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The Study of Geography includes the following components: Weather, Climate, Physical Geography, and Human Geography

For the study of Weather and Climate, we will be using the following materials: 1. Your PLATO course - the Climate and Weather Tutorial 2. Video - Weather and Climate media type="custom" key="23771084" 3. Video - Factors that affect Climate media type="custom" key="23771092" 4. Global Warming Interactive 5. Ecosystems and Biomes media type="custom" key="23778794" 6. Video - Impacts of People on Ecosystems media type="custom" key="23771104"

media type="custom" key="23799160" 7. Ecosystems - How People Benefit from Nature ASSIGNMENT FOR TUESDAY, 9/10 - ECOSYSTEMS AND BIOMES

For the study of Physical Geography, we will be using the following materials: 1. Your PLATO course - the Physical Geography Tutorial <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Pangaea Interactive <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Video - Forces that Shape Our Earth <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">media type="custom" key="23771072"

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Physical Geography - Definitions and links (click to download) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Landforms and Water Features - (click to download) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. Weathering and Erosion - (click to download)

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">For the study of Human Geography, we will be using the following materials: 1. Economic and political systems - (click to download) 2. Economic Indicators - (click to download) 3. Forms of government media type="custom" key="23829984" 4. Map - systems of the world 5. Resources - Steel Making media type="custom" key="23829832" 6. Resources - Coal Mining media type="custom" key="23829834" 7. Resources - Copper Mining media type="custom" key="23829838" 8. Resources - Oil - Understanding Alaska's Oil media type="custom" key="23829888"

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<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">CULTURE POSTS Think about the information you have learned about what makes up culture. Now think about the area you live in. You will make a blog post on your blog titled "My Culture". You will include: 1. pictures and information (that YOU write) about what you know about the language(s) of this area - include information about things like accents and dialects. 2. Include pictures and information about what you know about religion(s) of this area - the main ones. 3. Include information about what kinds of social groups we typically have - and which ones you belong to. 3. Include information about our environment, and the ways you and your family adapt to living in this environment.
 * INCLUDE PICTURES THAT REPRESENT THESE IDEAS!**