The Great Lakes

The Great Lakes

Multiple Select

What Are The Great Lakes?

• Superior

• Huron

• Michigan

• Erie

• Ontario

- Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area.
- Lake Superior contains half of the water in all the Great Lakes.

Lake Superior

- Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake that is entirely within U.S. territory.
- It has an unusual water flow that goes in almost a cul-de-sac formation, moving slowly in a circular pattern.

Lake Michigan

- Has the longest shoreline out of the other lakes.
- Named for the Wyandot Indians, or Hurons, who lived there. Lake Huron is the second largest Great Lake by surface area.

Lake Huron

- The name was derived from erielhonan, the Iroquoian word for "long tail," which describes its shape.
- Smallest by water volume.
- Ontario is the Huron word for "lake of shining water." This lake is the smallest of the Great Lakes when measured in surface area.

Lake Erie / Ontario

Great Facts About the Five Great Lakes | Live Science Fresh Water: 10 Unexpected Great Lake Facts | Michigan

Here is what The Great Lakes look like on a map with the states that border the Lakes. What states border the Lakes?

The Great Lakes

Draw

Draw what The Great Lakes look like...

Open Ended

Is there any facts that you know about a Great Lake?

Assignment

You are going to pick a Lake that you find interesting. After picking your lake you are going to research facts about the Lake or something interesting that not many people know about it. Then you will create a poster about it.

Assignment

Now that you have read about some facts about The Great Lakes. Now we are going to be doing an assignment about a fact that you found interesting.

Facts About Great Lakes

My Poster is on Lake Superior...
- Lake Superior
- The lake’s bottom is the second-deepest spot in the United States
- the southern shore of the lake, is referred to as the “Graveyard of the Great Lakes.” This is because of the numerous ships that wrecked here.
- Wreck Of the Edmund Fitzgerald
- In 1964, the Edmund Fitzgerald became the first carrier to haul more than one million tons of iron ore pellets.
- The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest ship on the Great Lakes.
- The ship ran into a deadly storm on Lake Superior.
12 Memorable Facts About the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald (mentalfloss.com)

Example Assignment

Poll

Any Questions?

• Yes, Questions!!

• No, I understand what to do!