EARTHS WATER FEATURES

South Carolina 3rd Grade Science

OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to

Describe water features on Earth.
Identify water features on Earth.
Classify water features on Earth.

South Carolina Science Standard

3.E.4A.2 Develop and use models to describe and classify the pattern distribution of
land and water features on Earth.
 TYPES OF WATER

Two thirds of Earth is water! Some water is fresh water. Some water is salt water.
What are some bodies of water that you know?

Fresh Water Salt Water

Seas
Rivers
Oceans
Streams
Ponds
Lakes
Glaciers
 OCEANS AND SEAS

Oceans are large bodies of salt

water that surround a
continent.

Seas are large bodies of salt

water that are often
connected to a continent.
 RIVERS AND STREAMS

Rivers are large, flowing

bodies of fresh water that
usually empty into a sea or
ocean.
Can you name some rivers in
South Carolina?
What ocean do the South
Carolina rivers flow into?
 LAKES AND PONDS
Lakes and ponds are areas where fresh water is surrounded by land. Lakes and
ponds differ in size with ponds usually being smaller than lakes.
Which picture is a lake? Which picture is a pond? How do you know?
 GLACIERS

Glaciers are huge sheets of

ice that cover land. They are
found where temperatures
are very cold, for example,
high in the mountains or near
the poles of Earth.
TEXT DEPENDENT QUESTION
Read this excerpt about
changes to the Earth.
Describe how water changes
the Earth. Use evidence
from the text to support
your answer.