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
Oil
Iron Ore
Coal
Lumber
Salt
Natural Gas
Limestone
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 Lakes
were formed!
Dirt from the melted glaciers ended up in the……
Southern Lower Peninsula
farming
The dirt was rich soil, so it was good for ____________.
Name the 2 parts of our State:
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
What Natural Resources do we find here?
Copper
Keeweenaw Peninsula
Iron
Upper Peninsula
Marquette
Lower Peninsula
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Detroit
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 one
country to work in another country.
Many immigrants moved to cities like Saginaw, Muskegon
and 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…….
people invented things to cut and
move the lumber faster.
People invented:
•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)
Lumber was a big industry in Michigan. Lumber companies
Cut 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.