Michigan Geography

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Michigan Geography

• Chapter 1

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Vocabulary

• Glaciers (places formed by glaciersSleeping
  Bear Dunes)
• Volcanoes (places formed by volcanoes..UP
  mountain peaks)
• Ecosystems(forest, pond, lake, marshes)
• Boundary (land connected to another
  state/country
• Peninsula ( land surrounded on 3 sides with
  water) (UP LP)
• Drumlin (landforms created by glaciers)
  (southeast MI)
• Strait (narrow channel of water connecting two
  large bodies of water)
• Activity Locate these places on your Michigan
  Map. Use the key provided.

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Online Resources

• Glacier Video Clip on United Streaming
• America's Heartland Waterways at Work (0127)
• America's Heartland Influences of Time on
  Terrain (0125)
• Video Clip of Ice Covering North America/How
  the Great Lakes were
• http//www.on.ec.gc.ca/greatlakeskids/greatlakesm
  ovie5.html
• http//www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_
  ages/laurentide_deglaciation.html
• Web Sites
• http//www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/ice_
  ages/
• http//www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/gla
  cier_maps.html
• http//www.mbgnet.net/fresh/index.htm (ponds and
  lakes)
• http//ths.sps.lane.edu/biomes/deciduous3/deciduo
  us3.html (forest)
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/ (marshes and
  ponds)
• Follow Up Activity Cause and Effect
  Transparency 10

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Ecosystems

• Fresh Water
• Forest
• Pond
• Marsh
• Activity Describe your Ecosystem
• You may use any tech tools to create your
  ecosystem Photo Story, Kid Pix,
• Power point.
• 1.List the living and nonliving things?
• 2.How are people, plants and animals interacting
  with each other in the ecosystem?
• 3.What is the impact of humans in your ecosystem?
  
• 4.How do people protect and/or harm your
  ecosystem?
• http//www.on.ec.gc.ca/greatlakeskids/marsh-puzzl
  e-4.swfhttp//www.on.ec.gc.ca/greatlakeskids/habi
  tatfinal.html

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Writing Reflection

• Moodle Forum (Q and A)
• 1. Name 3 ways people might harm a Michigan
  Ecosystem (fresh water, ponds, forests,
  marshes)
• 2. Give one suggestion on how people can
  protect our Michigan Ecosystems.

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Culminating Review

• Option 1 Postcard Summary of Regions
• Name the Great Lakes
• Directions from different parts of the US
• Climate in January and July Describe Lake Effect
  weather in winter and summer.
• Ecosystem and animals they may encounter
• U.P. Natural resources
• Products grown in Michigan
• When you come to Michigan it is shaped like a
  Mitten because.. ?
• Example Bring to wear in January, bring a camera
  to catch pictures of the deer.

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Culminating Review

• Option2 Tourism commercial (Audacity)
• Interview with a panel of experts on Michigan
  (Maria the meteorologist, Mary the Farmer, Mike
  the Miner, Greg the Grocer, Steve the Store
  Owner)
• Name the Great Lakes
• Directions from different parts of the US
• Climate in January and July Describe Lake Effect
  weather in winter and summer.
• Ecosystem and animals they may encounter
• U.P. Natural resources
• Products grown in Michigan
• When you come to Michigan it is shaped like a
  Mitten because..?