Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Tuesday November 30, 2010


DESERT Homework:
Illustrate (draw) the DESERT environment/DESERT adaptations

·      include everything from your reading notes. 

·      draw at least five of the adaptations for living in the desert

Ergs




Hamadas


People wear light loose clothing/Ride camels


Satellite Phones for Communication:





Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Black Triangle of Acid Rain Annotated Illustration:

Create an annotated illustration for the Black Triangle of Acid Rain.
·     Make a DRAWING of the Pollution Incident
·     Explain how the pollution was created
·     Explain how the pollution spread
·     Explain how the pollution was stopped.





The Acid Rain is caused by............... The factories create acid rain by.......................
The acid rain is spread by.............. and caused.....................
The acid rain is stopped by.........

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Tuesday November 2, 2010

Chernobyl Annotated Illustration:

Create an annotated illustration for the Chernobyl Accident.
·     Make a DRAWING of the Pollution Incident
·     Explain how the pollution was created
·     Explain how the pollution spread
·     Explain how the pollution was stopped.



The Chernobyl incident was caused when............... The reactor exploded and.......................
The pollution was spread by.............. and caused.....................
The pollution was stopped by.........




Monday, November 1, 2010

Monday, November 1, 2010

Pollution Homework:

Identify and Draw 10 types of Pollution.  Explain how each pollution damages the earth.

For Example
  Noise pollution:  Noise pollution is when a loud and harmful sound like a car stereo, train, airplane, party or something else disturbs a normally quiet place.




Thursday, October 28, 2010

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Create a EU Newspaper Ad: QUIZ
Use the space below to make an ad convincing European countries to join or not join the EU.  Provide benefits (centripetal forces) or negatives (centrifugal forces) to convince European countries and a visual.


Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Applying Geography Skills: Analyzing a Cartogram


Use the cartogram and your knowledge of geography to complete the
tasks below.



1. Each rectangle represents a European Country.
2. Each number in the rectangle tells you how many REPRESENTATIVES each country has for the European Parliament.
3. The number of representatives each country has is based on its size and population. So the more people a country has the more representatives they get in parliament



ANSWER THE QUESTIONS BASED ON THE ABOVE INFORMATION.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Monday, October 25, 2010

Identify and Label the Political Geography of South America



  • Find the North or South Coordinate on the left side
  • Place your left pointer finger on this line(or imaginary line)
  • Find the East or West Coordinate on the bottom of the map
  • Place your right pointer finger on thie line(or imaginary line)
  • Follow the lines or imaginary lines until your fingers touch
  • Write out the ENTIRE NAME of the place you are location

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Perspective Piece:

Draw a simple representation of a Native Amazonian and a Rubber Tapper:

  •  list their different perspectives on how Amazon Rainforest land should be used
  • Create a conversation talking about;
  • How the groups use the land
  • What each group wants
  • Why each group thinks they deserve what they want




                                                  RT: We use the trees for......

Monday, October 18, 2010

October 18, 2010

GEOTERMS CHAPTER 12

Students will complete the Geoterms assignment for Chapter 12.

Students will be responsible for creating a symbol and  using the GEOTERM AND the word Rainforest in a sentence.

FOR EXAMPLE:

Definition

Biodiversity: The variety of plants and animals living in one area.

Sentence:  The biodiversity in the rainforest is so crazy there are literally plants and animals living on top of each other.

Symbol:




Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

My Hurricane Experience HW:


Using your reading notes and stories we read in class put yourself in the shoes of someone going through a hurricane.  TELL US YOUR STORY


Imagine you were going through a Hurricane at home with your family


Describe:

  • How your family prepared
  • Where you family is taking shelter
  • What is going on outside
  • What is going on inside
  • The noises you hear
  • What you smell
  • What you see
  • How you feel
Write at least two full paragraphs describing your experience.

EXAMPLE:

My Story:
The hurricane that I remember best was Betsy (1964). I was 11 years old  We didn't have it too bad, but in the week after the storm, we were without electricity and without access to fresh food, water, and flushable toilets. It wasn't pretty.



