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by , posted on 11:37 AM, February 8, 2024
Hamline University's Center for Global Environmental Education has resources for teaching with the documentary "Sea Change for Lake Superior"
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The documentary "Sea Change for Lake Superior" is being released this month. The documentary is a public television program exploring the legacy of the world's greatest freshwater lake in a time of unprecedented change.

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Hamline University's Center for Global Environmental Education has resources for teaching with this documentary.

Sea Change for Lake Superior | This landing page includes links to our newest documentary about Climate Change on Lake Superior. Teachers are welcome to share the full documentary with their classroom with the vimeo link on this page or attend our Premiere event in person on Feb 27.
 
 
Waters to the Sea Lake Superior | This multimedia learning resource includes all of the clips from Northern Nights, Starry Skies, broken into 3-6 minute segments and formatted by topic for easy classroom viewing. It also includes North Shore content based around Rivers and Watersheds, Plants and Animals, Water, Geology, Mining, Native Voices, Climate Change and more.
 
Northern Nights, Starry Skies PBS LearningMedia | This PBS LearningMedia resource includes all of the same video clips from the Northern Nights, Starry Skies Documentary as well as lesson plans and additional interactives for the classroom. See full description here:
 
"Join photographer Travis Novitsky, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, on a visually stunning exploration of the heavens as seen from Voyageurs National Park, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and Quetico Provincial Park—together comprising the world’s largest designated Dark Sky sanctuary. Ojibwe artist and scholar Carl Gawboy shares Indigenous star knowledge complemented by Indigenous and cultural astronomers Jim Rock and Jessica Heim and astronomer Bob King. Learn how artificial light is impacting our world from author Paul Bogard and about the movement to reduce the harmful human health and environmental effects of light pollution from Starry Skies North founders Cynthia Lapp and Randy Larson and bird expert Laura Erickson. The full documentary Northern Nights, Starry Skies was co-produced with Hamline University Center for Global Environmental Education (CGEE). This is an experience that will transform your appreciation of the North Country’s spectacular starry skies!"