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© Teachers’ Curriculum Institute The Great Lakes: The U.S. and Canada’s Freshwater Treasures 1
Talk about these questions with your partner. Then write your answers.
• Which is the largest of the Great Lakes?
• Which is the smallest of the Great Lakes?
• How many U.S. states and Canadian provinces border the Great Lakes?
• Which country controls more of the Great Lakes: the United States or Canada?
• What is the approximate distance from the southern end of the St. Lawrence River to Duluth, Minnesota?
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0 200 miles
Albers Conic Equal-Area projection100
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Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
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Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois Indiana
U N I T E D S T A T E S
C A N A D A
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New YorkMichigan
Ontario
Quebec
ChicagoCleveland
Toronto
Duluth
TCI5 370 GA_ISN_04-PRE-1.epsFirst Proof
The Great Lakes Region
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© Teachers’ Curriculum Institute The Great Lakes: The U.S. and Canada’s Freshwater Treasures 2
Talk about these questions with your partner. Then write your answers.
• Which Great Lake is the deepest?
• Which Great Lake is the shallowest?
• Why does water flow from Lake Superior into the St. Lawrence River and out to the Atlantic?
• Which lake do you think people could pollute most quickly? Why?
St. Marys River
LocksWelland Canal
Niagara Falls
St. Lawrence River
Atlantic Ocean
St. Clair River Detroit River
Niagara River
LakeSuperior
LakeHuron
Lake Erie
LakeOntarioLake
Michigan
Locks
Elevation601 ft.
Depth1,333 ft.
Depth750 ft.
Depth210 ft.
Depth802 ft.
Total distance = 2,200 miles
Depth923 ft.
Elevation578 ft.
Elevation572 ft.
Elevation569 ft.
Elevation243 ft.
Profile of the Great Lakes
The Great Lakes: The U.S. and Canada’s Freshwater Treasures 3
G e o T e r m S
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Read Sections 1 and 2. Then create an illustrated dictionary of the Geoterms by completing these tasks:• Create a symbol or an illustration to represent each term.• Write a definition of each term in your own words. • Write a sentence that includes the term and the words Great Lakes.
Geoterm and Symbol Definition Sentence
ecosystem
food chain
food web
freshwater
watershed
The Great Lakes: The U.S. and Canada’s Freshwater Treasures 4© Teachers’ Curriculum Institute
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Pollution in the Great Lakes EcosystemRead Section 4. Then follow the steps below.1. On the diagram, draw and label these things:
• two examples of point-source pollution • one example of non-point-source pollution • two ways that pollution is still a problem in the Great Lakes
2. List positive and negative information from your book and the matching station in the room.
Positive Signs Negative Signs
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Invasive Species in the Great Lakes EcosystemRead Section 5. Then follow the steps below.1. On the diagram, draw and label these things:
• one way invasive species enter the Great Lakes • two examples of invasive species • two solutions to the invasive species problem
2. List positive and negative information from your book and the matching station in the room.
Positive Signs Negative Signs
The Great Lakes: The U.S. and Canada’s Freshwater Treasures 6© Teachers’ Curriculum Institute
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Habitat Loss in the Great Lakes EcosystemRead Section 6. Then follow the steps below.1. On the diagram, draw and label these things:
• two ways habitat was lost • two ways habitat has been restored or protected
2. List positive and negative information from your book and the matching station in the room.
Positive Signs Negative Signs