1. Lesson 3: Michigan’s Natural Characteristics
Bodies of Water

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

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

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

5. Michigan’s Inland Lakes
Higgins Lake
Houghton Lake

6. Bodies of Water: Bay
A body of water that is partly blocked off by land
WhitefishBay
Keweenaw Bay
Saginaw Bay
Grand Traverse Bay

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

8. Bodies of Water: Straits
A narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
Straits of Mackinac

9. Bodies of Water in Michigan
Read informational text
Use map on page A10
Complete Bodies of Water Chart

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

11. Paul Bunyan By Steven Kellogg Tall Tale 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