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NOTE: Due to the drop period in our schedule, there are times that your student might be working on a previous day's agenda. That will be noted at the top of the post.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

3/3 climate physical features natural resources

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 
  • begin to understand how climate, physical features, and natural resources influence settlement and economics.

Why?
  • To notice patterns in the world.
  • To better understand why cities developed where they are.
  • To better understand the connection between geography and people.

1.  I forgot to have you do this because of the snow day that following Friday: All students who attend the World Geo and Culture Night, email me right now at least one sentence that indicates what you appreciated most about the evening. 

2.  Make a copy of the document linked here.

3.  With your group,  15 minutes
define important vocabulary using the table on the second page --- These would be terms you don't know or ones you've heard of but could not describe/explain to others. As a result, members of the group could have different words. HELP EACH OTHER OUT and DO NOT be hesitant to say you don't know something. 

4. With your group, determine and write a main idea for each section:  physical features, climate, natural resources  8 minutes

5.  Sketchnote:  By your self draw and color a sketchnote that gets across the main points - with specific examples and vocabulary - about physical features, climate, and natural resources. 30 minutes

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Parents: Don't Ask Your Child, "What Did You Do in School Today?"

Instead, you could ask your child the following: 
  • What is the impact of climate physical features and natural resources on where cities/population centers have developed?
  • What are different climate types and what are they like?

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

3/2 Maps on Monday (on Wednesday)

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day which is posted in the classroom.


Today in class you will 
  • draw a map of "Moonsoon Asia".
Why?
  • To develop your mental map.
  • In order to drive your own learning.

1.   Draw and label a map of "Monsoon Asia" while referring to the page 589 in GeoAlive. It should include the following:  40 minutes
    1. fill a page
    2. countries
    3. capitals
    4. major water features - oceans, seas, rivers
    5. major physical features
    6. color

3. Write a poem of at least 10 lines on the countries, water features, and physical features of Monsoon Asia. 10 minutes



Parents
You could ask your child the following: 
  • Where is "monsoon" Asia?
  • What are some significant countries, water features, and land features of "monsoon" Asia?