BODIES OF WATER

Brainstorm

How do people use oceans, seas, rivers, or a lake?
Try to find an example of each.

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PEOPLE

USE

WATER

FOOD:

FUN:

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Learning Intention

We are learning to analyse the different types of bodies of water while understanding their significance to human life

​SUCCESS CRITERIA

1.  I can identify different bodies of water

2. I can describe the key characteristics of various
bodies of water

 

3. I can compare various bodies of water

​KEY VOCABULARY

​Oceans
Rivers
Lakes
Waterfalls
Oasis

​WARM UP-What do you see in the picture?

Why do you think bodies of water like this one are important?

Open Ended

Reflect on your own experiences near bodies of water, such as rivers, lakes, or oceans. How do these environments make you feel?

 

 

BODIES OF WATER
UAE SST

Let’s Read!

Over 70% of the surface of the earth is covered by water.
Oceans and seas contain 97% of all the water on earth.
However, ocean and sea water is salty. Humans cannot
drink salty water. Water that is not salty is called fresh
water. Only 3% of all the water in the world is fresh
water. Fresh water comes from ice, rivers, lakes, ponds or
underground.

Fresh water comes from rain or snow. It sinks through
the ground and collects in a large underground pool. The
pool is called the water table.

I am a flowing, moving stream of water that
flows into an ocean, lake, pond, or other river.

River

Ocean

I am very large with lots of animals and plants inside me.

I cover most of the Earth’s surface, 71% to be exact.

Oasis

An oasis is a place in the
desert where people can get
fresh water. People can have
farms near the oases.

In the UAE, there are two
famous oases. One is in Al
Ain, and another is in Liwa.
People get fresh water for
themselves and their animals
from underground well.

Why do you think
people preferred to
live near the oasis in

olden days?

I am a small area of water,

smaller than a lake. I have freshwater.

Pond

Lake

I am a large body of water surrounded by land. I am not an ocean.

Some of the
biggest and bodies
of water on land
are lakes. Lakes
are often found in
mountain areas.
Most lakes contain
fresh water.

I am a body of water. My water starts at the top of a high cliff,

then drops to a body of water further down.

Waterfall

Rain and snow that
falls in the
mountains collects
in lakes and rivers.
Fresh water flowing
from a high
elevation to a lower
one sometimes falls
over a waterfall.

Poll

Which of the following is not a body of water?

• Lakes

• Plains

• Oceans

• Oasis

Open Ended

Think Hard- How aponds and lakes alike and different?

EXERCISES-
​Exercise 1: With a help of T-chart differentiate between rivers and lakes.

​RIVERS	​LAKES
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​Exercise 2

Make a mind map and write down ways in which bodies of water support human life ( any 3 points) 
  

​Extended Task:

Explain the importance of conserving biodiversity in bodies of water and how it benefits both the environment and human populations.

                                       OR

Describe the importance of bodies of water for trade and transportation around the world.