Have you ever wondered what products are made from the raw materials shipped across the Great Lakes? Or how grain moves from South Dakota to your kitchen? Well wonder no more. The Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute and Michigan Technological University have games to teach you.
A freightor on the Detroit River. Photo: cseeman (flickr)
With Commodities to Products, match finished products like perfume, pet foods and rubber bands to the raw materials they’re made of: iron ore, coal, grain or bentonite clay. These materials are shipped out of the Port of Duluth-Superior in Minnesota.
To see how grain makes its way from the field to the pantry, play Field to Table — With a Run Down Through the Lakes. Answer questions about Great Lakes shipping to read about the life of a loaf of bread.
If you want to learn more about Great Lakes shipping, simply click through the rest of the site.
As an old sailor, turned educator, now retired, it is great to finally see a very good unit dedicated to shipping on the great lakes. Next step, I would suggest a unit focusing on careers on the great lakes.