By Erica Hamling and Amber McDonald
Every Monday Great Lakes Echo runs video clips of random people answering questions that experts believe environmentally literate citizens should understand. In the last clip an expert explains the correct answers.
This week’s question is “Can you name all the Great Lakes?”
This week’s expert is Jonathon Schramm, ecologist and professor at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich.
Schramm is also a post-doctoral researcher at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, where he studies different ways for students to better understand current issues in bioenergy and sustainability.
What about Lake St. Clair and Lake Champlain and some folks even try to squeeze in Georgian Bay. And what about that Great Salt Lake?
Nothing like confusion except guvment.
Agnieszka – Good point. The origin of the names would have been a great addition.
These people are all from Michigan. But I have to disagree with saying it would be like asking a Michiganian to name a lake in California. These aren’t just any lakes. They are the GREAT lakes. It’s not unlike asking someone to name the tallest mountain in the world. You don’t have to live in Nepal to know the answer to that one.
But there are five. And not everyone was taught HOMES in school.
It’s interesting to see that it’s Ontario that gives people the most problems in this segment.
You could say it’s a result of the U.S. orientation of those who were interviewed. But almost half of even that lake’s shoreline is in the U.S.
Eh this was a weak one. I would have at least liked to know how all the lakes got their names from the expert. And were all your people on the street from Michigan? If so, shame on them, otherwise I don’t blame them for not knowing all of the Great Lakes. I couldn’t name any lake in California…
HOMES!