5 Themes of Geography Stations

In order to learn more about each of the 5 Themes of Geography in greater depth, you will be completing a series of 6 stations.  Each station focuses on a different theme of geography.

At some stations you will need to use web sources to help you complete your assignment.  Helpful links are listed below.

Station 1: Absolute Location

Station 2: Relative Location

Station 3:  Regions & Google Account Set Up

Station 4: Place

• Landforms with definitions and pictures

Station 5: Movement

• McDonald's Information
• McDonald's World Map

Station 6: Paper Globes

• World Map

Week of September 19th & 26th Wrap Up

Last week (week of the 19th) we spent a lot of time focused on the theme of location. Students learned about and practiced their skills using absolute location (latitude and longitude) and relative location (where a place is near). Students used their skills to do a treasure hunt, and then wrote their own adventure story. For the adventure story, students had to use both absolute and relative location clues for me to follow them to 10 different locations. We also talked about the theme of place, focusing on climate and landforms.

This week (week of the 26th) we spent time setting up Gmail accounts for each student. We then focused on the theme of human-environment interaction (HEI). We watched and discussed Dr. Suess' The Lorax as part of our focus on HEI. On Thursday, we reviewed all 5 themes and reviewed for the quiz students will take on Friday!

Next week we will begin a discussion of culture.

Quiz Tomorrow!

Remember to study for your quiz tomorrow! This post from my class last year has some helpful links to help you review.

Map Projections

Here is the link to the website you will use today!

Week of September 12th Wrap Up

This week students set up geography notebooks, completed their 1st current event, took introduction to geography notes and completed a world map.

Here is a good world map to use if you need to finish up the map assignment.