Week of Sept 17 Geography Daily Oral Geography Study Skills
 

Monday

 

 5 Themes of Geography Review - PowerPoint for Review

Assignment:  5 Themes Packet; 5 Themes Take Home Project

5 Themes Quiz tomorrow

 1.What are the names of the four hemispheres of the earth?  In Which two do you live?

2.  Is the Arctic Circle north or south of the Tropic of Cancer?

 Organizing Information with Outlining -

Workbook pages 18-19 together

Assign:  Page 20
 

Tuesday

 

 5 Themes of Geography Quiz - Continent Quiz 1. What is the name given to a point of land, usually smaller than a peninsula, extending into a body of water?

2. Which lines measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian?

 Organizing Information with Outlining -

Workbook pages 21- 22 together

Assign: pages 23-24
 

Wednesday

 

 Describe earth's place in space - define solar system, orbit, revolution, leap year, rotate, axis and axis. 

Determine the effects of rotation and revolution on days and years

Assignment:  vocabulary

 1. Which is the only completely accurate representation of the earth, a flat map or a globe?

2. What is a large part of an ocean or sea that extends into land?

 Organizing Information with Outlining -

Workbook pages 25 and 26 together

Assign:  page 27

Do page 28 together; Assign page 29

Thursday

 Students will determine how the tilt of the earth affects seasons.  Define winter and summer solstice, equinox, tropics

Assignment:  Vocabulary

 1. Latitude is measured north and south of which imaginary line?

2. What word describes a place that is too dry to support much plant life?

 Distinguish between cause and effect - workbook page 33 and 34 together

Assign Workbook page 35and 36 - evens - page 37 #1-3

 
 

Friday

 

 Shaun Feilmeier from Millennium Recycling will speak to the students about the human environment interaction taking place in Sioux Falls - to learn more about Millennium Recycling and Ecomanics click here

 

  

 

 Cause and Effect - differentiate between cause and effect when reading information

Wayne the Victor - reading handout
  To view last weeks lessons click here