Lesson 3 Michigans Natural Characteristics Bodies of Water

Lesson 3: Michigan’s Natural Characteristics Bodies of Water

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

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

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

Michigan’s Inland Lakes Higgins Lake Houghton Lake

Bodies of Water: Bay ØA body of water that is partly blocked off by land Keweenaw Bay Grand Traverse Bay Whitefis h. Bay Saginaw Bay

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

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

Bodies of Water in Michigan Ø Read informational text Ø Use map on page A 10 Ø Complete Bodies of Water Chart

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

Paul Bunyan Ø By Steven Kellogg Ø Tall Tale l l 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