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Applying Geography to Real Life

Applying Geography to Real Life. Review. There are 5 Themes of Geography: P- R- I- M- E-. Place and Location Region Interaction Movement Environment. P- Place and Location. There are two types of location: Absolute Location - An exact location e.g. Brampton, Ontario N 43° W 79°

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Applying Geography to Real Life

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  1. Applying Geography to Real Life

  2. Review • There are 5 Themes of Geography: P- R- I- M- E- Place and Location Region Interaction Movement Environment

  3. P- Place and Location • There are two types of location: Absolute Location- An exact location e.g. Brampton, Ontario N 43° W 79° Relative Location- In relation to another place e.g. Northwest of Toronto, Southern Ontario, Near Mississauga

  4. R- Region • There are 3 main types of regions: Human- How many people live there? e.g. rural, suburban, urban? Physical- What does the land look like? e.g. mountains, desert, forest Functional- What is the land used for? e.g. port, housing, industry

  5. I- Interaction • Humans interact with the environment • Humans can change the environment (pollution, hunting, destroying habitats, planting trees, introducing new species) • Interactions can change ecosystems, food chains, climate

  6. M- Movement • There are three main types of movement: Earth/Environment e.g. Earthquakes, storms, mudslides People/Objects e.g. evacuation, transportation, shipments Ideas e.g. new ideas, internet, learning, discussing observations

  7. E- Environment The environment is made up of 4 main components: • Atmosphere- air • Lithosphere- soil • Hydrosphere- water • Biosphere- living plants/animals

  8. Apply this to real life • Watch this video about jellyfish http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyCigZ_bsTM • Think about how this relates to Geography • Look for examples of PRIME

  9. Apply this to real life • Read this article about how jellyfish are becoming a problem http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1056447 or http://myclassu.peelschools.org/ele/7/19644/Lessons/Geography/Back to Growing jellyfish invasion oozes across southern U.pdf • Think about how this relates to Geography • Look for examples of PRIME • Fill out the PRIME organizerhttp://myclassu.peelschools.org/ele/7/19644/Lessons/Geography/Exploring the 5 themes of Geography.pdf • Check your answers http://myclassu.peelschools.org/ele/7/19644/Lessons/Geography/PRIMEjellyfish.pdf

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