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Exotic Species Compendium of Activities to Protect the Ecosystem (ESCAPE)

 

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Exotic Species Compendium of Activities to Protect the Ecosystem (ESCAPE) is a collection of activities developed from the Exotic Species Day Camp Project for Educators. This package includes 36 user-friendly sets of lessons that incorporate experiments, art, music and games.  The project was conducted by Programs in the Great Lakes Sea Grant Network including Illinois-Indiana, New York, Ohio, Michigan and Minnesota.  For more information, contact Terri Hallesy at 217-244-8809 or thallesy@illinois.edu.

Sample Some Activities

Rival For Survival

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Seeing Purple:
A Population Explosion

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Great Lakes Grief

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What Are the Characteristics of the Great Lakes Exotic Species?

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Don't Stop for Hitchhikers

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Invader Species of the Great Lakes

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Rust Never Sleeps

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We're the Future of the Great Lakes

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