About Project FLOW

Supported by Michigan Sea Grant, the Fisheries Learning on the Web (FLOW) curriculum is designed to be an engaging, cost-effective tool for educators. FLOW was originally developed with support from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust in 2005. Key issues outlined in the Great Lakes Fisheries Education Assessment and Summary of Needs report for the Great Lakes Fishery Trust (2001), provided the FLOW development team with the basis for structuring the curriculum.
Features of the FLOW curriculum:

• Lesson content clearly addresses lesson objectives, based on standards and benchmarks. For more information, see the Standards and Benchmarks Overview.
• Includes meaningful assessment tools that include learning objectives, student performance and recommended points. For more information, see the Assessment Overview.
• Complements and supports similar efforts, such as the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s MEECS curriculum. For more information, see MDEQ/MEECS (Ecosystems and Water Quality).
• Links to supplemental materials, about the Great Lakes and oceans. For more information, see Michigan Sea Grant Education.
• Engages K-12 educators and students with high quality graphics, games and hands-on activities, such as fish cards.

FLOW Development Team - Michigan Sea Grant

• Educational Specialists: Nikki Koehler and Steve Stewart
• Fisheries Expert: Brandon Schroeder
• Project Director: Elizabeth LaPorte
• Senior Editor: Joyce Daniels
• Senior Graphic Artist: Todd Marsee

Reviewers

• Anna Switzer, Ph.D. candidate in science education, University of Michigan School of Education
• Chris Geddes, Institute for Fisheries Research, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment and Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Gerald Smith, Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences and Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan College of Literature Science and Arts
• Dan O’Keefe, Michigan Sea Grant educator and fisheries expert.
• Phyllis Dermer, Contractor, National Ocean Service, Office of Ocean & Coastal Resource Management
• Howard Perlman. Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
• K-12 teacher-reviewers: Gary Dewey, Bill Hodges, Chris Kelly, Debra Miller, Keith Piccard, Joy Reynolds, Pam Simek Dave Huntington, Mara Matteson and J. Katt

Michigan Sea Grant, a cooperative program of the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, is supported by NOAA-National Sea Grant.

For additional information, see: About Sea Grant

Fisheries Learning on the Web (FLOW) © Michigan Sea Grant and the Regents of the University of Michigan.

Developed with support from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust. The Trust provides funding to enhance, protect and rehabilitate Great Lakes fishery resources.

MICHU-05-421
Updated 11-12-2007