tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61687188715646398762024-03-12T20:58:26.250-04:00Geographic Resources & IdeasOn this blog you will find archived resources that have been put forward by interested Geographic educators including members of the Toronto Geography Teachers Association (TGTA) ,the Ontario Association for Geographic and Environmental Education(OAGEE) the Ontario Geography Consultants Association(OGCA) and other International Geographers. As Geography is considered under the larger topic of Social Studies outside of Ontario, those social studies teachers may find some of the resources useful.Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.comBlogger113125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-70605424108456987042014-08-22T09:49:00.000-04:002014-08-22T09:50:15.414-04:00lowry address changes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAWW8wOVcbFh8rXm4kisU2tFTHg4lNh7VrAu0VOk7A9_-iyoj5dw6Yqs_mNC8xr8l1SiphRa3lVAwYdx1xLVCS56ddtmOx6ZLCRUU3VUfjt2Q4WsRmslQz-7-g5ICXr5WrE_DfJu055m_/s1600/image001-715415.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAWW8wOVcbFh8rXm4kisU2tFTHg4lNh7VrAu0VOk7A9_-iyoj5dw6Yqs_mNC8xr8l1SiphRa3lVAwYdx1xLVCS56ddtmOx6ZLCRUU3VUfjt2Q4WsRmslQz-7-g5ICXr5WrE_DfJu055m_/s320/image001-715415.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6050386642830687138" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <v:background id="_x0000_s1025" o:bwmode="white" o:targetscreensize="1024,768"> <v:fill src="cid:image001.gif@01CFBDEE.5210E9E0" o:title="background_arctic" type="frame" /> </v:background></xml><![endif]--> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">I apologize if you have received this multiple times.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br> <span style="background:white">Address</span><br> <span style="background:white">5391 Wakefield Beach Lane, Sechelt, B. 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V0N 3A8</span><br> <span style="background:white">Cell phone</span><br> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="tel:604%20741%208553" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC;background:white">604 741 8553</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br> <span style="background:white">Home phone</span><br> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="tel:604%20747%209740" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC;background:white">604 747 9740</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">mail:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="mailto:mark.marklowry@gmail.com"><span style="color:blue">mark.marklowry@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Please use this info from sept 1 . See you on the wet coast<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><b><u>DON’T FORGET THE OAGEE Conference , October 17&18 at Ryerson<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br> <span style="background:white">Have a great year Mark</span></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Geography and Spatial Technologies Instructional Leader <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Social World Studies and Humanities <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Toronto District School Board <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">1 Civic Center Court, Toronto , M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tel (416) 394-7269 Cell (416) 576 -4515 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" 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</o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-48846384152682715862014-06-11T10:28:00.000-04:002014-06-11T10:29:10.085-04:00summer institutes & culminating<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBF0HSbcuDrUhJU5dmYRf4zbhNgpFRniJEhi2tis48WuatuuZFEa2ef0VS09NS-d97_jl3Yqoix1OcJvVk2Q_4I4rwqD4_IV_ETDfent4YiaLk8hIs5rwpRvM3JJ9AbHbJDgN6aJKzufAx/s1600/image001-750087.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBF0HSbcuDrUhJU5dmYRf4zbhNgpFRniJEhi2tis48WuatuuZFEa2ef0VS09NS-d97_jl3Yqoix1OcJvVk2Q_4I4rwqD4_IV_ETDfent4YiaLk8hIs5rwpRvM3JJ9AbHbJDgN6aJKzufAx/s320/image001-750087.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6023678536716890226" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <v:background id="_x0000_s1025" o:bwmode="white" o:targetscreensize="1024,768"> <v:fill src="cid:image001.gif@01CF855F.B4F5F900" o:title="background_arctic" type="frame" /> </v:background></xml><![endif]--> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">It’s Culminating Time!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">(In more ways than you can imagine)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Summer PD opportunities <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">OTF Summer Institutes <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">These are a great opportunity to get some fabulous PD in a different setting.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Two specifically for Geography where you will be immersed in the basics of the new curriculum , including Inquiry , and concepts of geographical thinking plus you will get hands on training in spatial Technologies and field work (using GPS)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Two sites for Geography ( and they are no cost)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Toronto, July 23-25<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Sudbury, July 30-Aug 1<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"> <i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Using Inquiry, Concepts of Geographical Thinking and<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"> <i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Spatial Technologies (7-12)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">To register, visit otffeo.on.ca and click on 2014 Summer Institutes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">As we are doing Culminating’s</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">I know that everyone is up to their proverbial eyeball in culminating (Evaluative) activities and I have been getting many calls and emails with questions as to their scope and sequence. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The following is a Primer and conversation starter on what culminating actives within the Geography courses within Ontario should endeavour to emulate. This is by no means a comprehensive treatise on the topic but it I meant to give some guidance and allow for the true essence of thinking like a Geographer to come through. Also it is not meant for a specific course but is to give some parameters for all courses regardless of destination. Also these are strictly my thoughts however they will endeavour to jibe with the revised curriculum.. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">My focus is with secondary school in Ontario but most of my thoughts are very transferable to other grades or jurisdictions.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Being true to Geography <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">It is very important that any and all geography culminating units be true to the underlying geographical understanding. In other words the basis of all activities must be able to Identify, describe and discuss “what is where”. This sounds very logical but it is important that the “where “side of the equation be discussed. Just putting it on a map may not be enough. Students should be able to contextualize the where through a range of means and tools including maps but also using such strategies as compare and contrast and patterns etc. This can be done with words but other devices such as picture and maps using a range of scale and position can give context. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Students also need to be able to geographically articulate the “why there?” aspect of any geographical issue or problem. This is the basis of any inquiry of which there will be more discussion. And then for a culminating activity it should have personal resonance or “why care “<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Relationship to the New Curriculum <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Concepts of Geographical thinking <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">All geography courses within the revised curriculum will focus on the 4 concepts of Geographical thinking or how do Geographers think through a problem these are: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Spatial Significance <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Patterns and Trends <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Interrelationships <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:72.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;color:windowtext"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Geographical Perspective <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">These 4 concepts “underpin thinking and learning in all geography courses in Canadian and world studies” <a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn1" href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""> <sup><sup><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[1]</span></sup></sup></a> In order to see the success criteria related to the 4 concepts please refer to addendum #1<a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn2" href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><sup><sup><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[2]</span></sup></sup></a>. It is important that students be able to identify and elaborate their own specific culminating activity through the use of the thinking concepts. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Here is a resource to support teachers and students to think as a geographer and work through the thought processes needed to create a Geographic culminating activity. It is a slide share presentation entitled “Thinking like a Geographer”. This resource will encourage teachers and students to ask pertinent questions as a geographer and to construct thoughts that fit with the concepts of Thinking.(this is just one example )<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/jonesy2008/think-like-a-geographer"><span style="color:blue">http://www.slideshare.net/jonesy2008/think-like-a-geographer</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Inquiry Process<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Another major focus of the revised Geography curriculum is the focus of Inquiry. The Inquiry model “represents a process that students use to investigate events, developments, and issues; solve problems; develop plans of actions; and reach supportable conclusions and decisions”<a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn3" href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><sup><sup><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[3]</span></sup></sup></a> . Though not all individual activities and assignments in every class will use the full inquiry process (there is room for multiple jumping in points), there is an expectation that the culminating assignment take on the basis of an inquiry. Certainly this is a terrific place to allow students to work in a problem based learning environment. To foster flexible thinking inquiries (problems or issues) need to be complex, ill structured, and open ended. To support intrinsic motivation, they must also be realistic and resonate with the students experiences. The problems should also promote conjecture and argumentation.<a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn4" href="#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><sup><sup><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[4]</span></sup></sup></a> Certainly students of all destinations are able to identify issues or problems that they have studied that are to them realistic and have some degree of resonance. We need to tap into this individual and personal reservoir. Where to start? All inquiry “begins with a wondering – a problem, a challenge or a question “ <a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn5" href="#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""> <sup><sup><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[5]</span></sup></sup></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">However this is where the students need to establish their own wonderings. This is a very practical place for students to create an ongoing chart or mind on the various issues that have been studied throughout the year. In this way students are encouraged to identify issues and wondering that they would like to delve deeper and work through them using some or all the Geographic concepts of thinking. This can either be an ongoing activity or the first stage of a review where students revisit the various issues that were studied throughout the year in order to identify one that resonates with their own interests or sensibilities. This can be a great place to introduce an integrated or multidisciplinary approach. Though they may not seem to be interested in Geography per say all issues have some geographic perspective and spatial context, from local community issues through to global issues. A simple way to do this is to create an ongoing low or hi tech spatial journal on an ongoing basis throughout the year. The basis of this spatial journal could be around what I know, but as importantly what more or deeper wonderings am I curious about. For this the Geographical understanding format would also be a useful framework.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What should the culminating Activity look like?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;background:#F2F2F2"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%;background:#F2F2F2;border:none;padding:0cm"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">In Growing Success (Ontario Assessment policy Guide) </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">the year course culminating activity</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> or final evaluation (that is the current wording) is identified in “thirty per cent of the grade is based on a final evaluation administered at or towards the end of the course. This evaluation will be based on evidence from one or a combination of the following: an examination, a performance (task or otherwise) an essay, and/or another method of evaluation suitable to the course content. The final evaluation allows the student an opportunity to demonstrate comprehensive <b>achievement of overall expectations</b> for the course”. <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">How does this look in the revised curriculum for Canadian and World Studies. Firstly in the revised curriculum all Geography courses have a Geographic Inquiry and Skill development Strand that states ‘ “Use the Geographic inquiry process and concepts of geographic thinking when investigating issues relating to Canadian geography “ ( grade 9 applied) . Therefore it is logical to deduce that any culminating tasks (final evaluation) must include inquiry and reference concepts o Geographic thinking. The Second Inquiry OE references the development of transferable skills. “Apply in everyday context skills, including spatial technology skills, developed through the investigation of Canadian geography, and identify some careers in which a background in geography might be an asset” (grade 9 academic). I think the important point to stress is the fact that a culminating activity should be practical and engaging for the student <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Certainly it is useful to have the culminating activity planned early in the year ,however if it is designed around inquiry process and the concepts of thinking it allows students to be constantly thinking about what their culminating activity may look like . It is important to revisit the Overall Expectation they have identified throughout the course. That does not mean that they are going to just regurgitate the same information and facts but it does allow the students to find those topics, concepts, or skills in the curriculum that they found engaging and then could go deeper. As stated above using some type of guide spatial or otherwise can help.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What if their spatial journal needed to answer the following questions (using a RAN strategy Tony Stead-Edu gains 2014)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:windowtext;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">What I think I know <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:windowtext;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Evidence that will confirm my knowledge <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:windowtext;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">How have my ideas Changed (what were my misconceptions ) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:windowtext;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">New Learning (surprises and ideas of excitement )<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:windowtext;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Wonderings I still Have – (this could be the basis of a culminating activity )<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Using this same technique it is possible for students to revisit their notebooks, previous unit culminating activities etc., and identify various areas that once again they wanted to delve into. What becomes important is that the students are able to focus not on facts but on the process. Their wondering can very easily become the big idea or the focus question and the concepts of Geographical thinking allow the students to focus their inquiry as a Geographer would .And if they are thinking as a Geographer they will then feel comfortable using the tools that Geographers use. These are going to include spatial tools (maps, & diagrams) graph and statistical information and real and authentic data (field work virtual or real). As you will notice I have not discussed the product. This will be up to the teacher and/or class (students) to decide. However in order to make these decisions a transparent marking scheme (rubric) needs to be designed and discussed. This assessment tool should of course follow the components of the achievement chart and also focus on parts of the inquiry process along with an identification of the concepts of Geographical thinking. That is where the students’ needs to understand the success criteria and their specific learning goal. However with that predesigned format there is the ability for students to show their understand and geographic thinking through a broad range of demonstrations.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">I think in conclusion the real excitement of a culminating activity is for both student and teacher to be able to identify that this has a relationship to their real world, and allows students to reinforce and use transferable skills and thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Every What has a Where!</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Some good Site for Summer perusal <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:15.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:22.5pt;background:white"> <b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002145;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">In his quest to figure out cancer, health geographer Trevor Dummer helped assemble the world’s largest collection of toenail clippings<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:15.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:22.5pt;background:white"> <b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002145;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Geographer in Action <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:15.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:22.5pt;background:white"> <b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002145;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://news.ubc.ca/2014/06/05/arsenic-and-old-toenails/"><span style="color:blue">http://news.ubc.ca/2014/06/05/arsenic-and-old-toenails/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:15.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:22.5pt;background:white"> <b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002145;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">As forests are cleared and species vanish, there's one other loss: a world of languages<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:15.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:22.5pt;background:white"> <b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002145;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/why-we-are-losing-a-world-of-languages"><span style="color:blue">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/why-we-are-losing-a-world-of-languages</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:15.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:22.5pt;background:white"> <b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002145;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">June 8 is <a href="http://davidsuzuki.org/issues/oceans/projects/healthy-oceans/world-oceans-day---june-8/"><span style="color:blue">World Oceans Day</span></a>. It's a fitting time to contemplate humanity's evolving relationship with the source of all life. For much of human history, we've affected marine ecosystems primarily by what we've taken out of the seas. The challenge as we encounter warming temperatures and increasing industrial activity will be to manage what we put into them.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:15.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:22.5pt;background:white"> <b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002145;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://www.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/science-matters/2014/06/the-ins-and-outs-of-oceans/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.davidsuzuki.org/blogs/science-matters/2014/06/the-ins-and-outs-of-oceans/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:15.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:22.5pt;background:white"> <b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002145;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Teaching plate tectonics with Oreos<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" 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style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:#ECECEC">Every four years, Brazilians come together to show their love for soccer by painting their streets. This year, they’re </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QAjsNwokT0" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC;background:#ECECEC">sharing it with the world</span></a></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:#ECECEC">. You can create photo spheres of where you're celebrating the World Cup with the new </span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://g.co/camera" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC;background:#ECECEC">Google Camera app</span></a></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:#ECECEC">for Android</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:#ECECEC">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/views/streetview/brazils-painted-streets?gl=ca"><span style="color:blue">https://www.google.com/maps/views/streetview/brazils-painted-streets?gl=ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">In the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldCup?src=hash"><span style="color:blue">#WorldCup</span></a> of population density, South Korea would be the winner<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkMnuWEYL5BCQHK6sYlB6isVdFaizz9xpvTRC4_YnVWeAwat_V6Xm_yEnil3bXQmE0N73HQBaImrBN_yO95PxOEb84M-HcZld5JaisxAQppnBxF-H_U3QDnxEqVxvAMdUuD0gpm1AVq5j/s1600/image009-757549.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkMnuWEYL5BCQHK6sYlB6isVdFaizz9xpvTRC4_YnVWeAwat_V6Xm_yEnil3bXQmE0N73HQBaImrBN_yO95PxOEb84M-HcZld5JaisxAQppnBxF-H_U3QDnxEqVxvAMdUuD0gpm1AVq5j/s320/image009-757549.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6023678564864198306" /></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.75pt"><span style="font-size:26.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Amazon tribal chief’s SOS: the white man is destroying everything<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/amazon-tribal-chiefs-sos-the-white-man-is-destroying-everything-9524549.html"><span style="color:blue">http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/amazon-tribal-chiefs-sos-the-white-man-is-destroying-everything-9524549.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Brazil Olympics: Rio bay 'will not be clean for 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27752499"><span style="color:blue">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27752499</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">How El Niño will change the world's weather in 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#DFDFDF"><span style="font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#951C55;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">What is El Niño?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;background:#D9D9D9"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:16.5pt;background:#D9D9D9;border:none;padding:0cm"> <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="AutoShape_x0020_24" o:spid="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://static.guim.co.uk/ni/1402328938940/el_nino1.svg" style='width:23.65pt;height:23.65pt;visibility:visible;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:char;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001'> <v:imagedata cropbottom="-1407374884f" cropright="-1407374884f" /> <w:wrap type="none"/> <w:anchorlock/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqeLn21OOlmwT7yuQ61tCPMWd0B4AZSlgvHD3ZCtsDsGuR4iR5suLY6F_VlLbfp24x7hqfOhDwjPE3vGEWvf1scPRgt9JtVaS2alg5axUionuzA3iHLZ9vOGN1wu0pIDLLwXZ1nOdqxxl/s1600/image010-760084.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqeLn21OOlmwT7yuQ61tCPMWd0B4AZSlgvHD3ZCtsDsGuR4iR5suLY6F_VlLbfp24x7hqfOhDwjPE3vGEWvf1scPRgt9JtVaS2alg5axUionuzA3iHLZ9vOGN1wu0pIDLLwXZ1nOdqxxl/s320/image010-760084.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6023678578087549698" /></a><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"EgyptianText","serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/el-nino-story.html"><span style="color:blue">El Niño is a climate phenomenon</span></a> that occurs when a vast pool of water in the western tropical Pacific Ocean becomes abnormally warm. Under normal conditions, the warm water and the rains it drives are in the eastern Pacific.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:16.5pt;background:#D9D9D9;border:none;padding:0cm"> <b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"EgyptianText","serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">El Niño occurs every few years. Its most direct impacts are droughts in normally damp places in the western Pacific, such as parts of Indonesia and Australia, while normally drier places like the west coast of South America suffer floods. But the changes affect the global atmospheric circulation and can weaken the Indian monsoon and bring rains to the western US.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:16.5pt;background:#D9D9D9;border:none;padding:0cm"> <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="AutoShape_x0020_27" o:spid="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://static.guim.co.uk/ni/1402328938940/el_nino1.svg" style='width:23.65pt;height:23.65pt;visibility:visible;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:char;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001'> <v:imagedata cropbottom="-1407374884f" cropright="-1407374884f" /> <w:wrap type="none"/> <w:anchorlock/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqeLn21OOlmwT7yuQ61tCPMWd0B4AZSlgvHD3ZCtsDsGuR4iR5suLY6F_VlLbfp24x7hqfOhDwjPE3vGEWvf1scPRgt9JtVaS2alg5axUionuzA3iHLZ9vOGN1wu0pIDLLwXZ1nOdqxxl/s1600/image010-760084.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqeLn21OOlmwT7yuQ61tCPMWd0B4AZSlgvHD3ZCtsDsGuR4iR5suLY6F_VlLbfp24x7hqfOhDwjPE3vGEWvf1scPRgt9JtVaS2alg5axUionuzA3iHLZ9vOGN1wu0pIDLLwXZ1nOdqxxl/s320/image010-760084.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6023678578087549698" /></a><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"EgyptianText","serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">It is not certain what tips the unstable Pacific Ocean-atmosphere system into El Niño, but a weakening of the normal trade winds that blow westwards is a key symptom. In 2014, the trigger may have been a big cluster of very strong thunderstorms over Indonesia in the early part of the year, according to Dr Nick Klingaman from the University of Reading in the UK.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:16.5pt;background:#D9D9D9;border:none;padding:0cm"> <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="AutoShape_x0020_25" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://static.guim.co.uk/ni/1402328939179/el_nino2.svg" style='width:23.65pt;height:23.65pt;visibility:visible;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:char;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001'> <v:imagedata cropbottom="-1407374884f" cropright="-1407374884f" /> <w:wrap type="none"/> <w:anchorlock/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqeLn21OOlmwT7yuQ61tCPMWd0B4AZSlgvHD3ZCtsDsGuR4iR5suLY6F_VlLbfp24x7hqfOhDwjPE3vGEWvf1scPRgt9JtVaS2alg5axUionuzA3iHLZ9vOGN1wu0pIDLLwXZ1nOdqxxl/s1600/image010-760084.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqeLn21OOlmwT7yuQ61tCPMWd0B4AZSlgvHD3ZCtsDsGuR4iR5suLY6F_VlLbfp24x7hqfOhDwjPE3vGEWvf1scPRgt9JtVaS2alg5axUionuzA3iHLZ9vOGN1wu0pIDLLwXZ1nOdqxxl/s320/image010-760084.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6023678578087549698" /></a><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"EgyptianText","serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">An El Niño is officially declared if the temperature of the western tropical Pacific rises 0.5C above the long-term average. The extreme El Niño year of 1997-98 saw a rise of more than 3C.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.25pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.25pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:16.5pt;background:#D9D9D9;border:none;padding:0cm"> <b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"EgyptianText","serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">El Niño is one extreme in a natural cycle, with the opposite extreme called La Niña. The effect of climate change on the cycle is not yet understood, though some scientists think El Niño will become more common.