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LSI: Life Science Investigation- Attack of the Alien Invaders is an award-winning multimedia classroom resource which utilizes the recent news story of the “Asian carp” threat to the Great Lakes as a way to hook students into a better understanding of the life science benchmarks and indicators contained within Ohio’s middle grade science standards.

We learn how gill netting is used as a sampling technique.
The Asian Carp first entered the Mississippi River system in the early 1990s.
The first step in any battle plan is to "know your enemy."
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Interior waterways off Lake Erie serve an important function for the lake’s population.
Scientists rely on procedures and data to predict the future of Lake Erie.
Utilizes the "Asian carp" threat to the Great Lakes to educate about life sciences.
We examine and describe a few native fish from a sample taken from Lake Erie.
Dante measures the turbidity, or clarity, of Lake Erie with a Secchi disk.
According to some experts, the threat of an Asian carp invasion is very real.
Lake Erie is a very inviting place for new invasive species.
The round goby is an example of an invasive species that has changed Lake Erie.
John Hageman from Stone Lab, shows Dante what plankton looks like under the microscope.
Lake Erie is a big lake and many native and invasive species call it home.