Lakes, Rivers, and Oceans Lesson: Middle School

On the board I wrote Lakes Rivers Oceans.
On slips of paper I had the 5 biggest lakes, the 5 longest rivers and the oceans.
1. Caspian Sea 1. Nile 1. Pacific
2. Superior 2. Amazon 2. Atlantic
3. Victoria 3. Chang Jian 3. Indian
4. Huron 4. Mississippi 4. Southern or Antarctic
5. Michigan 5. Yellow 5. Arctic

I had the students first guess which ones where lakes, rivers, and oceans. Once we were in agreement we then played a guessing game to see which ones were the biggest/longest to the smallest/shortest. I also put the sizes on the board later.

We followed this with a writing activity. We set some standards 1. Read and understant the lesson. 2. Answer in complete sentences. 3. Practice out loud. 4. Share with the class. 5. Listen!!!

The assignment
Invent a water vehicle.
1. Describe which type of water your invention will use. 1 senence.
2. What does your invention look like? 4 sentences.
3. What special things can your invention do? 5 sentences.

I give some examples and explain that the students should do a minimum of the specified sentences, but may do more it they wish.