Tuesday, September 4, 2012
5 Themes of Geography Culminating Activity
5 Themes of Geography Culminating Activity Students will create a paper tri-fold to show their understanding of the basic knowledge of the 5 themes of geography and the application of how the themes may influence the environments of the world today.
The tri-fold will consist of 6 sections. Section 1 will be the cover page. Each cover page must contain a title, student name, date, class and period, and teacher name. The cover may be decorated as creatively as the student desires, keeping in mind that the teacher must be able to read the above mentioned required items.
Section 2 will demonstrate the theme location. The section should include the theme name, a correct definition of the theme, and a minimum of one real world example and an accompanying illustration of the example.
Section 3 will demonstrate the theme place. The section should include the theme name, a correct definition of the theme, and a minimum of one real world example and an accompanying illustration of the example.
Section 4 will demonstrate the theme region. The section should include the theme name, a correct definition of the theme, and a minimum of one real world example and an accompanying illustration of the example.
Section 5 will demonstrate the theme movement. The section should include the theme name, a correct definition of the theme, and a minimum of one real world example and an accompanying illustration of the example.
Section 6 will demonstrate the theme human-environment interaction (HEI). The section should include the theme name, a correct definition of the theme, and a minimum of one real world example and an accompanying illustration of the example.
The tri-fold will be an in-class project on September 4 and 5. It will need to be completed at home if not finished by the end of class on the 5th. The tri-fold is due at the beginning of class on Friday the 6th of September.
The tri-fold will consist of 6 sections. Section 1 will be the cover page. Each cover page must contain a title, student name, date, class and period, and teacher name. The cover may be decorated as creatively as the student desires, keeping in mind that the teacher must be able to read the above mentioned required items.
Section 2 will demonstrate the theme location. The section should include the theme name, a correct definition of the theme, and a minimum of one real world example and an accompanying illustration of the example.
Section 3 will demonstrate the theme place. The section should include the theme name, a correct definition of the theme, and a minimum of one real world example and an accompanying illustration of the example.
Section 4 will demonstrate the theme region. The section should include the theme name, a correct definition of the theme, and a minimum of one real world example and an accompanying illustration of the example.
Section 5 will demonstrate the theme movement. The section should include the theme name, a correct definition of the theme, and a minimum of one real world example and an accompanying illustration of the example.
Section 6 will demonstrate the theme human-environment interaction (HEI). The section should include the theme name, a correct definition of the theme, and a minimum of one real world example and an accompanying illustration of the example.
The tri-fold will be an in-class project on September 4 and 5. It will need to be completed at home if not finished by the end of class on the 5th. The tri-fold is due at the beginning of class on Friday the 6th of September.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened
On Friday 11 March 2011, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter
scale triggered a tsunami that devastated parts of coastal Japan.
Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened investigates the science behind the earthquake and tsunami. The programme follows Professor of Geological Sciences Roger Bilham - who arrived in Japan days after the earthquake struck - as he sets off to view the devastation from the air.
The earthquake moved Japan 12 feet closer to the USA. The earth was knocked off its axis and the rate of the earth's rotation was changed. This was one of the biggest earthquakes ever measured; the ground along the east side of Japan dropped by almost 10 feet, making the tsunami catastrophic.
The documentary also follows renowned journalist Callum Macrae as he travels to the north, where the towns of Sendai and Ofunato used to be bustling fishing villages. Here he views the destruction first hand and meets the locals struggling to cope in the aftermath.
Japan lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire where the Pacific Ocean plates meet the land. The ocean floor dives beneath the volcanic chain of islands that make up Japan. And when the tension builds up between the two plates the energy is released as a massive earthquake.
The programme provides the science and analysis to explain why this happened where it did, and why it was so devastating, hearing from the scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii who tracked the deadly wave as it raced across the pacific, and scientists at the Tsunami research facility in Oregon who study the dynamics of earthquake-generated Tsunamis.
As Japan is lives with the consequences of this terrible force of nature, the film reveals how it has changed the country forever.
From Channel 4.
Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened investigates the science behind the earthquake and tsunami. The programme follows Professor of Geological Sciences Roger Bilham - who arrived in Japan days after the earthquake struck - as he sets off to view the devastation from the air.
The earthquake moved Japan 12 feet closer to the USA. The earth was knocked off its axis and the rate of the earth's rotation was changed. This was one of the biggest earthquakes ever measured; the ground along the east side of Japan dropped by almost 10 feet, making the tsunami catastrophic.
The documentary also follows renowned journalist Callum Macrae as he travels to the north, where the towns of Sendai and Ofunato used to be bustling fishing villages. Here he views the destruction first hand and meets the locals struggling to cope in the aftermath.
Japan lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire where the Pacific Ocean plates meet the land. The ocean floor dives beneath the volcanic chain of islands that make up Japan. And when the tension builds up between the two plates the energy is released as a massive earthquake.