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="AutoShape_x0020_13" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://static.guim.co.uk/ni/1402328938940/el_nino1.svg" style='width:23.65pt;height:23.65pt;visibility:visible;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:char;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-left-percent:-10001;mso-top-percent:-10001'> <v:imagedata cropbottom="-1407374884f" cropright="-1407374884f" /> <w:wrap type="none"/> <w:anchorlock/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqeLn21OOlmwT7yuQ61tCPMWd0B4AZSlgvHD3ZCtsDsGuR4iR5suLY6F_VlLbfp24x7hqfOhDwjPE3vGEWvf1scPRgt9JtVaS2alg5axUionuzA3iHLZ9vOGN1wu0pIDLLwXZ1nOdqxxl/s1600/image010-760084.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqeLn21OOlmwT7yuQ61tCPMWd0B4AZSlgvHD3ZCtsDsGuR4iR5suLY6F_VlLbfp24x7hqfOhDwjPE3vGEWvf1scPRgt9JtVaS2alg5axUionuzA3iHLZ9vOGN1wu0pIDLLwXZ1nOdqxxl/s320/image010-760084.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6023678578087549698" /></a><![endif]><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/11/-sp-el-nino-weather-2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">World Village- A Math Geography activity <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">This page is about a joint project done with the mathematics and geography departments and involving primary and secondary students at the International School of Toulouse. It was inspired by two key things. Firstly, an invitation from the people at the Gapminder foundation to look and give some feedback on some of their <a href="http://gapminder.org/popreg/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aOY-uNBZchcp-lPJSuswNLB3Pi6nFTMpl-CDumfZbj-PzwQtbcrrPtU6Bq8R4mzu2Abdt-u7Ah8vkYokSIdiaSVxQHdwJtryYne6_KuyxK_xyqkxP2Mxdi5yzzDUh8i_zCvi3dPj-bfw/s1600/image007-762233.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aOY-uNBZchcp-lPJSuswNLB3Pi6nFTMpl-CDumfZbj-PzwQtbcrrPtU6Bq8R4mzu2Abdt-u7Ah8vkYokSIdiaSVxQHdwJtryYne6_KuyxK_xyqkxP2Mxdi5yzzDUh8i_zCvi3dPj-bfw/s320/image007-762233.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6023678586238166274" /></a></span><span style="color:blue"> new resources</span></a>, and secondly by the wonderful book entitled <a href="http://www.iftheworldwereavillage.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aOY-uNBZchcp-lPJSuswNLB3Pi6nFTMpl-CDumfZbj-PzwQtbcrrPtU6Bq8R4mzu2Abdt-u7Ah8vkYokSIdiaSVxQHdwJtryYne6_KuyxK_xyqkxP2Mxdi5yzzDUh8i_zCvi3dPj-bfw/s1600/image007-762233.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aOY-uNBZchcp-lPJSuswNLB3Pi6nFTMpl-CDumfZbj-PzwQtbcrrPtU6Bq8R4mzu2Abdt-u7Ah8vkYokSIdiaSVxQHdwJtryYne6_KuyxK_xyqkxP2Mxdi5yzzDUh8i_zCvi3dPj-bfw/s320/image007-762233.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6023678586238166274" /></a></span><span style="color:blue"> 'If the world was a village of 100 people'.</span></a> Both of these ideas inspired us to do something practical, fun and most importantly, really powerful with our students. The end result is something really rich with possibilities for engagement, creativity and mathematical and geographical exploration! This page is the explanation of the ideas, what and how we went about them, and eventually, the resources and activities we created to go with it. It has been a big effort and we hope that others can benefit from the work we have done and run similar exercises with their students! For Geography teachers, check out <a href="http://www.geographypods.com/1/post/2013/05/what-if-the-world-were-a-village-of-100-people-with-a-twist-pt1.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aOY-uNBZchcp-lPJSuswNLB3Pi6nFTMpl-CDumfZbj-PzwQtbcrrPtU6Bq8R4mzu2Abdt-u7Ah8vkYokSIdiaSVxQHdwJtryYne6_KuyxK_xyqkxP2Mxdi5yzzDUh8i_zCvi3dPj-bfw/s1600/image007-762233.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aOY-uNBZchcp-lPJSuswNLB3Pi6nFTMpl-CDumfZbj-PzwQtbcrrPtU6Bq8R4mzu2Abdt-u7Ah8vkYokSIdiaSVxQHdwJtryYne6_KuyxK_xyqkxP2Mxdi5yzzDUh8i_zCvi3dPj-bfw/s320/image007-762233.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6023678586238166274" /></a></span><span style="color:blue"> Matt Podbury's perspective on all this</span></a>. For the perspective of a primary teacher, read <a href="http://pinkmathematics.blogspot.fr/2013/05/if-world-were-village-of-100-people.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;text-decoration:none"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aOY-uNBZchcp-lPJSuswNLB3Pi6nFTMpl-CDumfZbj-PzwQtbcrrPtU6Bq8R4mzu2Abdt-u7Ah8vkYokSIdiaSVxQHdwJtryYne6_KuyxK_xyqkxP2Mxdi5yzzDUh8i_zCvi3dPj-bfw/s1600/image007-762233.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5aOY-uNBZchcp-lPJSuswNLB3Pi6nFTMpl-CDumfZbj-PzwQtbcrrPtU6Bq8R4mzu2Abdt-u7Ah8vkYokSIdiaSVxQHdwJtryYne6_KuyxK_xyqkxP2Mxdi5yzzDUh8i_zCvi3dPj-bfw/s320/image007-762233.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6023678586238166274" /></a></span><span style="color:blue"> Simon Gregg's blogpost here</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.teachmathematics.net/page/15354/world-village"><span style="color:blue">http://www.teachmathematics.net/page/15354/world-village</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:windowtext">Have a Great summer !!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3OfkcztYpSLU9yMhB9cQ-TDM3smv8fIephS23WS2Ngu8IAaUkKaGTjSWjTqG7MSYk82-iVRThj7ww7cBlALKLeq0gn_Cz68gX8O8MoHr5f8g7A-e15ivrRu5Kbzn37qaAJJ0fmtDYx21O/s1600/image011-764493.jpg"><img 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<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Toronto District School Board <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">1 Civic Center Court, Toronto , M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tel (416) 394-7269 Cell (416) 576 -4515 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63"><span style="color:blue">http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/"><span style="color:blue">http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">twitter @geogmark<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> <div style="mso-element:footnote-list"><br clear="all"> <hr align="left" size="1" width="33%"> <div style="mso-element:footnote" id="ftn1"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn1" href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[1]</span></span></span></a> The Ontario Curriculum Grade 9 & 10 / Canadian and world Studies 2013 page 64<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="mso-element:footnote" id="ftn2"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn2" href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[2]</span></span></span></a> Addendum # 1 Geography thinking Concepts success criteria – OAGEE 2013<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="mso-element:footnote" id="ftn3"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn3" href="#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[3]</span></span></span></a> The Ontario Curriculum, Grade 9&10 , Canadian and World studies 2013 , page 26<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="mso-element:footnote" id="ftn4"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn4" href="#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[4]</span></span></span></a> <u>How People Learn, </u>National academy Press<u> , </u>1999<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="mso-element:footnote" id="ftn5"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="mso-footnote-id:ftn5" href="#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">[5]</span></span></span></a> A Practical Guide to Inquiry Based learning , Jennifer Watt & Jill Colyer , Oxford University Press 2014 <o:p></o:p></p> </div> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-85642148933050571282014-06-05T14:06:00.000-04:002014-06-05T14:07:31.972-04:00resources to give away<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv1sAbmGNcz4pVn_D8IhENCBYsOnNpRHwxfI5jfyWwASnbGsT3gnSuXCQWf8m9uSFxL00czFOsny9TMBZDLMOiHyHC7oZRrmggG2a99-TOajX5BEPY0QPoz6vChnzYmoWfqG5LUxnpo59Z/s1600/IMG_20140605_135906-751973.jpg"><img 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src="cid:image001.gif@01CF80C4.428BFE90" o:title="background_arctic" type="frame" /> </v:background></xml><![endif]--> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Social World Studies & Humanities is House Cleaning!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Mostly resources plus a Dinosaur<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">There is a range of Teacher and Student Resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">They are on display in the foyer at 1 Civic Center Court (west Education office)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">They are available on a first come first take away basis<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">See the following pictures for some Gems<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">(remember after 10 years Geography resources become History)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">These include :<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Picture Books <o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Atlas<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Text books <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Critical Thinking exemplars (tc2)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Historical Novels <o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Spatial technology manuals and activities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" align="center" style="text-align:center;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Teachers manuals & journals <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt">(resources will be changing Daily)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLnLvxzT8Jt3Cbp54QL9g0rsF9htkU32Q69UBZd-lFBq60Ihrl92nQjk6UC-p5tj22daMaURrn0LfRfjBgmlzg_2heiJm3dm3Wx_HEJEvaVa3rWYl4dRh_t-YS_YiNJ_2S37r18e0CdHG/s1600/image002-758136.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLnLvxzT8Jt3Cbp54QL9g0rsF9htkU32Q69UBZd-lFBq60Ihrl92nQjk6UC-p5tj22daMaURrn0LfRfjBgmlzg_2heiJm3dm3Wx_HEJEvaVa3rWYl4dRh_t-YS_YiNJ_2S37r18e0CdHG/s320/image002-758136.