Weather, climate, and pollution impact the Great Lakes and our lives. The following Explorer collections provide access to lesson plans, factsheets, reading materials, videos, and visualizations based on the topics of weather and climate, pollution prevention, and nutrient pollution. Each tool includes an easy-to-use menu that can be filtered by grade level, geographic scale, topic, learning mode, and time to complete.

Land to Water: Nutrient Explorer

This collection is comprised of externally linked education resources valuable for learning and teaching about nutrient losses and Illinois’ strategy to reduce nutrients in our waterways. Land to Water was developed with support from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and Illinois Department of Agriculture.

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Pollution Prevention Explorer

Educators can explore a sortable list of external resources on the topics of water pollution and pollution prevention, or any action that reduces, eliminates, or prevents pollution at its source. Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant focuses its pollution prevention outreach efforts on protecting our shared water resources.

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Weather & Climate Explorer

This education explorer provides a sortable list of external resources on the general topics of weather, climate, and climate change. Many of the resources can be used as-is or adapted for virtual learning and at-home teaching environments.

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