The programme provides the science and analysis to explain why this happened where it did, and why it was so devastating, hearing from the scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii who tracked the deadly wave as it raced across the pacific, and scientists at the Tsunami research facility in Oregon who study the dynamics of earthquake-generated Tsunamis.
As Japan is lives with the consequences of this terrible force of nature, the film reveals how it has changed the country forever.
Fourth Period Questions:
For each question please use details from the Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened:
Please write at least one page (front side only) and turn in
August 17th
1. Based on what happened in Japan were they prepared for the tsunami?
Why or why not? Explain your answer.
2. In the Japan's
Tsunami: How It Happened, explain what happened and why it happened.
3. What surprised you the most about the Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened video and
why?
4. How did watching the Japan's Tsunami: How It Happened video make
you feel and why?
From Channel 4.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Summer 2012
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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Online Practice EOG Tests
These questions are very similar to those in North Carolina End of Grade (EOG) test for Language Arts.
Test Here
Here are some other excellent online test preparation material for End of Grade Tests.
Math
Reading/ Language Arts
Social Studies
Science
Test Here
Here are some other excellent online test preparation material for End of Grade Tests.
Math
Reading/ Language Arts
Social Studies
Science
Thursday, May 3, 2012
The Scientific Revolution Web Quest
The Scientific Revolution Web Quest
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. Follow the web links EXACTLY to get information to answer the questions. You can write in your answers or you can copy and paste it into a Word document and type in your answers. You do NOT have to answer in complete sentences.
Copernicus
http://www.phy.hr/~dpaar/fizicari/xcopern.html
1. Where was Copernicus born and what did he do in his early life?
2. Besides astronomy, what did Copernicus study in school?
3. What different occupations did Copernicus engage in?
4. What was Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory?
5. When did Copernicus reportedly receive a copy of his printed theory?
Kepler
http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/kepler.html
1. Where was Kepler born and where did he receive his education?
2. Who did he replace after serving as his assistant?
3. What was Kepler’s mother accused of being?
Galileo
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/galileo.html
1. What invention did Galileo improve upon?
2. What did he discover with his new invention?
3. What accepted theory was he required to teach at the University of Pisa?
4. Whose theory was he exposed to at the University of Padua?
5. What was he convicted of and what was the disposition of his sentence?
6. Who was born in the year that Galileo died?
Francis Bacon
http://www.oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/bacon.html
1. By today’s standards, Bacon did things at a young age.
a. When did he enter college?
b. When did he become a member of the House of Commons?
2. What was Bacon’s father’s role in the Queen’s court?
3. Describe Bacon’s “method.”
Rene Descartes
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Descartes/RouseBall/RB_Descartes.html
1. What is the source of this account of Descartes’ life?
2. What was Descartes’ excuse for sleeping late?
3. What were Descartes’ chief contributions to mathematics?
4. Besides mathematics, what other science did Descartes delve into?
Isaac Newton
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/newtlife.html
1. What was Newton’s involvement with the English money system?
2. When did Isaac Newton become Sir Isaac Newton?
3. Besides his work with the law of gravity, what were Newton’s other interests?
4. What were Newton’s posthumous (after death) publications?
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY. Follow the web links EXACTLY to get information to answer the questions. You can write in your answers or you can copy and paste it into a Word document and type in your answers. You do NOT have to answer in complete sentences.
Copernicus
http://www.phy.hr/~dpaar/fizicari/xcopern.html
1. Where was Copernicus born and what did he do in his early life?
2. Besides astronomy, what did Copernicus study in school?
3. What different occupations did Copernicus engage in?
4. What was Copernicus’ Heliocentric Theory?
5. When did Copernicus reportedly receive a copy of his printed theory?
Kepler
http://galileo.rice.edu/sci/kepler.html
1. Where was Kepler born and where did he receive his education?
2. Who did he replace after serving as his assistant?
3. What was Kepler’s mother accused of being?
Galileo
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96feb/galileo.html
1. What invention did Galileo improve upon?
2. What did he discover with his new invention?
3. What accepted theory was he required to teach at the University of Pisa?
4. Whose theory was he exposed to at the University of Padua?
5. What was he convicted of and what was the disposition of his sentence?
6. Who was born in the year that Galileo died?
Francis Bacon
http://www.oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/bacon.html
1. By today’s standards, Bacon did things at a young age.
a. When did he enter college?
b. When did he become a member of the House of Commons?
2. What was Bacon’s father’s role in the Queen’s court?
3. Describe Bacon’s “method.”
Rene Descartes
http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Descartes/RouseBall/RB_Descartes.html
1. What is the source of this account of Descartes’ life?
2. What was Descartes’ excuse for sleeping late?
3. What were Descartes’ chief contributions to mathematics?
4. Besides mathematics, what other science did Descartes delve into?
Isaac Newton
http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/newtlife.html
1. What was Newton’s involvement with the English money system?
2. When did Isaac Newton become Sir Isaac Newton?
3. Besides his work with the law of gravity, what were Newton’s other interests?
4. What were Newton’s posthumous (after death) publications?
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