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Great Lakes States Lapbook Instructions

Print state matchbooks two sided (flip along the long side of the paper) Print Great Lakes State features two sided (flip along the long side of the paper). Print the Great Lakes states map and the cover . Laminate or contact paper the map and glue or tape into the middleInstructions section of the lapbook. Fold the state matchbooks along the dotted lines and glue onto the side flaps of the lapbook. (the order really doesn’t matter) with pictures Fold the Great Lakes Features along the solid lines and glue intoof the middlecompleted section. Use the laminated map in the middle for students to quiz themselves using a dry erase marker. They can test themselves on the state names, capitals, or even birds andproject flowers. Alternatively, you could not laminate it, and just allow students to color, and label states and capitals. Extra space was left in the matchbook so your students can add any extra stateincluded info they find interesting! Consider adding state trees, songs, patron saints, etc!

Print the cover for your lapbook:

Glue it to the front of the two side flaps. (I glue the page to one side, then use the edge of the file folder as a guide to cut on).

Instructions with pictures of completed project included

Then to make it fit into your Geography 3 ring binder, use some packing tape. Run the packing tape down the outside of the left side of the Lapbook. Fold it over onto itself, so that about 1/2 of tape is sticking to itself, and the rest to the lapbook. Hole punch through the tape and store in your binder!

National Geography Standards NSS-G.K-12.1 THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS Understand how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective. Understand how to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context. Understand how to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface. NSS-G.K-12.2 PLACES AND REGIONS Understand the physical and human characteristics of places.

Wisconsin

Illinois

Indiana

Matchbooks

show

Michigan highlighted state within the whole

US for Ohio spatial recognition

State Flag State

Robin Bird:

Flower: Purple Violet Purple Flower: Abbreviation: IL Abbreviation: Springfield Capital: Cardinal Bird:

Violet Wood Flower:

Capital: Madison Capital:

Abbreviation: WI Abbreviation:

MatchbooksFlag State

Flower: Peony Flower: Abbreviation: IN Abbreviation: Indianapolis Capital: Cardinal Bird:

are filled in

State Flag State

with basic

information,

State Flag State

Flower: Apple Blossom Blossom Apple Flower: Capital: Lansing Capital: Robin Bird: pictures of MI Abbreviation:

flags, and

have blank

space for

State Flag State

Flower: Scarlet Scarlet Flower: Capital: Columbus Capital: Carnation Cardinal Bird: adding your OHAbbreviation: own fun details!

Lake

Huron

Flip pages for the great lakes have information filled in and pictures

Lake

Superior

Lake Huron is the second largest of the five great lakes. Manitoulin Island is in Lake Huron and is the world’s largest freshwater island. Lake Huron is connected to Lake Michigan by the Straits of Mackinac. More than 1000 shipwrecks have happened in Lake Huron, including the first European ship to sail there, Le Griffon in 1679.

Flip pages for Great Lakes have information filled in and Lake Superior is the largest of the Great Lakes and the largest fresh water lake in the world by surface area. It is fed by pictures more than 200 rivers, and it’s main outflow is through St. Marys River into Lake Huron. All of the Great Lakes have been important for shipping goods. Lake Superior was important for shipping iron ore as well as other mined materials. The large boats that carried cargo across the Great Lakes were known as ‘lake freighters.’ It also has many shipwrecks and the famous Fitzgerald sunk in Lake Superior with no survivors, in 1975.

Lake

Ontario

L M i a c h k i g e a n

Lake

Erie

Lake Ontario is the most eastern of the Great Lakes. It’s main source of water is the Niagara River which comes from Lake Erie. The Great Lakes have a lot of diversity in wildlife, and are home to many types of fish, reptiles, amphibians, birds and plant life. The wetlands created by Lake Ontario are a particularly special habitat.

Lake Michigan is the only Great Lake that is entirely bordered by the United States. To the east and north are Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas, to the west is Wisconsin, and Illinois and Indiana are to the south. There are lots of National and State parks along the shores of Lake Michigan. It is connected to Lake Huron by the Straits of Mackinac, and you can see both Lakes from the Mackinac Bridge, pictured to the left.

Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes, with it’s average depth at 62ft and deepest part at 210ft. Lake Erie is fed from the Detroit river and it’s main outflow is the Niagara River which provides hydroelectric power to both the US and Canada. The Great Lakes often partially freeze in the winter; you can see Lake Erie partially covered in ice in the picture to the left. That’s a lot of ice!

Large regional map for students to color and label themselves! Laminate to label and erase over and over!

Lapbook cover with map and states listed!

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin