Grade 7 Geography: Take a look around you...
Try these different videos to see if you can explain the 5 Themes of Geographic Inquiry:
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Location: Where are we anyways?
After watching the video, can you explain absolute and relative location? How do latitude and longitude fit in? Let's take a look.
Absolute location - be precise!
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Click the image on the left to learn about why we use longitude and latitude to find absolute location. The YouTube video below will help you plot it.
Landforms
Take a look at this video to study Canada's landforms.
Use the images below to get some information about the landform that we live in.
Research Project: Local Landforms
You have been carefully selected to do some important research for our community. This is a big responsibility so be sure to read the project outline carefully before you get to work! After you gather your information, remember that the bigger question we need to think about it is: How do the characteristics of this landform region influence the lifestyles of the people who live there?
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In addition to the sources listed in your project outline, below the links you will find some other helpful information.
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Grade 8 geography: Migration
Exploring migration in the world gives us the chance to look at geographic patterns that impact the mobility, or movement, of people. This mobility also influences how a community like ours in Canada is built. Take a look at this interactive map to see some migration trends from 2007.
Migration comes with different challenges, so let's use this quiz to think about some reasons why people move. What do we now remember about push and pull factors? |