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6021508328715479458" /></a></span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Geography and Spatial Technologies Instructional Leader <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Social World Studies and Humanities <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Toronto District School Board <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">1 Civic Center Court, Toronto , M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tel (416) 394-7269 Cell (416) 576 -4515 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63"><span style="color:blue">http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/"><span style="color:blue">http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">twitter @geogmark<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-22591600851357724742014-04-23T14:48:00.001-04:002014-04-23T14:48:52.977-04:00Learning Module for Extended French and French Immersion Geographie Teachers Grades 6-12 Using Spatial Technologies<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBu7Ge2Tl9ihcXBEguFhOgoXXzpFybvJHHB9YvEFB28GD3m11kqxZ-MtnQTnJE346suVrlEOWAOqRd_GRFPrIQonx30F3n4aiiEcoXfklt91F77k8zrDKduHtIzGoxW4J1DX-3lo-IvPqB/s1600/image001-732977.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBu7Ge2Tl9ihcXBEguFhOgoXXzpFybvJHHB9YvEFB28GD3m11kqxZ-MtnQTnJE346suVrlEOWAOqRd_GRFPrIQonx30F3n4aiiEcoXfklt91F77k8zrDKduHtIzGoxW4J1DX-3lo-IvPqB/s320/image001-732977.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6005562288640211954" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <v:background id="_x0000_s1025" o:bwmode="white" o:targetscreensize="1024,768"> <v:fill src="cid:image001.gif@01CF5F03.07FA2B90" o:title="background_arctic" type="frame" /> </v:background></xml><![endif]--> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please pass on to any French Geography or Social studies teachers !! Only 20 spaces <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Learning Module for Extended French and French Immersion Geographie Teachers Grades 6-12 Using Spatial Technologies</span>.<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><br> </span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>The goal of this module is to support teachers of Geography through Immersion French or Extended French. The focus of this module will be the concepts of Geographic thinking and Inquiry through the use on Ministry mandated spatial technologies software. With the support of a French language instructor from ESRI Canada and the SWSH department, teachers will be introduced to the lessons, data, and software needed to infuse Spatial technologies into your programs . The learning platform will be the web based program ArcGIS on Line in French( which is a ministry licenced and mandated program).<br> <br> Space is limited to 20 teachers and release code will be sent upon registration<br> Limit - 2 teachers per school<br> <br> Location; Lawrence Park C.I.<br> <br> Date May 6<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Here is Key to Learn link<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://zweblms/keytoLearnStaff/Register/index.asp?courseid=515961" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">http://zweblms/keytoLearnStaff/Register/index.asp?courseid=515961</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Geography and Spatial Technologies Instructional Leader <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Social World Studies and Humanities <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Toronto District School Board <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">1 Civic Center Court, Toronto , M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tel (416) 394-7269 Cell (416) 576 -4515 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" 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</o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-29201962360272255362014-04-08T14:10:00.000-04:002014-04-08T14:11:10.504-04:00April 8th Geography resources<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2E2yWdtL4hyphenhyphenVAkRwT4qzhyphenhyphenyeNOsmowuXhy7LwIRGQ4pTysZaWLU8T8Rv97PG8J_MF0TMi08mkdSr9Zty38R-KDChn1ct3JZwLEY90MgiVwHcW2TEhsEyA6KB95Hn1BLw5KsyYScGuRjn/s1600/image001-770505.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB2E2yWdtL4hyphenhyphenVAkRwT4qzhyphenhyphenyeNOsmowuXhy7LwIRGQ4pTysZaWLU8T8Rv97PG8J_MF0TMi08mkdSr9Zty38R-KDChn1ct3JZwLEY90MgiVwHcW2TEhsEyA6KB95Hn1BLw5KsyYScGuRjn/s320/image001-770505.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5999986295440619874" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <v:background id="_x0000_s1025" o:bwmode="white" o:targetscreensize="1024,768"> <v:fill src="cid:image001.gif@01CF5333.04674CF0" o:title="background_arctic" type="frame" /> </v:background></xml><![endif]--> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">April 8<sup>th</sup> Geography resources, Strategies and other Stuff<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzms0t3pPnUIqm-lbmHc6_ZRAX9a6u_DMHCImWXIOy6nJ029SMKmq0Qsah8IAtb4_5Az2-Zj2hOTZWAsENeyB9OP-5Ulkf4eE_hIIKI6i1b32o5X8dTprIKnkQF6Phcl49rGytgjIOHnU1/s1600/image002-773156.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzms0t3pPnUIqm-lbmHc6_ZRAX9a6u_DMHCImWXIOy6nJ029SMKmq0Qsah8IAtb4_5Az2-Zj2hOTZWAsENeyB9OP-5Ulkf4eE_hIIKI6i1b32o5X8dTprIKnkQF6Phcl49rGytgjIOHnU1/s320/image002-773156.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5999986307678784818" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Focus of this missive will be a various Global Issues. I will still include Various strategies and areas of lessons That can be used in a range of courses. And of course there will always be maps and mindson activities <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Events <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Oagee Spring Conference <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mwAeUdrbWeuWPe8QGV8bv9at06sOIbItk8WaumUBsTobBF4gcn1HtNEoc_xsWOqX6_Gz-EQV8pjKj0qvXpmD9DL_4rWOvgxhgQVfLOb9HC0FzXIuK8khM3zjNpo-uBBrILnyG6yoFrWn/s1600/image004-776801.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1mwAeUdrbWeuWPe8QGV8bv9at06sOIbItk8WaumUBsTobBF4gcn1HtNEoc_xsWOqX6_Gz-EQV8pjKj0qvXpmD9DL_4rWOvgxhgQVfLOb9HC0FzXIuK8khM3zjNpo-uBBrILnyG6yoFrWn/s320/image004-776801.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5999986321745957602" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman Bold","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">OAGEE Fall 2014 Conference Call for Presenters</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman Bold","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Workshop and presentation proposals are now being accepted for the OAGEE Fall 2014. This Conference is to be held at Ryerson University, ON, <i><u>October 17 & 18, 2014.</u></i> The deadline for submissions is </span><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman Bold","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">June 1, 2014.</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Sessions will run Friday morning, Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Each session will be 50 minutes in length, with the option for a double session if additional time is required. Field trip requests of 2-3 hours are preferred. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Each classroom will hold approximately 25-30 participants with chairs and tables. Hard wire and/or Wireless Internet access, a projector, speakers, connecting PC cables</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">are available in most rooms; Mac users must bring their own connectors. Smart Boards are NOT available at Ryerson. We do have access to a computer lab with 42 workstations. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">All applicable workshop and presentation proposals will be considered for the conference. However, we are encouraging potential presenters to consider providing sessions that focus on the following highlighted session themes:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:0cm"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Conference Main Theme is: Sustainability</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l12 level1 lfo2"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Inquiry based learning</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l10 level1 lfo4"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Revised curriculum for Geography in Ontario</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo6"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Evidence Based Learning</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l13 level1 lfo8"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Gr. 7 & 8 Program</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l15 level1 lfo10"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Physical geography </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo12"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Urban Studies</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l8 level1 lfo14"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Geo-technology</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo16"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Blended Learning</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l7 level1 lfo18"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Eco-Schools</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l9 level1 lfo20"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Geo-Literacy</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo22"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Geo-Numeracy</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l11 level1 lfo24"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Skills for Post-secondary</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo26"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Differentiated Instructions in the Geography Classroom</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo28"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Essentials of Geography (reaching out to ALL levels of students)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l14 level1 lfo30"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Field studies</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:34.5pt;text-indent:-16.5pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo32"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">First Nations studies</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:36.0pt"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:18.0pt;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">One presenter from each accepted workshop will receive <b><i>one</i></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman Bold","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">, $100 discount </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">towards their registration fee for the conference. Additional presenters who wish to participate in OAGEE Fall 2014 Conference activities beyond their session are asked to register separately for the conference. Notifications regarding successful submissions will be provided by the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman Bold","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">end of June 2014.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman Bold","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Educational Alliance for a Sustainable Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Monday May 5, 2014</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">"FNMI Perspectives and ESD" </span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">9:30 am - 12:00 pm </span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">OISE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">I hope you are all enjoying this (finally!) warmer weather! Our next EASO meeting will be held on Monday May 5, 2014, at OISE. This meeting will explore "First Nations, Metis and Inuit Perspectives and ESD" .</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Please note: this is a shorter meeting than we typically have and it will begin at 9:30 am (9:00 am arrival) until 12 noon.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> Please </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="mailto:esd_ontario@lsf-lst.ca" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:blue">RSVP</span></b></a><b> by April 24, 2014. <i> </i><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Below you will find a list of updates from the EASO network. Please send any updates from your networks that you would like shared in this newsletter to </span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="mailto:esd_Ontario@lsf-lst.ca" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:blue">esd_Ontario@lsf-lst.ca </span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at </span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="mailto:esd_ontario@lsf-lst.ca" target="_blank"><b><i><span style="color:blue">esd_ontario@lsf-lst.ca</span></i></b></a><b><i>. Thank you all for your support and participation in EASO.</i><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> All the best, Angela Heagle Kielbowski</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">NAAEE/EECOM Conference </span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">October 8-11 2014 in Ottawa, ON</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">This conference is usually kicked off by a one-day research symposium. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> Joint EECOM (Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication/Reseau canadien d'education et de communication relatives à l'environnement) and NAAEE (North American Association for Environmental Education) Conference (43rd Annual NAAEE Conference). <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">This year's conference theme is "Building Momentum for the Next Chapter," and the call for presentations is available here. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay connected! </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001KSrSgcj72GOpnyFX5tH-Ckqvwb6mcZk2q0gUhZ_rcfGH8KD2ppQ-DMWOehVvtgpistjWTqkHtnHZsfjv5C-DOA6u0FIeiAfXWkOl0sE21oDPOprTMTtdhNjnsjmNcL31uYZ_heQZMiEq-eY0icsaC8ml3HpQTHr9VJzWo_Kc_GusKCpp8wQ-U5tzIJybtoeXyUk3-FehjBkrktPdjfzXL2iruDMpDzgQWzNubstGE68tptl072T9dDWvR1cumXUMfYp-pDF62wap2BwWUDvpKmZReiZmDmdb_swsvTjZKLM65TyWThXh41n9X1OwJKsLZF6oVkngHXA=&c=xdYNh1U43a6OzO7R97BCuUW0hLAuWklPOPuqlGvya4nusZQPyJAhPA==&ch=_VVVTK-Ac_AIQQAkkyj3W_OdPGU25SJubYNszQItbnFA5YMURPuZFA==" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.naaee.net/conference</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">OAGEE Fall Conference:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> October 17 - 18 @ Ryerson in Toronto <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Detailed itinerary & prices will be available soon.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.Oagee.org"><b><span style="color:blue">www.Oagee.org</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0f81EPMaKjzbdnWpIa1vhGN_O2FtMDtX7Hv_gB4ywm7hsrhfuS9RFnegZN5JfeG7u6sBr1izM8Zwg5BmbIZIvk1JiAZwloAqhQTbH1UdyFkvvcsAoSxYnyxeB6YsDYTUPsEcu1HmtSBR/s1600/image005-779263.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0f81EPMaKjzbdnWpIa1vhGN_O2FtMDtX7Hv_gB4ywm7hsrhfuS9RFnegZN5JfeG7u6sBr1izM8Zwg5BmbIZIvk1JiAZwloAqhQTbH1UdyFkvvcsAoSxYnyxeB6YsDYTUPsEcu1HmtSBR/s320/image005-779263.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5999986332722727682" /></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"droid-serif","serif""> </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Maximum City offers award-winning summer programs and in-school curriculum in sustainable urbanism and civic literacy for students aged 13-18.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://maximumcity.ca/"><b><span style="color:blue">http://maximumcity.ca/</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Student Mapping Competition<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Canadian Cartographic Association (CCA) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://cca-acc.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/CCA_Mapping_Annoucement.pdf"><span style="color:blue">http://cca-acc.org/wp-content/uploads/documents/CCA_Mapping_Annoucement.pdf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Issues <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Climate Change<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnsKUkN6_bAu36AKF-rHirPzc3a8XBnfKj5YFcTWCmeaIjX6UmSa-Sjn46i50Xg4c2f1VMVdF_SaS55LvYnT-rcPOAYirJe3PozhgwJ0eD3800onVOeVij7VN1m_-BjOdp86xivTrTBMz/s1600/image006-780732.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnsKUkN6_bAu36AKF-rHirPzc3a8XBnfKj5YFcTWCmeaIjX6UmSa-Sjn46i50Xg4c2f1VMVdF_SaS55LvYnT-rcPOAYirJe3PozhgwJ0eD3800onVOeVij7VN1m_-BjOdp86xivTrTBMz/s320/image006-780732.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5999986340269587618" /></a></span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Climate Trends in the Arctic as Observed from Space: It's melting. Fast.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The ice cap is heating up & melting down at an alarming, not previously predicted rate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3iMV"><b><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3iMV</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">'Like a giant elevator to the stratosphere:' Newly discovered atmospheric layer may impact Earth's climate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">An international team of researchers has discovered a previously unknown atmospheric phenomenon over the tropical West Pacific. Like in a giant elevator to the stratosphere, many chemical compounds emitted at the ground pass unfiltered through the so-called 'detergent layer' of the atmosphere, known as the 'OH shield.' The newly discovered phenomenon over the South Seas boosts ozone depletion in the polar regions and could have a significant influence on the future climate of the Earth.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140404092931.htm"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140404092931.htm</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">UN climate warning goes unheeded<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The news from the UN is bad: None of us, we're told, not a single solitary one of us, will escape the consequences of climate change. Every individual, let alone nation, will be affected by the environmental crisis now unfolding around the planet.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/04/03/un_climate_warning_goes_unheeded_hume.html"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/04/03/un_climate_warning_goes_unheeded_hume.html</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Agriculture <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlkelJ9dbPYk9syuOZqWJOioigk4KdStIaLJs1pgzOfD1uIySVwkMS8TLuKwRDNPRbma6UKkGPGfhGs2ym484jbvo8GjQ2tcDC_T7brro86g3mqgSkDvdlGRnSRp_t5BLLzSwGNFZUF1e/s1600/image008-783918.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJlkelJ9dbPYk9syuOZqWJOioigk4KdStIaLJs1pgzOfD1uIySVwkMS8TLuKwRDNPRbma6UKkGPGfhGs2ym484jbvo8GjQ2tcDC_T7brro86g3mqgSkDvdlGRnSRp_t5BLLzSwGNFZUF1e/s320/image008-783918.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5999986353578304610" /></a></span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Alluvial Fan in Kazakhstan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3iMW"><b><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3iMW</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Out of thin air: Using wind energy to make fertilizer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Did you know it's possible to use wind energy to make fertilizer? And did you know that it's being done right here in Minnesota, at the University of Minnesota's </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://wcroc.cfans.umn.edu/"><b><span style="color:blue">West Central Research & Outreach Center</span></b></a><b> (WCROC) in Morris?<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://minnesotacornerstone.com/?p=1772"><b><span style="color:blue">http://minnesotacornerstone.com/?p=1772</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Population & Migration & Socio Economic Indicators<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">MEASURING NATIONAL PROGRESS</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> – To truly advance social progress, we must learn to measure it, comprehensively and rigorously. The Social Progress Index offers a rich framework for measuring the multiple dimensions of social progress, benchmarking success, and catalyzing greater human wellbeing. The 2014 version of the Social Progress Index has improved upon the 2013 'beta' version through generous feedback from many observers. We continue to welcome your use and testing of our data, and feedback to help us continue to improve. </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/blog/posts/watch-our-new-video-on-the-results-of-the-social-progress-index-2014" title="http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/blog/posts/watch-our-new-video-on-the-results-of-the-social-progress-index-2014"><b><span style="color:blue">Please watch our short video on the results of the Social Progress Index 2014.