Location-Climate

=Location and Climate=

Part One:
What’s the relationship between the location your island on the planet, the landforms that surround your location, and the weather? Will your island have deserts, tropical rainforests, grasslands, or ice caps? Will you be able to grow food? In this session, we’ll begin by determining how your island was formed. Next, you’ll learn about what determines the climate and weather of your island, and then figure out what types of vegetation will grow there. You’ll research the weather, climate, and natural vegetation of your area, and create different climate graphs using Excel spreadsheet and graphing tools.


 * Assignment for Wednesday, October 31: During your days off, you need to complete the precipitation and temperature table for your island. You should also write a brief paragraph 100-150 words describing the location, climate, and vegetation of your island. The resources below will help you.**

How does your island feed itself? We’ll look at the relationships between the location, climate, and vegetation. We’ll determine the amount of arable land on the island, as well as what agriculture is possible. We’ll then decide what our island grows, and what our island imports and exports with other countries in the world. Students will research atlases and databases, and add continue to add to their Climate PowerPoint created in the first session.
 * Part Two**:

Part Two Assignment: Determine how much of your island’s land is arable Determine what your island can grow based upon its location and comparison to similar countries Determine what additional food your island needs to feed itself Determine who would be a likely trading partner

Then: Use your island model, the almanac website, and nationmaster website to create 2-3 PowerPoint slides that show that information above.

=Final PowerPoint:= Source Information: [[[|http://tiger.tas.edu.tw/ms/lib/MCarpenter/Media/dblessonTASPamphlet.ppt#275,4,Slide=Resources:]
 * Slide One**: Title and Map of Island
 * Slide Two:** Factors Contributing to Climate (exact location, name/temperature of ocean currents, unique physical features of island, *wind patterns)
 * Slide Three:** World Map with location of island
 * Slide Four**: Two paragraph description of island's climate
 * Slide Five**: Temperature/precipitation climate graph (source of data)
 * Slide Six**: (a title slide) Climate, Food, and Trade
 * Slide Seven**: Description of natural vegetation and arable land. Include a map/image to show. Extra: make gaph showing percentage of land types (mountainous, desert, swamp, urban, arable land).
 * Slide Eight:** Major agriculture of island (domesticated plants and animals). You can do this as a short paragraph or list. Include pics or a pie graph or other appropriate graph to show breakdown.
 * Slide Nine:** Island's major **imports** and **exports** (shows __who__ your island trades with, and __what__ you import, and __what__ you export)
 * Slide Ten**: Climate Concerns
 * ON ALL SLIDES**: cite the website/URL where you researched your information (ten-point type in text box) Use this guide to help you:

1. Make your pie graph on land more specific: use pages 50-54 in your text to make your land graphs more specific. Use the maps on page 53 to make your land descriptions more specific. 2. Read pages 122-125. After reading the text, create a new slide for your PowerPoint with a paragraph describing **Changes in Land Use** over time. This based on the //Writing Activity// excercise on page 125. 3. People's Effect on the Environment: Read pages 128-132. After reading the text, create a new slide for your PowerPoint with a paragraph describing **People's Effect on Environment** over time. Identify the environmental issues on your island and what solutions the people are working to improve the situation.
 * ABOVE AND BEYOND:**

Completed all ten slides (10 points) Each slide contains information specified (10 points) Conventions: grammar, spelling and punctuation (10 points) Visual Clarity: Are your text and images clear and easy to understand? (10 points) Bibliography and Sourcing: Did you cite your sources (10 points) Above and Beyond: (+10 points)
 * GRADING (50 points)**

[|Climate Database]: This website will help you find the average precipitation and temperature for a coastal city similar to your island's location. I think you'll find it very useful. [|Maps of the World]: Scroll down and you'll find all kinds of maps to help you learn more about climate, vegetation, as well as other areas of interest. [|Climate Descriptions]: This site has concise climate descriptions for locations all over the world. [|Almanac:] information on vegetation, agriculture, and natural resources [|Nation Master] : Great for finding information on what islands grow and produce, and lots more. //World Studies: Foundations of Geography// textbook
 * RESOURCES:** Use the following resources below to help define for this project:

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[|**climate maps.ppt**] [|****Location and Climate.doc****] **(worksheet)**