ITSC Geography YouTube Videos

For those of you requesting the YouTube videos...here they are:

• Geography Lesson for Americans
• Wyss' Pieces: Geography 101

Quick Ideas for Student Activities using GE

Create placemarks for:

• Three landmarks along the Oregon Trail
• The locations where Lewis and Clark started, wintered over each year, etc.
• Physical features such as isthmus, straits, deltas; additional tasks would include incorporating images into the placemark
• Wonders of the Ancient World
• Label state capitals
• Your dream vacation and then write about why you selected those locations
• Locations that you learned about this year in class; what did you learn about this place (annotate the placemark)? Why is this place important to you?
• Locations that your ancestors lived; what were the push/pull factors (why did they move away from somewhere or move to somewhere)?
• The topic of your choice. Why did you make these placemarks? Why are they important to you?

Observations about:

• Vegetation and season
• Vegetation and terrain
• Elevation and vegetation patterns

Compare and Contrast

• Populations of different regions of a state (e.g. why do so many people live in the Willamette Valley)
• Natural resources and industry

Measurements and Routes

• How far is it to..?
• How wide is...? How does this compare to Autzen stadium? To our school yard?
• How do you get to...? Where would you stop along the way? What would you see or do in these places?

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