Jonathan worked on the Fresh Water biomes of the world. He drew a picture and showed animals like turtles that live in the fresh water environment. Jonathan read about the largest lake in the world. It is called the Caspian Sea. He found out that this body of water is really a very large lake, but has always been referred to as a sea because it is so vast. Jonathan learned that the Caspian Sea is bordered by Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan. He participated in a discussion about the original Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic. Jonathan learned that these republics which were all once part of Russia are now independent. He learned that the use of the Caspian Sea is being discussed in the U. N. Jonathan then got an introduction to the United Nations. We discussed the difference between the words National and International. We compared it to a playground with an area where only first grade can play to an area of the playground open to all the children in every grade. We then discussed the idea of the laws that rule the use of the ocean. We discussed the three mile border ocean rights and the international rights to the ocean. This discussion came up because the Caspian Sea is a subject for discussion for the UN right now since if it is called a Sea, then, International laws would apply to the newly found oil and gas under the sea. If the Caspian Sea is recategorized as a lake, then the water would be divided among the five contiguous nations around its shore. This has great impacts on the development of industry. Jonathan was interested to learn that there are people from every country who meet to air their problems and argue for solutions. He was very attentive in this lesson about very new information.Jonathan learned that the Caspian Sea is partially fresh water in the northern side and has 1.02% salinity on the southern side. He learned that now all lakes have fresh water as we discussed the Great Salt Lake has salt water.