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To commemorate Earth Week, the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal
Conservation has just released an education resource for teaching
students about beach and dune ecology. "Understanding Beach and Dune
Ecosystems" is a 139 page teacher resource that looks at a very special
environment along the Great Lakes. Dunes make up about 3 percent of Lake
Huron's coastline, but are under increasing threat from people's
indiscriminate activities that can damage vegetation and cause erosion
and loss of habitat.
Geoff Peach, Coastal Resources Manager at the Centre, and one of the
kit's authors, said "Kids love the beach, but I doubt many have a good
understanding of it as a functioning ecosystem which is important to
many plants and animals along the Great Lakes. The kit is meant to
improve their understanding of Great Lakes beaches, and the importance
of protecting what we've got before we run out of time to do so."
Designed as a Grades 7 & 8 teacher resource, the kit is available free
to teachers throughout the province. It covers the subjects of
Geography, Science and Technology and Language through topics including
biodiversity, Species at Risk, dune ecology, how the beach "works", and
how people can damage this environment if they're not careful.
Peach said that teachers interested in obtaining a kit can contact the
Centre to obtain a copy. They can phone (519) 523-4478 or email
coastalcentre@lakehuron.on.ca
This education resource was funded through a grant from the federal
Habitat Species Program for Species at Risk.
(also see Beach
Eco-system Flyer)
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