</span></b></a><b>_ fully interactive<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/data/spi</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Seven Billion – Typical Human – National Geographic Video <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/7-billion/ngm-7billion-typical?source=relatedvideo"><b><span style="color:blue">http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/7-billion/ngm-7billion-typical?source=relatedvideo</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">India election: country awaits a demographic dividend or disaster<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A generational shift is under way in India with half of the population under 24. How the 150m first-time voters cast their ballot will dictate the future<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/07/india-election-demographic-dividend-disaster"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/07/india-election-demographic-dividend-disaster</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Altar: The town where migrants shop for a perilous journey<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">In a Mexican border town, the shops are stocked for one thing - to equip migrants for the last leg of a long and sometimes fatal journey.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26870723"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26870723</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Sustainability <o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Is a Footprint the Right Metaphor for Ecological Impact?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2014/04/02/is-a-footprint-the-right-metaphor-for-ecological-impact/"><b><span style="color:blue">http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2014/04/02/is-a-footprint-the-right-metaphor-for-ecological-impact/</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Urban <o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Visualizing 200 Years of Urban Sprawl in Paris, São Paulo, and L.A.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Two centuries ago, Paris, a city with a population of half a million, barely extended beyond its medieval footprint. São Paulo was still largely a small trading outpost for gold and exploration expeditions. And Los Angeles was just a pueblo of a few dozen buildings<i>. By Richard Florida<o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Terrific Map animations ML<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2014/04/visualizing-200-years-urban-expansion-paris-sao-paulo-la/8794/"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2014/04/visualizing-200-years-urban-expansion-paris-sao-paulo-la/8794/</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Urban story Maps of Cali Columbia <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The World Urban Forum (WUF for their stands for World Urban Forum) is the Principal Cities World Conference, World's Premier Conference on Cities, organized every two years.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://esri.co/geoapps/MapasTuristicos/"><b><span style="color:blue">http://esri.co/geoapps/MapasTuristicos/</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Future of Transportation Atlantic Cities feature Report <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/special-report/future-of-transportation/"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.theatlanticcities.com/special-report/future-of-transportation/</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Resources & Energy<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Global dip in renewable energy investment<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Global investment in renewables fell by 14% during 2013, but the percentage of electricity generated by renewable sources still grew, a report shows.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26923260"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26923260</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjip4-FNbv7pf-eEkZ7fBe0B6bjJbkU9fdNUDKQvDpfl0-I4kIynQiC2KTaVexxfkRkzp6gsqoVzcHK8XMj_AyYotqBqOfxQ6OXqJeTMWQgJ7CQ3_Fsf36xPapd7sxCILeY4lhWs4vNahJs/s1600/image015-785792.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjip4-FNbv7pf-eEkZ7fBe0B6bjJbkU9fdNUDKQvDpfl0-I4kIynQiC2KTaVexxfkRkzp6gsqoVzcHK8XMj_AyYotqBqOfxQ6OXqJeTMWQgJ7CQ3_Fsf36xPapd7sxCILeY4lhWs4vNahJs/s320/image015-785792.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5999986361846291778" /></a></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">IPCC to debate future of fossil fuels at climate meeting</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><br> Read more: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/ipcc-to-debate-future-of-fossil-fuels-at-climate-meeting-1.1762312#ixzz2yJGHBPJe"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/ipcc-to-debate-future-of-fossil-fuels-at-climate-meeting-1.1762312#ixzz2yJGHBPJe</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">After concluding that global warming almost certainly is man-made and poses a grave threat to humanity, the UN-sponsored expert panel on climate change is moving on to the next phase: what to do about it.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, will meet next week in Berlin to chart ways in which the world can curb the greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say are overheating the planet.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">It is also trying to give estimates on what it would cost.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Read more: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/ipcc-to-debate-future-of-fossil-fuels-at-climate-meeting-1.1762312#ixzz2yJGXx1AE"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/ipcc-to-debate-future-of-fossil-fuels-at-climate-meeting-1.1762312#ixzz2yJGXx1AE</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">How American energy independence could change the world<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The holy grail of American leaders over the past four decades, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama, has been energy independence, and thanks to shale oil and gas, the dream could soon become reality.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/business-23151813?ocid=socialflow_twitter"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.bbc.com/news/business-23151813?ocid=socialflow_twitter</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">International Relations & Globalization <o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">If not now, when?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">This would be an especially good time for a change in America's relations with Cuba<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Economist </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3iMU"><b><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3iMU</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Globalisation: good or bad?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Lewis Williamson outlines the main arguments for and against globalisation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26923260"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26923260</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Disasters <o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">It' s Officially Tornado Season: These Animations Show the Parts of the U.S. Most Likely to Get Hit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">'</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">North America has entered the beginning of peak tornado season, and the weather certainly reflects that. Today a major <a href="http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/MediaDetail2.php?MediaID=1527&MediaTypeID=1">spring storm</a> is barreling over the nation's center, and forecasters are warning to watch out for possible damaging <a href="http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day2otlk.html">winds, large hail, and tornadoes</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">So perhaps now's the time to ask the age-old question: If you're terrified of <a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/topics/tornado/">twisters</a>, where's the absolute worst place in the U.S. to live?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2014/04/where-america-are-you-likely-see-tornadoes/8788/"><span style="text-decoration:none">http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2014/04/where-america-are-you-likely-see-tornadoes/8788/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Another Warning for the Northwest From Chile's Earthquake Hot Zone<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">As disaster agencies </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/world/americas/earthquake-hits-off-coast-of-north-chile.html?hpw&rref=science"><b><span style="color:blue">tally scattered deaths and damage from the 8.2-magnitude earthquake</span></b></a><b> (and thankfully</b><a href="http://ptwc.weather.gov/text.php?id=pacific.TSUPAC.2014.04.02.0443"><b><span style="color:blue">modest tsunami</span></b></a><b>) off the coast of northern </b><a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/chile/index.html?inline=nyt-geo" title="More news and information about Chile."><b><span style="color:blue">Chile</span></b></a><b> on Tuesday night, earthquake experts have been stressing two facts:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/another-warning-for-the-northwest-from-chiles-earthquake-hot-zone/"><b><span style="color:blue">http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/another-warning-for-the-northwest-from-chiles-earthquake-hot-zone/</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Tropical Depression Diagram<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbFHKIAryjqr4JjpgK-B-27FG7EqxEAAZW1Jpqn8tVaYZrMVHkaXDbS46mztuP0nMyJIQZK8G703UJ9NeIvV4z5itc5U1AkPpSC2VjpVx8INpk0Nk-xJzi73GXvw1iAEtpfh6-AOeaKX2/s1600/image009-788461.