Geography 12

Tuesday, Jan 4

• Vegetation Biome Chart: this was assigned in December. Review this (Tundra, Boreal/Tiaga, West Coast Rainforest, Prairie/Steppe, Desert, Mediterranean, Savannah, Monsoon, Tropical Rainforest).
  Vegetation Biomes ppt


• Other business: homework check assigned Provincal Exams, Presentation dates to be assigned on Wednesday
• Tropical Rainforest : In the Ashes of the Forest (video)
• assign Soils: PE 11.6 #20 - 22 (also look at Worrall Ch 10)
  Soils (ppt)
• image of soil types

Wednesday, Jan 5

• assign Presentation Dates for Environmental Issue
• Soils (ppt)
• complete 'In the Ashes of the Forest'
• Soils, review homework and assign PE 11.7 - 11.8 #25 - 26, #32
• read PE 17.1 complete wksh Tropical Rainforests

Thursday, Jan 6

• review homework on Soils
• review homework on Tropical Rainforests
• Desertification: examine the causes and where commonly found
  Desertification- India
• World Erosional Hot Spots video
• complete wksh Cultural Ecosystems (Worrall Ch 12)
• complete PE 17.3 #9 - 12

Friday, Jan 7

• Presentations:
• Tropical Rainforests ( Halley), Temperate Rainforests (Tyler)
• review homework PE 17.3 #9-12 and Cultural Ecosystems (will do this on Monday Jan 10
• read plus notes on PE 17.2
• complete Tropical Rainforest; Before and After
• complete Exan 1999 Jan, wil mark in class on Monday