1. Objective (READ)

SWBAT explain how extreme weather damages the environment.

2. Question of the Day. (TURN OBJECTIVE INTO A QUESTION)

3. Warm-up (ANSWER THE QUESTIONS) Are the following things economic, political,

social or environmental: A. Starting a businessB. Fighting a warC. A country’s literacy rate

Physical Processes Unit – Pre-assessment – K

1. Explain the theory of plate tectonics.

2. What are biomes and give an example of one.

3. How do economic activities destroy the environment?

4. What things affect the climate of a region?

5. If you could create the ideal country for earning money off the land, what would it have?

Physical Processes Unit – Physical processes and characteristics

change the physical environment and influence human activities. . [3

weeks]

READ ONLY

Lessons

1. Physical Processes – climate, weather, biomes, erosion, etc.

2. HEI – How do humans destroy the land.

3. Physical Geography – How does your land make you rich? How does your land make you poor?

READ

ONLY

Table of ContentsDate Title Lesson #

9/6 Regions 7

9/7 Spatial Diffusion 8

9/13 Processes Cause Patterns 9

**UNIT 2: PHYSICAL PROCESSES**

9/19 Cover Page 10

COPY

Directions1. Go to the next available fresh page in your notebook.

2. Title it PHYSICAL PROCESSES COVER PAGE.

3. Go to the next page.

4. Title the next page MAP. This is where you will tape in your physical processes map.

4. Go to the next page.

5. Title the next 3 pages PHYSICAL PROCESSES WARM-UPS

Warm-up Page

Date Question of the Day

Warm-up

COPY

Physical Processes Cover Page

Directions– Your cover page should include the following…

1. Title of the Unit

2. Pictures - One picture that represents the unit or essential

questions.

3. Essential Questions Chart (on the next slide)

Essential Question Prediction (9/19)

Answer (Rev. Day)

Picture (Rev. Day)

1. How do physical processes impact regions?

<Write your prediction here>

2. How does the land create positive and negative economic situations?

3. Do physical or human processes have a greater impact on the environment? Explain

Directions:

- Complete the first two columns.

- Leave the others blank until we review.

- Add a picture and title to your cover page.

Essential Questions – L Prediction (9/19)

Answer (Rev. Day)

Picture (Rev. Day)

1. How does the land create positive and negative economic situations?

2. Do physical or human processes have a greater impact on the environment? Explain

Directions:

- Complete the first two columns.

- Leave the others blank until we review.

- Add a picture and title to your cover page.

What are they?

• Cut-Away Boxes: – Provide detailed explanations about physical

features on a map– Are worth the most points on a map

READ ONLY

How to do them…

Procedures

1. Must be in a complete sentence.

2. Can’t cover a physical feature that is graded.

3. Must have an arrow pointing to the physical feature in the question.

Practice #1

• Question: What is the economic importance of the Canadian Shield?

The Canadian shield is important economically because it is a major source of minerals and other natural resources.

Your turn

• Question: Why is the Mississippi River so important economically?

• Task Answer this question as a cut-away box to your map

Warm-up Page - H

Date Question of the Day

Warm-up

3/10 What are the causes of the conflict in Darfur

1. The Holocaust is an example of genocide.

2. If there was an incurable communicable disease affecting people who lived on land with valuable natural resources.

SAMPLE

Directions: Answer two of the three questions below in your notebook

• What does your neighborhood have that helps people get rich?

• What do businesses in your neighborhood HAVE to have to help them get rich?

• If you were a business owner and could do one thing to sabotage your largest competitor’s ability to make money what would you do?

Sanitation Services

Transportation

Education

Infrastructure – The basic support systems needed to help an economy function

Infrastructure

• Sketch or write real-life examples for the three other things required to keep an economy going…

1. Power

2. Communications (Internet, Phones)

3. Water services

Background

You are the CEO of Nike. Your job is to create a trading plan for regional trade and global trade.

Key Questions:

1. How did infrastructure make the US rich?

2. Which type of infrastructure helps people trade worldwide? Which types help people trade regionally?

3. How do goods go from secondary levels of economic activity to the tertiary level?

READ ONLY

Type Explanation Examples

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Infrastructure Data Sheet

1. Ports• Explanation - Ports provide shipping routes for imports and

exports.• Examples: Houston, Philadelphia, San Francisco

Ports near New York City

2. Railroads• Explanation - Railroads provide bulk

transportation from region to region.

Example: Transporting cattle from Houston to Dallas by rail. Then from Dallas to Chicago by rail.

DALLAS

CHICAGO

3. Interstate Highway System• Explanation - Highways provide ground

shipping.

Task Write or sketch a real-life example of ground shipping.

4. Communication

- Examples Internet, Cell phones, TV

- Explanation - How can businesses use these tools for global trade?

• Global Trade Trade with other countries.

– I bought shoes at the mall that were manufactured in the Dominican Republic.

• Regional Trade Trade in the United States.

– I bought fruit that was grown in California at Kroger.

5. Bridges

Background:

There are three major ports on the Chesapeake Bay near Virginia and Maryland on the Atlantic Coastal Plains.

- Norfolk, Virginia

- Washington DC (capital of the US)

- Baltimore, MarylandChesapeake Bay

What would you do?

Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

– A construction project in Virginia where they built a tunnel under the Chesapeake Bay to allow large cargo ships and cars to travel over the same area.

Bridges Clip

Clip Questions:

1. How does the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel help regional trade?

2. How does it help global trade?

Directions:

- Add your own explanation and example for #5. Bridges

6. St. Lawrence Seaway• Explanation – Chokepoint that is a major shipping

route on the US and Canada border.

Other types of infrastructure

7. Airports- Come up with

your own explanation and example.

8. Power

- Examples: Power plants, electricity, power grid, hydroelectric dams, natural gas lines, etc.

Come up with your own explanation for power systems

Closure1. Answer the Question of the Day on your warm-

up page like normal.

2. Business Infrastructure Plans A) Create a fake business. Identify a product that your business makes. B) Explain how your business uses each of the 4 types of infrastructure to get rich.

- Each example must show evidence of global or regional trade.

- Have 2 of your examples show global trade and 2 show regional trade.

Exit Ticket H – Obama wants Congress to approve the spending of $80 Billion to rebuild 150,000 miles of road, construct and maintain 4,000 miles of railroad, and refurbish 150 miles of airport runways.

“Infrastructure investment creates jobs, improves our global competitiveness, and fuels economic growth” – President Obama 10/6/10

A) Do you think spending $80 billion is a good idea? Explain why or why not.

B) If you could only choose three forms of infrastructure to improve, would you pick highways, railroads, and runways?

- If yes, explain why you agree.

- If no, identify the three forms of infrastructure that you would choose and explain why you think they would help our economy more.

Exit Ticket L – Obama wants Congress to approve the spending of $80 Billion to rebuild 150,000 miles of road, construct and maintain 4,000 miles of railroad, and refurbish 150 miles of airport runways.

“Infrastructure investment creates jobs, improves our global competitiveness, and fuels economic growth” – President Obama 10/6/10

A) If you could only choose three forms of infrastructure to improve, would you pick highways, railroads, and runways?

- If yes, explain why you agree and how it will make the economy good.

- If no, identify the three forms of infrastructure that you would choose and explain why you think they would help our economy more.

Assignment Help

Hint Don’t confuse infrastructure with type of transportation.

Infrastructure = Airports

Mode of transportation =

Infrastructure = Highways

Mode of transportation =

Physiographic Regions

• A group of places with similar physical characteristics.