Lesson 3: Michigan’s Natural Characteristics

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Lesson 3: Michigan’s Natural Characteristics Bodies of Water

What is a natural or physical characteristic? Things on Earth not made by humans Examples of natural characteristics Trees Soil Hills Rivers Animals Lakes Peninsula

Bodies of Water Different kinds of water on the Earth Examples of Bodies of Water Oceans Lakes Bays Rivers Waterfalls Straits

Name the Great Lakes H.O.M.E.S Lake Superior Lake Huron Lake Ontario Label the Great Lakes on your map. Lake Michigan Lake Erie

Michigan’s Inland Lakes Higgins Lake Houghton Lake

Bodies of Water: Bay A body of water that is partly blocked off by land WhitefishBay Keweenaw Bay Saginaw Bay Grand Traverse Bay

Bodies of Water: Rivers Grand River Label the Grand River and the Detroit River on your map.

Bodies of Water: Straits A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water Straits of Mackinac

Bodies of Water in Michigan Read informational text Use map on page A10 Complete Bodies of Water Chart

Glaciers and Michigan’s Geography Glaciers are giant sheets of slowly moving ice. Glaciers helped form many of the natural (physical) characteristics of Michigan Glaciers and Michigan’s Geography Read informational text

Paul Bunyan By Steven Kellogg Tall Tale Traditional Literature In tall tales, the characters contain superhuman traits Tall tales explain how something in nature came to be They often contain great exaggerations