Hwk, Five themes review notes - checklist for Geography project

Homework for April 14:

Math - pg362&363 in Math Makes Sense questions should have been done independently. This is an example of how you should be able to apply your knowledge of integers in the real world.
We will take this up tomorrow.

L.A./Geography:
http://www.prometheanworld.com/ (The site that tells us more about the Promethean Board. I did not find a free download link. I will ask again at my workshop on Friday.)

Want an interesting kind of map? Try worldmapper - a lot about human functional regions.

Continue working on project you should have:
- two climate graphs (two cities)
- Country fact sheet, question sheet, answer sheet
- tourism advertisement
- five day itinerary
done
- working on Bibliography (on-going)
- starting Human impact photos (find two - one low, one high)
- starting five themes of Geography photos (five five and explain why)

all rough copies due: April 22 - Earth Day!

Click here to get the Geography checklist page.


The Five Themes of Geographic Inquiry
THEME 1: PLACE / LOCATION
Every point on Earth has a specific location that is determined by an imaginary grid of lines denoting latitude and longitude. Parallels of latitude measure distances north and south of the line called the Equator. Meridians of longitude measure distances east and west of the line called the Prime Meridian. Geographers use latitude and longitude to pinpoint a place’s absolute, or exact, location. To know the absolute location of a place is only part of the story. It is also important to know how that place is related to other places—in other words, to know that place’s relative location. Relative location deals with the interaction that occurs between and among places. It refers to the many ways—by land, by water, even by technology—that places are connected.
THEME 2: ENVIRONMENT - the environment
theme (e.g., in the system of non-living and living elements, people are part of the living elements), describe what the environment is like in your country, climate, temperature, natural landscapes, landforms

Check out Earth Week - a diary of our planet.

THEME 3: HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION
The environment means different things to different people, depending on their cultural backgrounds and technological resources. In studying human/environment interaction, geographers look at all the effects—positive and negative—that occur when people interact with their surroundings. Sometimes a human act, such as damming a river to prevent flooding or to provide irrigation, requires consideration of the potential consequences. The construction of Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, for example, changed the natural landscape, but it also created a reservoir that helps provide water and electric power for the arid Southwest. Studying the consequences of human/environment interaction helps people plan and manage the environment responsibly.

THEME 4: MOVEMENT
People interact with other people, places, and things almost every day of their lives. They travel from one place to another; they communicate with each other; and they rely upon products, information, and ideas that come from beyond their immediate environment.
Students should be able to recognize where resources are located, who needs them, and how they are transported over the earth’s surface. The theme of movement helps students understand how they themselves are connected with, and dependent upon, other regions, cultures, and people in the world.

THEME 5: REGIONS
A basic unit of geographic study is the region, an area on the earth’s surface that is defined by certain unifying characteristics. The unifying characteristics may be physical, human, or cultural. In addition to studying the unifying characteristics of a region, geographers study how a region changes over times. Using the theme of regions, geographers divide the world into manageable units for study.
Note: There are physical regions on earth (grasslands, deserts, rain forests, mountains, polar regions). There are also cultural regions (political, residential, recreational, ethnic, commercial, etc. There are historical, political and surface water regions too!

From: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/