LEARNING GOALS 1. I AM LEARNING THE IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND TECHNOLOGIES ON WATER RESOURCES 2. I AM INVESTIGATING THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT LOCAL WATER QUALITY. 3. I AM LEARNING ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EARTH’S WATER SYSTEMS AND THE INFLUENCE OF WATERS SYSTEMS ON A SPECIFIC REGION Water Systems

Without Water?? Where do we get our water from? Read pages The Great Lakes provide almost 10 Million Canadians and more than 30 million Americans with fresh drinking water

LEARNING GOALS 1. I AM LEARNING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SALT WATER AND FRESH WATER 2. I AM LEARNING HOW THE WATER CYCLE WORKS Water Systems

Water of the World Read Water in our World Page 8-9 Answer questions 1-4 Review the Water Cycle on Pages Answer questions #1-3

The Power of Water 1. I am learning the damage water can cause 2. I am learning about the water table

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Erosion watch?v=MFpCJsc_k64 watch?v=MFpCJsc_k64 watch?v=erM7d0vUWz0 watch?v=erM7d0vUWz0 Erosion assignment Read pages Answer questions 1-5 The Water Table Page Answer questions #1-4

Glaciers: Rivers of Ice Lesson 4.10 Glaciers- masses of ice and snow built up over a thousands of years A continental glacier covers the entire continent of Anatarctica. Another covers most of the island of Greendland

Glaciers The large sheets of ice on the Arctic Ocean are called Polar ice caps. It is not a glacier because it lies over water NOT land. Last ice age- 2 million years ago spread ice across North America. When they melted the remains included Greenland and Antarctica.

North American Melts

Ocean Currents Learning Goals: I am learning about the five main gyres of the world I am learning about convectional currents

The Ocean Conveyer and Convection Current Current- movement in water Convectional Current- currents caused by temperature differences Overturns- occurs in the spring and fall, when convectional currents mix the surface and bottom waters. Al Gore explains Convectional currents /watch?v=02NRKzemXYE

Major Currents and Gyres The Gulf Stream The North Atlantic Current The Irminger Current The Labrador Current The Greenland Current The North Atlantic The South Atlantic The South Indian The North Pacific The South Pacific

Your assignment Read Pages Answer Questions on page 33 #1-6 (don’t do #4) Unit Test Next Wednesday June 3rd