Our Michigan Adventure

Chapter 6

Using Nature’s Gifts

Designed by Kimberly Seymour, MA, CCC-SLP

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Nature’s gifts to Michigan are it’s……Natural Resources

Valuable materials that are made from nature, not man are called……. Natural Resources

Here are some of Michigan’s Natural Resources:

Copper

Iron Ore

Salt

Oil

Coal

Natural Gas

Limestone

Lumber

The Great Lakes are also a natural resource!

The Great Lakes were formed from …….

Glaciers scooped out the soft places in the ground.

When the glaciers began to __________, the Great Lakeswere formed!

Dirt from the melted glaciers ended up in the……

Southern Lower Peninsula

The dirt was rich soil, so it was good for ____________.farming

Upper Peninsula

Name the 2 parts of our State:

Lower Peninsula

Upper Peninsula

Lower Peninsula

Lansing

Detroit

Keeweenaw Peninsula

What Natural Resources do we find here?

Marquette

Iron

Copper

Grand Rapids

Copper is good for plumbing and carrying electricity.Some things copper is made into is:

Copper wire to carry electricity

Copper pipes to carry water

Iron comes from Iron Ore. Iron makes steel.Steel is very strong. Some things steel is made into is:

Steel structures for buildings

Steel is used in cars and pots

Limestone is a rock found in the Lower Peninsula.Limestone is made of shells and sand.Some things Limestone or sand can be made into is….

Oil is a natural resource that makes….

Lumber is used to build…. Houses and buildings

Lumbering is…. Cutting down trees.

Lumbering was such a big industry in mid-Michigan, Many immigrants came to Michigan.

An immigrant is.. A person who moves from onecountry to work in another country.

Many immigrants moved to cities like Saginaw, Muskegonand Bay City to work in sawmills.

Rivers were important to early lumbering because….

* Logs float.* The logs could float to saw mills* Saw mills were built along river banks

Michigan trees did not last as long as people thought they would because…….

•new saws that cut wood faster

•“Big Wheels”, so logs could be moved in the summer or winter (rivers did not move logs in the winter because they froze partially)

people invented things to cut andmove the lumber faster.

People invented:

Lumber was a big industry in Michigan. Lumber companiesCut down too many trees, without thinking about it.One of the few places in Michigan that still has original pine trees, which are very tall, is……..

What gifts did nature provide Michigan?

How did the gifts help Michigan grow and develop?

Which peninsula has the most valuable natural resources?Explain why.