circuitous path to allow a marble to roll downhill from one location to another at the slowest speed possible

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/12/episode-2311-shoreline-science-lesson-plan/

Gary Abud Jr.

This lesson will explore the phenomenon of corrosion as students learn about sunken ships in the Great Lakes and the glass-bottomed tour boats that take people to explore them. In doing so, they’ll delve into such science topics related to exploring shipwrecks as gas laws and more.

• Know what corrosion is and why it happens
• Understand how gas pressure changes with depth underwater affecting scuba divers
• Be able to model the chemical change process of corrosion

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/08/episode-2307-shipwrecks-lesson-plan/

Gary Abud Jr.

This lesson will explore the phenomenon of maple sap production in the Great Lakes, as it pertains to chemical energy storage and transfer, in contrast with mechanical energy storage and transfer in wind turbines. Students will model the production of maple syrup from sap by making simple syrup and perform a distillation experiment with cola.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2023/04/episode-2304-energy-lesson-plan/

Gary Abud Jr.

This lesson will explore the sport of eFoiling and how Newtonian physics can be used to explain the phenomenon of the surfboard moving on the Great Lakes. Students will learn to model constant speed and how balanced forces allow objects to move at constant speeds.

Lesson Objectives:

• Know about the recreation water sport e-foiling
• Understand how the position of an object moving at a constant speed changes over time
• Be able to model the motion of an object traveling with constant speed

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/10/episode-2210-efoiling-lesson-plan/

Gary Abud Jr.

This lesson will explore the phenomenon of sound waves underwater used to map landforms and how modern technology is helping update the maps of the terrain beneath the Great Lakes. Students will learn about the history of mapping the lakebed and the SONAR technology used by NOAA to upgrade our maps.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/09/episode-2209-mapping-lesson-plan/

Gary Abud Jr.

This lesson will explore the phenomenon of biodiversity in the Great Lakes and the efforts one museum in Ontario, Canada has taken to catalog it. Students will learn about the history of fish indexing in the Great Lakes, the type collection at the Royal Ontario Museum, and discover why this kind of organism library is helpful to preserving the Great Lakes ecosystem.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/09/episode-2209-freshwater-fish-lesson-plan/

Gary Abud Jr.

Based on an independent project by the Great Lakes News Collaborative to better understand the real cost of water, this lesson will explore the costs associated with providing drinking water to communities in the Great Lakes and across the U.S. Students will learn how water infrastructure systems naturally age and need to be maintained, upgraded, fixed, or replaced, and how that life cycle of the infrastructure affects water quality and cost to communities who depend on fresh, clean water.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/05/episode-2205-drinking-water-lesson-plan/

Gary Abud Jr.

This lesson will explore the phenomenon of fungal networks in the city of Crystal Falls, MI to help students learn some of the science of the fungi kingdom. They will learn how fungi help plants to communicate with each other and contribute to everyday foods we enjoy. Learners will engage in experiments to investigate the factors that affect mold growth on bread, how temperature influences yeast growth, and create a model to explain fungal networks.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/04/2204-fungus-lesson-plan/

Gary Abud Jr.

This lesson will explore the phenomenon of wind in the winter through the pastime of ice boating to learn about the science behind how winds are produced, sailboats move, and how wind can be a renewable source of energy. Learners will engage in design projects to build a wind-powered sail cart, anemometer, and windmill.

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https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2022/03/2203-ice-boating-lesson-plan/

Gary Abud Jr.