But what I remember most was eating really well because our stove was fueled by natural gas (which was working) and the neighbors (most of whom had electric stoves) all banded together and cooked and ate their now-defrosting freezer contents at our house.
And I remember the ants. They came inside and were crawling up and down all four corners of the walls (until Mom got them with the can of Raid). I guess they didn't want to be floating outside in the water either.


What frightened me most was the fear of the ever-rising water and the thought of perhaps having to escape into the attic (claustrophobic) or onto the roof. And also the stories of snakes and other critters that would try to get on your roof to escape the flood waters. And then what would happen if the water rose above the roof? THEN what would we do?


Although our house wasn't actually flooded on the inside, the streets were flooded and the water came right up to the door jamb. Also, in some of the nearby surrounding areas, the houses were flooded up to the eaves of the roofs. So we couldn't get out and were trapped like rats.


But every day, men in pirogues came around and distributed fresh milk and bread. And the nicest thing was how the neighbors stuck together and shared and helped one another. Even the little local grocery store (three blocks away) let local residents take what they needed and never charged them and, surprisingly, no one was greedy and took advantage of that. They just asked for what they really needed.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Thursday, October 7, 2010

TEST FRIDAY- STUDY PAGES 32-37 IN YOUR NOTEBOOK

Hurricane Warning!  You've been hired by the national weather service to write a Hurricane Warning to be read over the radio.

Your warning must include:


  • A name for the hurricane
  • A category number from the Saffir Simpson Scale
  • Five hurricane preparation tips
  • Five hurricane dangers to be aware of
This is a Hurricane Warning from the National Weather Service.  Hurricane Irving will strike the Boston area in less than 24 hours time.  Hurricane Irving is a category 5 storm that will demolish everything in sight.  All residents of the Boston area should complete the following five steps.
  1. Board up their windows
  2. Tie down their lawn furniture
  3. Move all belongings to the second floor of your house
  4. Unplug all electronics
  5. Leave the Boston Metropolitan area by 5pm today
Please be aware of lashing winds and rain, fallen trees and power lines as well as mudslides and at least a 15 foot storm surge.

The previous message was from the National Weather Service.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Hurricane Recipe HW:  Using your notes on page 34 write a recipe for a hurricane. 
·      List all the ingredients needed for a hurricane
·      Explain in complete sentences how to create a hurricane. 

USE YOUR NOTES FOR GUIDANCE.

EXAMPLE

Tornado Recipe

Ingredients:
  • Flat Land
  • Lots of Wind
  • Thunderstorms
  • Lots of things to destroy


Steps to make a Tornado 

  1. Thunderstorms begin to blow wind
  2. Winds begin to spiral
  3. Spiraling winds move across the flat land
  4. Winds grow in spiral and speed the further they travel
  5. A Tornado blossoms
  6. The Tornado, picks up, spins around, and tosses out everything in its path.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Tuesday, October 6, 2010

GEOTERMS CHAPTER 11

Students will complete the Geoterms assignment for Chapter 11.

Students will be responsible for creating a symbol and  using the GEOTERM in a sentence.

FOR EXAMPLE:

Meteorology: The science and study of weather and climate patterns.


The newscasters use METEOROLOGY to predict the weather forecast for the weak.

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Thursday, September 30th 2010

Write a short journal entry describing at least TWO of the neighborhoods we visited in class, one “HAVE NOT” and one “HAVE” neighborhood.  USE YOUR NOTES TO PROVIDE DETAIL ABOUT…

·      Their homes
·      The kind of jobs they have
·      Their living conditions
·      Their standard of living


EXAMPLE

Today we visited two neighborhoods in Bangladesh.  One in the "slums" and one in the wealthy area.  The people in the "slums' have a very low standard of living.  They don't have running water in their homes.  Their housing is made out of trash they've gathered from the dump.  Their children cannot go to school and very few people have jobs.  In the wealthy neighborhood life is much different.  These people have a very high standard of living.  They have large homes with maids, gardeners, security men and personal drivers.  Their homes are very luxurious.  They have swimming pools, large gardens and lots cars. Most people in this neighborhood are land or business owners. These two neighborhoods show that spatial inequality exists in Bangladesh.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Tuesday, September 27, 2010

Identify and Label the Physical Geography of South America



  • Find the North or South Coordinate on the left side
  • Place your left pointer finger on this line(or imaginary line)
  • Find the East or West Coordinate on the bottom of the map
  • Place your right pointer finger on thie line(or imaginary line)
  • Follow the lines or imaginary lines until your fingers touch
  • Write out the ENTIRE NAME of the place you are locating


Monday, September 27, 2010

Monday, September 27, 2010

GEOTERMS CHAPTER 
Students will complete the Geoterms assignment for Chapter 2.

