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Forum 1.4 - Identifying Nebraska's Place

11/16/2021

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Guiding Thought Question: Identifying the place characteristics at a number of different scales.

City - Identify 3 defining human characteristics (significant landmarks, cultural traits), and 3 defining physical characteristics (climate, physical traits) of your home city.

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Identify 3 defining human characteristics (significant landmarks, cultural traits), and 3 defining physical characteristics (climate, physical traits) of your home state.

Country - Identify 3 defining human characteristics (significant landmarks, cultural traits), and 3 defining physical characteristics (climate, physical traits) of your home country.


Guiding Inquiry: What can you learn about a Place from "reading the landscape" to analyze it's human and physical characteristics? 

Today's Learning Objective: Students will be able to identify characteristics of the physical landscape and how they are a reflection of its location on the planet. Students will practice identifying the principles of place, and complete an activity where they identify place characteristics and the impacts those characteristics have on speciation. (3.1)

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Forum 1.3 - Explaining Nebraska

5/18/2021

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Climograph for Omaha, Nebraska
Guiding Inquiry: What is the significance of temperature, precipitation, and altitude in helping to determine the climate characteristics of a region? (3.2.a)

Guiding Thought Question: How would you explain the climate of Omaha to someone who has never been here before? For spring, summer, fall, and winter write generally what someone could expect for temperature and precipitation patterns for each of the seasons. 

Today's Learning Objective: Students will investigate the Koppen Climate Classification system and how it is used to group areas into regions based on their physical characteristics by going through guided instruction on the system and then creating and interpreting a climograph.  
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Forum 1.2 - It is what you think it is?

5/17/2021

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HOMEWORK QUIZ - SOLAR INSOLATION CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING
Guiding Inquiry: How can the geographic theme of "regions" be used to better understand the categorization of ecological areas? (3.2.a)

Guiding Thought Question: Is Nebraska more part of the Midwest or the Great Plains region of the United States? Defend your answer with evidence that supports your assertion (it can be a link to a website). Is the idea of The Great Plains more of a perceptual region or a formal region (definitions below)

     Formal Region: Area with measurable characteristics        (physical or human)

     Perceptual Region: Area's definition depends upon           a places' perceived characteristics.

Today's Learning Objection: Students will learn about the different classifications of regions as they apply to biomes and ecoregions by examining the importance of temperature and precipitation    
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Forum 1.1 - Identifying Location

5/17/2021

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Guiding Inquiry: How does a place's location on the planet affect the climate conditions it will experience throughout the year? (3.1.b)

Guiding Thought Question: Explain the Absolute and Relative location of a place you'd like to go someday without saying the name of it.

     Relative Location: The location as described by the general area where it is, as well as what is around it (ex.                     Nebraska is in the middle of the United States, surrounded by Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, and       Missouri)
     Absolute Location: A specific indicator of where something is located, usually communicated as an address or                 Latitude and Longitude (ex. the Education center at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo is located at 3701 S. 10th Street,           Omaha, NE, 68107 or 41.267324 North and -95.919587 West)
              *To look up coordinates use Latlong.net

Today's Learning Objective: Students will examine the effect the sun's energy has on seasonal variations, and the effect that a place's location will have on the amount of solar insolation it receives throughout the course of the year by completing a map lab and reviewing concepts through direct instruction.  
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Forum 2.10 - Changing Ecosystem

2/27/2020

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Central Question: What can cause ecosystems to change over time?

Guiding Thought Question: Think about and write down a list of things that can cause an ecosystem to change over time. Once you've got a list of maybe 5 things down have them pair up with a table partner and share their list and compare, adding things from the other person’s list as necessary. Once done classify the factors as either natural or anthropogenic.

Today's Learning Objective: Students will work through the signs of a pristine ecosystem and the types of factors that can cause ecosystems to change by creating a scientific model that represents the interactions of a number of factors in an ecosystem.
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Forum 3.8 - End of Year

5/20/2019

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Guiding Thought Question: Paste the URL for your final project with the name of the country you're going to.

​Today's Learning Objective: Students will begin working through the process of identifying issues that ecologists and environmentalists can address, and the processes through which they develop research questions.
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Forum 3.5 - Pitch Your Maps

5/9/2019

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Central Question: What types of visuals are needed to help further explain a topic?

Guiding Thought Question: Write down the ideas you have for your two interactive maps. For each one explain how they will be helpful in adding to the understanding of the topic itself. 

​Today's Learning Objective: Students will begin working through the process of identifying issues that ecologists and environmentalists can address, and the processes through which they develop research questions.
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Forum 3.3 - Research Focus

5/2/2019

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Central Question: How can ecological issues be addressed through research?

Guiding Thought Question: Write down your finalized research question that you've worked and finalized.

​​Today's Learning Objective: Students will begin working through the process of identifying issues that ecologists and environmentalists can address, and the processes through which they develop research questions.
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Forum 3.2 - Question Development

4/23/2019

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Central Question: What is an ecological issue you would like to learn more about?

Guiding Thought Question: Write down a draft geographic inquiry question. Try to include the three elements of geographic inquiry ("Where?" "Why There?" and "Why Should We Care?").

​Today's Learning Objective: Students will begin working through the process of identifying issues that ecologists and environmentalists can address, and the processes through which they develop research questions.
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Forum 3.1 - Natural Education

4/22/2019

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Central Question: What are the best ways to identify environmental issues to address?

Guiding Thought Question: Why is it best to identify ecological issues that need to be addressed at a local level? or is it better to attempt to solve issues at a national or global level?

Today's Learning Objective:
Students will begin working through the process of identifying issues that ecologists and environmentalists can address, and the processes through which they develop research questions.
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