L E A R N I N G G O A L S1. I A M L E A R N I N G T H E I M PA C T O F H U M A N

A C T I V I T I E S A N D T E C H N O L O G I E S O N WAT E R R E S O U R C E S

2. I A M I N V E S T I G AT I N G T H E FA C T O R S T H AT A F F E C T L O C A L WAT E R Q U A L I T Y.

3. I A M L E A R N I N G A B O U T T H E C H A R A C T E R I S T I C S O F E A R T H ’ S WAT E R S Y S T E M S A N D T H E I N F LU E N C E O F WAT E R S S Y S T E M S O N A S P E C I F I C R E G I O N

Water Systems

Without Water??

Where do we get our water from?

Read pages 272-273.

The Great Lakes provide almost 10 Million Canadians and more than 30 million Americans with fresh drinking water

LEARNING GOALS1. I AM LEARNING THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN SALT WATER AND FRESH WATER

2. I AM LEARNING HOW THE WATER CYCLE WORKS

Water Systems

Water of the World

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRGZOCaD9sQ

Read Water in our World Page 8-9Answer questions 1-4

Review the Water Cycle on Pages 12-13Answer questions #1-3

The Power of Water

1. I am learning the damage water can cause2. I am learning about the water table

What questions do you have about this picture?

What questions do you have about this picture?

Erosion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFpCJsc_k64

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erM7d0vUWz0

Erosion assignmentRead pages 14-15Answer questions 1-5

The Water TablePage 16-17Answer questions #1-4

Glaciers: Rivers of IceLesson 4.10

Glaciers- masses of ice and snow built up over a thousands of years

A continental glacier covers the entire continent of Anatarctica. Another covers most of the island of Greendland

Glaciers

The large sheets of ice on the Arctic Ocean are called Polar ice caps. It is not a glacier because it lies over water NOT land.

Last ice age- 2 million years ago spread ice across North America. When they melted the remains included Greenland and Antarctica.

North American Melts

Ocean Currents

Learning Goals:

I am learning about the five main gyres of the worldI am learning about convectional currents

The Ocean Conveyer and Convection Current

Current- movement in water

Convectional Current- currents caused by temperature differences

Overturns- occurs in the spring and fall, when convectional currents mix the surface and bottom waters.

Al Gore explains

Convectional currentshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02NRKzemXYE

Major Currents and Gyres

The Gulf StreamThe North Atlantic CurrentThe Irminger CurrentThe Labrador CurrentThe Greenland Current

The North Atlantic The South AtlanticThe South IndianThe North PacificThe South Pacific

Your assignment

Read Pages 32-33Answer Questions on page 33 #1-6 (don’t do #4)

Unit Test Next WednesdayJune 3rd