Great Lakes Ecology

For this assignment, you will need to get into groups of 4. Each person in the group will research two aquatic habitats and two terrestrial habitats and then share it with the group.

Some of the habitats may have similar characteristics or be close geographically. Please be as specific as possible when describing their distinguishing factors.


Each group must create a slideshow about the aquatic and terrestrial habitats found throughout the Great Lakes area using Prezi. Prezi is an webtool that allows you to create presentations online.

Aquatic Habitats	Terrestrial Habitats
Inshore waters	Sand dunes
Offshore waters	Oak Savannas
Estuaries/ Coastal Marshes	Boreal Forests
Ponds/ Eutrophic Lakes	Tallgrass Prairies
Tributaries	Alvar
Connecting Channels	Fens
Mesotrophic Lakes	Old-growth forests

Please include the following criteria in the slides for each habitat:

Terrestrial Habitats	Aquatic Habitats
- Location - Average Precipitation - Average Temperature - Common species	- Location - Average Temperature - Average Depth - Average Nutrient levels, Dissolved Oxygen levels

Anything else that you found interesting?

Once group's presentation is completed, please post it to Habitat Prezi Presentation.