This power point presentation aims to teach 3rd grade students about the four Great Lakes through interactive games and websites. The learning objective is for students to research and take notes on the lakes so they can correctly answer questions in a jeopardy-style game with 100% accuracy. Key information covered includes the names of the five Great Lakes, their locations, and distinguishing characteristics. Students are provided links to research each individual lake.

1. Augusta Conner

2. Content Area: Science
Grade Level: 3
Summery: The purpose of this power point is to make students familiar with the 4 great
lakes and know characteristics, making it easy for one to identify them.
Learning Objective: Given websites and notes to write down about major water land
forms, students will play jeopardy after the presentation in groups, answering questions
with 100 percent accuracy.
Content standard: GLE 0307.7.1 Use information and illustrations to identify the
earth’s major landforms and water bodies.
Accomplishments: SPI 0307.7.1 Classify landforms and bodies of water according to
their geological features and identify them on a map.

3. Which 5 are right?
Great lakes Great fakes
Take turns dragging the different lakes into the appropriate boxes:
Ontario Holmes Erie Michigan Huron Superior
Pickwick Kentucky

4. The Correct Answers:
 Great Lakes:  Great fakes:
Huron Pickwick
Ontario Kentucky
Michigan Homes
Erie
Superior

5. There are 5 great
lakes.
• Huron
• Ontario
• Michigan
• Erie
• Superior
All of the lakes are located in the north eastern area in
the united states.
Here is a website for you to explore some facts about the great lakes and to take notes from each
lake http://www.great-lakes.net/lakes/

6. The 5 great lakes can be
remembered through a simple
acronym:
H.O.M.E.S
The definition for acronym can be found here: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
acronym

7. Lake Huron
Lake Huron is the
second largest Great
Lake by surface area
and the fifth largest
freshwater lake in the
world.
http://www.great-lakes.net/lakes/huron.html
For our game at the end you will need to explore
this website to gather information on Lake Huron.

8. Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario: easternmost,
smallest in surface area
For more information on Lake Ontario: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_
Ontario

9. Lake Michigan
Lake Michigan is the third
largest of the great lakes and the
6th largest lake in the world!
To learn more on Lake
Michigan: http://www.lakemichiganangler.com
/info/info.htm

10. Lake Erie: fourth largest lake (by surface area) of the five
tenth largest globally
southernmost
shallowest
smallest by volume.
To research Lake Erie more: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:La
ke-Erie.svg&page=1

11. Lake Superior
• Largest of the 5
• Northern most great lake
More facts of lake superior: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Superi
or

12. Label the lakes:
1
3
5
2
4

13. Correct Answers:
1.) Lake Superior
2.) Lake Michigan
3.) Lake Huron
4.) Lake Erie
5.) Lake ontario

14. Summary:
Throughout the power point, the students should learn the names and
locations of the great lakes. They should be able to label them on a map and
rank them in size after researching and taking notes. After the power point, the
learners will play a game based on the information they learned from the
presentation and links provided. When tested on the information, they should
answer with 1oo% accuracy.