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Let’s go on a boat trip!

Let’s go on a boat trip!. All passengers aboard!!. A Few Boat Rules . Please be respectful of your neighbor. No talking or disturbing their trip! Please sit back and relax as you learn about our new region.

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Let’s go on a boat trip!

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  1. Let’s go on a boat trip! All passengers aboard!!

  2. A Few Boat Rules • Please be respectful of your neighbor. No talking or disturbing their trip! • Please sit back and relax as you learn about our new region. • Feel free to ask questions to your ship captain, Miss Stern. She is here to help  • In case of any emergencies, grab a lifejacket!

  3. Can you guess our destination?? • Here are some clues: • Tall cornstalks in neat rows • A scarecrow • Cows in a pasture • Beaches with beautiful lakes You’ll see all these in the…

  4. MIDWEST MIDWEST MIDWEST

  5. Places of Interest: St. Louis Arch

  6. Places of Interest: Sears Tower in Chicago

  7. Places of Interest: Indiana Sand Dunes

  8. And don’t forget Wisconsin cheese!

  9. Importance of the Great Lakes • Did you know the Great Lakes link the Midwest region to the Gulf of Mexico and to the Atlantic Ocean? • Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, & Lake Superior • Largest group of freshwater lakes in the world – contain about 1/5 of the world’s freshwater (water that is not salty)

  10. How were the Great Lakes formed? • Movement of ____________ caused deep pits to form in the Earth. • As the Ice Age ended, the ____________ melted. • The melting water of the ____________ filled the pits, forming the Great Lakes.

  11. Captain’s Vocabulary Quiz! • Waterway: consists of rivers, lakes, and canals through which many ships travel • Canal: one kind of waterway that has been dug across land for ships to go through • Illinois Waterway: connects lake Michigan to the Mississippi River • St. Lawrence Seaway: links the Great Lakes with the St. Lawrence River • Lock: a gated part of a canal or river • Barge: a flat-bottomed boat

  12. St. Lawrence Seaway

  13. To Ship Over Land or Water? • Hello, passengers. This is your captain speaking. I need your help with an important question. • Is it better to transport goods by water or by land? • Share some advantages and disadvantages

  14. From the Great Lakes to the Great Plains… • The badlands are in the Great Plains. • Located in South Dakota • Badlands are regions of dry hills and sharp cliffs formed of crumbling rock. • Among the most beautiful landscapes in the United States • Rivers, wind, and rain carved the landscape we see today.

  15. Badlands National Park – South Dakota

  16. Captain’s Vocabulary Quiz! • Erosion: the wearing away of rock by water and wind • Erosion continually uncovers fossils in the Badlands • Famous for dinosaur fossils • The area has one of the richest fossil beds in the world A prairie surrounds the Badlands. A prairie isan area where grasses grow well, but trees are rare. • What animals might live here?

  17. Rich Farmland • The Midwest is one of the world’s most important agricultural regions. • Soil is very rich and deep • Rainfall is plentiful • Growing season is long • Summers are warm

  18. Great Plains vs. Central Plains • Wheat and other grains are main crops grown on the GREAT PLAINS. • Corn and soybeans are two main crops grown on the CENTRAL PLAINS. • Irrigation has made it possible for farmers on the Great Plains to grow more types of crops.

  19. Ship’s Arrival • We will now be docking at one of the busiest port cities on the Mississippi River. • Welcome to St. Louis, Missouri!! • I hope you have some time to explore the neat attractions in St. Louis, including the Arch. • You might even have time to take in a St. Louis Cardinals baseball game 

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