This web site is a good place to get information on the environment in the Great Lakes. You can pull up information about the animals, pollution problems, and weather. It is organized, easy to navigate, and easy for kids to understand. Topics on this site include: economy, ecosystem, education, environment, Great Lakes, weather and Tourism. If you are concerned about pollution on the Great Lakes you will want to follow the Great Lakes link. It will take you to a map of the Great Lakes and to reports on all of the "areas of concern" on the Great Lakes, with links to other web sites. Students studying geography or science will appreciate this site. The site is published by the Great Lakes Commission and you do not have to pay a fee to use it.
Reviewed by Justina F and Stephanie J.

This Website is well organized and easy to read and understand. It has colorful pictures of ships people use to transport items like coal and limestone to other states and countries. Information at the site is about the items they transport to other states and countries. For instance, they transport Iron Ore, Coal, Limestone, and other products. This website also tells you about the different ships they use to transport these items; it doesn't take long to load. This website has lots of useful information for those doing a report or essay about some of the items the ships transport. It also has many links to other sites on the topic.
Reviewed by Michael J.

This web site is very easy to navigate. You can learn about the lighthouse by following the author's journal, by alphabetical order, or by each of the Great Lakes. Each web page tells a lot about the Great Lakes and the history of the lighthouse. There are cool pictures of lighthouses that include descriptions. Don and Diana Carter have traveled around the country visiting and photographing lighthouses since 1987. They have visited all of the lighthouses on the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Coast. You must ask their permission to use any of their photographs. This is a very complete photo album of the Lighthouses of the Great Lakes. The descriptions are brief and easy to read. I gave this web site an overall top rating.
Reviewed by Justina F.

This web site contains good and organized information about Lighthouses, Beaches, Flowers and Fish of the Great Lakes. It also has very good sections on the problems facing the Great Lakes and some solutions to those problems. The site is sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency. It presents meaningful and useful content that is intended to educate and/or entertain interested visitors. The information is very easy to read--everyone should be able to use it.
Reviewed by Kristen H.

If you are studying the Great Lakes and water quality you will want to be sure to visit this Environmental Protection Agency site. It contains reports on: Rivers and Streams; Lakes, Reservoirs, and Ponds; Tidal Estuaries and Ocean Shoreline Waters; Wetlands; and Ground Water Quality. Each report contains charts, graphs and text that will help you understand the water quality concerns that relate to our water supply.
Reviewed by Kristen H.

When you visit this web site make sure to follow the first link on the left, "Information about cruise activity and ports on the Great Lakes." This link will take you to the historical and background section of this web site. Here you will find information about the history and types of cruises available on the Great Lakes. The other two links on this page are about the current cruise ships on the Great Lakes. You may want to view the interesting diagrams of the ship's decks.
Reviewed by Michael J.

You will need to have Real Audio Player (http://www.realaudio.com/products/player/download.html) to use this web site. It contains radio programs on environmental news concerning the Great Lakes. You can choose programs by date or search for them by typing in one word from the title. This is a very interesting site with some very intriguing titles. You will find some of the stories at this site very funny.
Reviewed by Amanda Y.

These two links are part of the US Army Corps of Engineers Detroit District's web site. Both sites contain large amounts of information on ships and shipping in the Great Lakes and the Soo Locks. I like these two sites because they have a lot of illustrations that helped me to understand the topic. For example, they have a cut away picture showing the parts of a self-unloader lake freighter and diagrams of the Soo Locks. If you are studying either of these two topics you will want to visit these web sites.
Reviewed by Michelle J.

This Canadian site is a good place to start learning about the St. Lawrence Seaway. It contains a lot of general information about the seaway and includes a lot of important facts. It also has links to most of the major harbors along the seaway. One fact that I found interesting was that the first canals were started in 1680. I liked reading the handbook for ships passing through the Seaway; it was neat to be able to read the same information a captain of a ship would read.
Reviewed by Stephanie J.

This site is the best site I found with information about the history of Native Americans and early settlers in the Great Lakes Area. If you are studying about Native Americans in the Great Lakes Area this is a good site for you. It has information on culture, history, and a lot of information about Native Americans. This isn't an easy site to navigate, but the information makes it worthwhile.
Reviewed by Michelle J.

If you want to learn about shipping on the Great Lakes this is good spot to start. Some of its features include a great photo gallery of ships; two quizzes on the history of the Great Lakes; Fact and Figures about Great Lakes shipping; and the Great Lakes. One of the three photo galleries contains 300 photos of ships. Many photos include a description of the ship and its history. You can spend hours surfing this site. It also contains links to other sites on shipping on the Great Lakes.
Reviewed by Amanda Y.