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d r aw i n g w i t h M a r k !
Let’s practice drawing a
Pterodactyl
St. Lawrence
Seaway
By Erika Enigk
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P
ack your bags! This week, KidzBuzz is going on a trip
to the Great Lakes. If you live in Ohio, Michigan,
New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota or Wisconsin, chances are you’ve seen at least one of
the Great Lakes. But even if you have, you might not know
these fun facts about these extraordinary bodies of water.
Lake Superior
To Atlantic
Ocean
Lake Huron
Activity
You live in Chicago and need
to take a boat full of cargo to
Europe, across the Atlantic
Ocean. Using only the Great
Lakes, find a route from
Chicago to the ocean.
Lake Ontario
Lake Michigan
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Lake Erie
Chicago
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word find
Lakes
Michigan
Erie
Huron
Ontario
Superior
Fresh
Shipping
The five lakes
There are five Great Lakes: Lake
Michigan, Lake Erie, Lake Huron,
Lake Ontario and Lake Superior.
Together, they hold 20 percent of the
world’s fresh water. “Fresh water”
means that the lakes don’t have salt
water like oceans do. The lakes are
part of the St. Lawrence Seaway
shipping route, which means people
in Midwestern cities like Chicago
can easily send things via boat all
the way to the Atlantic Ocean.
Lake Superior
This is the largest of the Great
Lakes. In fact, it’s the largest freshwater lake in the world by area, and
the third deepest. It can also be the
most dangerous. Even though it’s
a lake, storms can make waves up
to 30 feet high. One of the most
famous shipwrecks in history happened on this lake in 1975, when the
Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a storm.
of fish. Lake Ontario is the smallest
and connected to Lake Erie by the
Niagara River. Because these lakes
are small, they have been adversely
affected by pollution and overfishing.
Lakes Huron and Michigan
Lake Huron is the second largest of the Great Lakes, and Lake
Michigan is the third. Lake Michigan also is the only Great Lake the
United States doesn’t share with
Canada. Some people think of
these two lakes as one giant one
because they are connected.
Cleanup efforts
Many groups have worked for
years to clean up the lakes and protect them from threats such as pollution and invasive species like the
Asian carp, a giant fish that eats the
food other fish need to survive.
The Great Lakes supply drinking water to millions of people,
and the lakes are the favorite
spots of many tourists. Keeping
them clean and full of beneficial
plants and animals will help them
help people for years to come.
Lakes Erie and Ontario
Erie is the shallowest of the Great
Lakes, only 62 feet deep. It’s also the
warmest, so it’s home to many kinds
a n g e l s f r o M t h e at t i c
Midwestern
Atlantic
By Mark Marderosian
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