Rock Cycle

Exam Review for the Exam on Thursday June 20th at 9:00am!

Be familiar with the following material covered during the course. Be sure to utilize past tests and assignments as study aids.

Map of Canada- know your provinces, capitals, waterways

Mapping Skills

                -read grid (4 point and 6 point military)

                -direction (bearings and cardinal points)

                -latitude/Longitude (tropics/poles/meridians/dateline,etc)

                -contours

                -symbols

                -scale/distance (3 types)

Population

                -distribution

                -density

                -Population pyramid

                -demographic terms

                -urbanization

                -urban hierarchy

                -urban land uses

Landform Regions of Canada

Geological Eras

                -era each landform was created in

                -types of rocks found in landform region (Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary)

                -what eras did live appear (plant life, reptiles, animals, humans, etc)

Rock Cycle

Climate- types of precipitation

Sustainability

Ecological footprint

Natural Resources

                -renewable/non-renewable

Class Survey!

I hope you've enjoyed your geography class this semester!  I've had a lot of fun learning with you, and hopefully you believe me that Geography can be fun and you can connect EVERYTHING to the study of Geography!!

Please take a moment and complete a survey about your Geography Class!

Urbanization/ Land Uses PowerPoint

Here is our Urbanization/Land Uses PowerPoint from Class today!

Test Tomorrow! Here's what you need to review!

Map projection
Types of maps (general purpose, thematic and topographic)
Latitude/Longitude (meridians, tropics, international dateline, etc)
Time zones in Canada
all components of a map
direction (cardinal points and bearings)
scale (verbal, linear and RF-representative fraction)- know how to calculate real-world distance and do the conversions
4 point grid and 6-point military grid
topographic maps
-symbols
-contour lines-profiles
-GPS how it works

Latitude & Longitude

Click here to learn about latitude & longitude!

Google Maps & Outside!!

Thursday we're planning to go outside for the period--dress appropriately!

Here is the Google Maps link we'll be using on Wednesday for our activity. https://maps.google.ca/

It's best to use Google Chrome to open maps.

Please take a moment to take this survey!

Please complete this survey so I can have a better idea of the devices you have. You will use your hdsb login (what you use to log into the computers at school) to log into the survey.

Natural Systems Test Review (Vegetation, Soil & Climate)--Test Wednesday April 24th

Vegetation & Soil in Canada

-soil profile

-parts of soil, how it becomes part of the soil, what does it do in the soil

-Vegetation Region (types of vegetation and precipitation in some of the regions (logical))

Climate Regions of Canada

Weather vs climate

Factors affecting climate (LOWERN) – understand how they affect both temperature and precipitation

Types of precipitation (Orographic/relief, convectional, frontal/cyclonic)- be able to draw and label a diagram for each

Chinook

Lake Effect (isolated weather conditions – ie cooler near the lake, lake effect snow, precipitation, etc)

Wind – jet stream, high and low pressure areas

El Nino (from Ice storm reading)

Climate Graphs (averages, temperature range, seasonal distribution, continental vs maritime climate)

Understand how to read a climate graph and identify a maritime vs continental climate region

Climate Power Points

Here is the powerpoint we covered to introduce the unit.
Here is the powerpoint on the factors affecting climate (LOWERN)

Climate Culminating Activity

You guys are off to a great start researching the weather for your chosen region in Canada. Be sure to access this website http://www.theweathernetwork.com/statistics/ from the Weather Network for some statistics for your city.

Remember you are making up the forecast for 3 days for your location for any given month based on the averages the factors affecting the climate in that region.

You have a few options for delivering your weather forecast:

1. Create a video using your smartphone technology or cameras and provide me with the file
2. Create a video in the same manner and show it to the class
3. present in front of the class using the smartboard for any maps, visuals, etc.
4. present in front of me at lunch time using the smartboard for any maps, visuals, etc.

