Dive into Lakes, which takes kids through all the wild and watery features of these numberless bodies of water. They’ll start off with information about the three different kinds of lakes. For kids who want to learn more, facts about the many shapes they come in, including oxbows and sinkholes, are next up. And just how are they formed? Bet you didn’t know that lakes can appear when glaciers melt, volcanoes explode, or meteorites strike the Earth! After that, kids can read up on the five distinct layers of a typical lake, which reveal their many splendors and oddities
Though lakes only stick around for a few thousand years – which is just the blink of an eye in geologic time – they have the ability to profoundly shape the weather when strong winds cause them to produce seiches (standing water that oscillates). Lakes and their dams are also key producers of hydroelectric energy – as well as gold, in the case of Austria’s Lake Toplitz. However, dams are not without their drawbacks, including higher pollution and the loss of habitats for endangered animals – not to mention the displacement of thousands of people who depend on undammed lakes for their survival. Wrapping things up, a summary of myths and legends about lakes, for kids who love out-of-this-world tales, will be completely engrossing. Lakes, for kids, have never been explained in such in-depth detail.
7 Topics in this unit
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Lakes Formed by Dams
The first known dam was built in Egypt around 3,000 BCE. Dams block the flow of streams an ...
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Different Kinds of Lakes
Earth’s water is constantly on the move, racing down rivers, churning around in ocea ...
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How Lakes Form
Lakes are not distributed evenly over the Earth’s surface. South America has few lak ...
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Plants and Animals in a Lake
No two lakes are precisely the same, but most have at least four different habitats.
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How Lakes Affect Weather
Just one small pond can affect an area’s climate, influencing rainfall, wind, and te ...
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Myths and Legends About Lakes
Almost every lake has a story.
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Pollution, Overuse, and Global Warming
Water covers about two-thirds of Earth’s surface, but 97 percent of it is oceanic sa ...
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