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

NA: I use the lands by..........  

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

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

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

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

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 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 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.