Here's the Ice Storm Weather Warning for Today! Notice the key words

Potential for a major ice storm. Periodic light rain is affecting the area this morning, but a more wintery change is on the way. Colder air is arriving and will coincide with an approaching low currently over Illinois. A messy mix of ice pellets and freezing rain is expected to develop early this morning in the warned regions and become predominantly freezing rain later this afternoon and tonight. It may very well fall heavy at times and be accompanied by a few rumbles of thunder. Poor travel conditions are expected over the duration of this event. In particular, the morning commute may be challenging with icy conditions on untreated roads, especially for areas near and west of the Greater Toronto area to Lake Huron. And it may be even more problematic for the evening rush hour. Of greater concern is the risk of widespread power outages from downed tree limbs and power lines due to significant ice accumulation combined with northeast winds gusting to 60 km/h. Freezing rain amounts up to 10 mm are quite possible in many areas with some regions possibly exceeding 20 mm. It should taper off by Friday morning with temperatures rising above freezing. There is still some uncertainty as to the extent of the cold air. This will have an impact on how much falls as ice pellets versus freezing rain. Freezing rain will have a higher impact with power outages and slippery roads and sidewalks. Although a few centimetres of ice pellets is possible, it is more of a nuisance for travel rather than a serious hazard.

Another Message from Mrs. Edge

Orographic/Relief Precipitation

Test Review

Test Review

Be prepared for the physical geography test for Tuesday March 26th!  Here is what you should be familiar with:

-super continent

-wegener's theory

-layers of the earth

-folding (monocline, syncline, anticline)

-faulting (diverging, converging, subduction, rift valley, slip/strike)

-be prepared to label diagrams that may include types of folding, faulting and earthquake activity

-identify the 4 types of volcanoes we looked at and know the characteristics of each

-know the definitions to the terminology we looked at for volcanoes (lahar, pyroclastic, tephra, magma, lava, etc)

-rock cycle

-what forces changed the landscapes (erosion, etc)

-have an idea of where each landform region is in Canada

-characteristics of each region

-types of rocks (igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary) and natural resources found in each region

-geological eras- what parts of Canada formed first and last (Canadian Shield to the Western Cordillera)

-characteristics of each era

-what region do we find most of our oil and natural gas

Good luck!

Great website on geological eras!

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/geotime.html

Geological Eras and the end of our unit!

Welcome back from March Break!!  We're finishing off our Physical Geography unit with Geological Eras and our culminating activity!

Here is the powerpoint we'll cover on Monday
Here is the chart we'll fill out
Here is the assignment and rubric!  Due date Wednesday March 27th.

Homework over the break should have included finishing up the Landform Regions Map from p. 131, and completing  a list of the characteristics using the handout (two physical and two human) (or textbook if you took one home).

Test: Tuesday March 26th

Dante's Peak plus Volcano Power Point

We're watching Dante's peak this week. Check out this link to a Q & A page about the realities of the movie... pretty neat!

Here's our Volcano Power Point from class

Also...

List of the most current earthquake activity 

Measure tectonic plate movement anywhere in the world.  Just type in a coordinate (long & lat) Don't worry about seconds or any other information... if you have the lat and long, it will tell you.

Physical Geography PowerPoint

Here is our Power Point that has covered the following in class:
Plate Tectonics
Earth's Layers
Folding & Faulting
Earthquakes

Homework due Monday

Homework: The Biggest Earthquake reading + questions

Map of Canada Quiz tomorrow!

Tectonic Plates Article & Questions for homework-due tomorrow

Check out the cool National Geography Map, which you can overlay things like volcanoes, earth quakes and tectonic plates!

Article Analysis due tomorrow

Your article analysis is due tomorrow. If you forgot the outline, here it is!  Be sure to attach a copy of your article!
See you tomorrow for another short week!

Welcome!

Welcome to Gr. 9 Academic Geography!!  Looking forward to getting to know all of you and sharing the wonderful world of geography with you!!