Students will be responsible for creating a symbol and  using the GEOTERM in a sentence with the words Mexico City.

FOR EXAMPLE:

 Rural Decline

Definition
nWorsening economic conditions in the countryside, including rising unemployment and poverty.


Sentence
nRural Decline is causing people to move to MEXICO City to look for jobs.

Symbol


Definitions:

Spatial Inequality: The unequal distribution of wealth or resources in a geographic area.  So that some places are richer than others.

Standard of Living: the overall level of comfort and well-being of group of country.

Urbanization: the movement of people form rural to urban areas resulting in the growth of urban areas.

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Thursday September 23, 2010

Identify and Label the Human Geography of North America



  • Find the North or South Coordinate on the left side
  • Place your left pointer finger on this line(or imaginary line)
  • Find the East or West Coordinate on the bottom of the map
  • Place your right pointer finger on thie line(or imaginary line)
  • Follow the lines or imaginary lines until your fingers touch
  • Write out the ENTIRE NAME of the place you are locating


Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Identify and Label the Physical Features of North America


  • Find the North or South Coordinate on the left side
  • Place your left pointer finger on this line(or imaginary line)
  • Find the East or West Coordinate on the bottom of the map
  • Place your right pointer finger on thie line(or imaginary line)
  • Follow the lines or imaginary lines until your fingers touch
  • Write out the ENTIRE NAME of the physical feature you are locating


Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Monday, September 20, 2010

Monday September 20, 2010

GEOTERMS CHAPTER 2
Students will complete the Geoterms assignment for Chapter 2.

Students will be responsible for creating a symbol and  using the GEOTERM in a sentence with the word map.

FOR EXAMPLE:

If the Geoterm is CLIMATE: Long term patterns of weather.


weather clipart.jpg  
They must provide a symbol/drawing

They must also use the GEOTERM and the word MAP in a sentence.

We learned about the CLIMATE in African by using a map.

Email me with questions or concerns tolsen@boston.k12.ma.us

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Homework September 16, 2010

Plot the Points on the Map-


  • Use your fingers to find the points on the map
  • Draw at dot where the coordinates meet
  • Label the City using the entire city name.(no abbreviations or numbers)


  1. 30N 120W- Carson City
  2. 30N 80W- Tallahassee 
  3. 30N 95W- Austin
  4. 40N 105W- Cheyenne 
  5. 42N 70W- Boston
  6. 40N 90W- Springfield
  7. 33N 90W- Jackson
  8. 45N 93W- St. Paul
  9. 38N 76W- Richmond
  10. 33N 115W- Phoenix




****Remember to follow the imaginary curve when between lines
***North numbers increase when they go up-West numbers increase to the left
**Write out the entire city name
*Do your best



Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Homework September 15, 2010

Notebook page 7

Bedroom Map:  Make a map of your bedroom.  Make sure the map has... 
  • a title 
  • a scale
  • a legend with 5 map symbols 
  • and a map grid.
FOR EXAMPLE


HOMEWORK SEPT. 14TH 2010

GEOTERMS CHAPTER 1

Students will complete the Geoterms assignment for Chapter 1.

Students will be responsible for creating a symbol and  using the GEOTERM in a sentence with the word map.

FOR EXAMPLE:

If the Geoterm is absolute location: A precise point where something is located on earth.


  
They must provide a symbol/drawing

They must also use the GEOTERM and the word MAP in a sentence.

My address is the absolute location on a map of Boston.

Email me with questions or concerns tolsen@boston.k12.ma.us