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbFHKIAryjqr4JjpgK-B-27FG7EqxEAAZW1Jpqn8tVaYZrMVHkaXDbS46mztuP0nMyJIQZK8G703UJ9NeIvV4z5itc5U1AkPpSC2VjpVx8INpk0Nk-xJzi73GXvw1iAEtpfh6-AOeaKX2/s320/image009-788461.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5999986370605311458" /></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Topics & Teachables <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Tools<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">7 Online Tools for Creating Charts & Diagrams<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/04/7-online-tools-for-creating-charts.html#.U0QeYPldXTp"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/04/7-online-tools-for-creating-charts.html#.U0QeYPldXTp</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">UrtheCast: a new tool for change<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">UrtheCast is committed to fostering global education and relief efforts worldwide, using advanced Earth Observation technology. From helping students detect geographical changes, to providing crucial footage for aid organizations responding to a crisis, UrtheCast will soon provide a powerful tool for change.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.urthecast.com/community#mission"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.urthecast.com/community#mission</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Topics <o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Tourism in Space – <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A lesson that explores Space tourism. Pupils consider the demand, costs, impacts and work in groups. Could also be used for looking at different types of tourism<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/JellyCarr/tourism-in-space-is-this-the-future"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.slideshare.net/JellyCarr/tourism-in-space-is-this-the-future</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2OZ6PLpaLNkQXrwHOvBU-YiTEvhGox8HWuMQyp4OoV3e_DbUydVRhupkV9GU1TLXn3mbq3ycHToOX_gakKRd7eXT0h0gO5hNzvG3BmB54GF8S3xIpEVnxE9LJANVs4a1qY6rFrSbZjT_/s1600/image010-791256.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2OZ6PLpaLNkQXrwHOvBU-YiTEvhGox8HWuMQyp4OoV3e_DbUydVRhupkV9GU1TLXn3mbq3ycHToOX_gakKRd7eXT0h0gO5hNzvG3BmB54GF8S3xIpEVnxE9LJANVs4a1qY6rFrSbZjT_/s320/image010-791256.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5999986383935803474" /></a></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A stunning photograph of the Northern Lights seen from the International Space Station<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">NASA Wavelength</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">is your pathway into a digital collection of Earth and space science resources for educators of all levels – from elementary to college, to out-of-school programs. These resources, developed through funding of the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD), have undergone a </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://nasareviews.strategies.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:blue">peer-review process</span></b></a><b> through which educators and scientists ensure the content is accurate and useful in an educational setting. Use NASA Wavelength to quickly and easily locate resources, connect them to other websites using atom feeds, and even share the resources you discover with others through social media and email.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://nasawavelength.org/"><b><span style="color:blue">http://nasawavelength.org/</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Coastal Decision-making Tools<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Geographic information systems (GIS) are mapping tools used to integrate, store, edit, analyze, share, and display geographic information. NOS provides a variety of GIS data products to the coastal management community. Pictured above is the </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/tools/slrviewer"><b><span style="color:blue">Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer </span></b></a><b>that uses local elevation data and visualization software to allow users to see how one to six feet of sea level rise might affect their coastal communities.</b><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/tools/dmtools/"><b><span style="color:blue">http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/tools/dmtools/</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Resource: Geoguessr – Where in the World?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Employing <a href="http://ukedchat.com/tag/edtech/" title="Posts tagged with edtech"><span style="color:blue">EdTech</span></a> within different subjects can sometimes be a challenge for teachers, especially when exploring for activities that really add value to teaching and learning. A great website, with a couple of great uses is </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://geoguessr.com/"><b><span style="color:blue">Geoguessr.com</span></b></a><b>, which draws from the technology from Google Street view, but challenges the user to try and locate where the randomly generated image is taken from. Five locations are provided, and your score points based on your guess, compared to the actual </b><a href="http://ukedchat.com/tag/location/" title="Posts tagged with location"><b><span style="color:blue">location</span></b></a><b> of the image. Indeed, you are able to click around the </b><a href="http://ukedchat.com/tag/location/" title="Posts tagged with location"><b><span style="color:blue">location</span></b></a><b>, trying to pick up clues, which offers fantastic opportunities to talk about geographical, language, or environmental clues.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">We've known about Geoguessr for a while, but in a bid o enhance the website further, the Swedish developers have now placed localised versions into BETA, allowing you to focus solely on the </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="https://t.co/1WiBVBSrRC"><b><span style="color:blue">USA</span></b></a><b>, </b><a href="https://t.co/7nyEgBoskx"><b><span style="color:blue">Japan</span></b></a><b>, </b><a href="https://www.geoguessr.com/beta/sweden/play"><b><span style="color:blue">Sweden</span></b></a><b>, or </b><a href="https://t.co/MLJdahXWEQ"><b><span style="color:blue">UK</span></b></a><b> (<~ Click country to open), plus we have found that the site works well on most operating systems, including mobiles. On the original version of the </b><a href="http://ukedchat.com/tag/game/" title="Posts tagged with game"><b><span style="color:blue">game</span></b></a><b>, you can share a link to play challenge others with the same </b><a href="http://ukedchat.com/tag/game/" title="Posts tagged with game"><b><span style="color:blue">game</span></b></a><b> you played…now, there's a thought!<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://ukedchat.com/2014/02/25/resource-geoguessr-where-in-the-world/"><b><span style="color:blue">http://ukedchat.com/2014/02/25/resource-geoguessr-where-in-the-world/</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Discover Geography<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A brand new exciting resources website created for geography teachers by Discover the World Education and the Geographical Association to be launched by April 14th.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The site will be developed over the coming years. Initially, we will be offering you resources relating to Iceland. Later in 2014 you will find material on Norway, Azores and China. In early 2015 we plan to develop resources relating to Italy and beyond.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.livingplanetblog.co.uk/2014/03/discover-geography-.html"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.livingplanetblog.co.uk/2014/03/discover-geography-.html</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">European word translator<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">You have to try it - ML<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://ukdataexplorer.com/european-translator/"><b><span style="color:blue">http://ukdataexplorer.com/european-translator/</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Want to learn the difference between a Cirrus and a Cumulus cloud? Our cloudspotting guide can help<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjzTLEbkidXCTnd0EsV_9s7a6hp4jrbWcZxYHk_wugkHI4MMxDTPtxXYv3ln9QR80cWzPN1BGGqc_ebBpN4XkWt00ZoeqSTZ4biZ6mSdex8fEkaWcnZkCb4qUwEwnAl4t3O1ffn4VccMO/s1600/image012-793025.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSjzTLEbkidXCTnd0EsV_9s7a6hp4jrbWcZxYHk_wugkHI4MMxDTPtxXYv3ln9QR80cWzPN1BGGqc_ebBpN4XkWt00ZoeqSTZ4biZ6mSdex8fEkaWcnZkCb4qUwEwnAl4t3O1ffn4VccMO/s320/image012-793025.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5999986391100910338" /></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">25 Biggest, Tallest, Deepest, And Smallest Places In The World<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From the dark depths of the ocean to some of the highest peaks on Earth these are the 25 biggest, tallest, deepest, and smallest places in the world! –<i>Great Visuals</i> ML<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3iN3"><b><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3iN3</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">SPATIALWORLDS Literacy, Geo-literacy!</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Spatialworlds blog is a repository of teaching resources, images, commentary and website links for those interested in spatial education, spatial technology and geography in schools.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://spatialworlds.blogspot.ca/2014/03/literacy-geo-literacy.html?spref=tw"><b><span style="color:blue">http://spatialworlds.blogspot.ca/2014/03/literacy-geo-literacy.html?spref=tw</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A New Geo-Tagged Storytelling Site Might Be The Ultimate Travel Tool<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">How do we discover new cities to visit? How do we remember where we've been? With all the tools at our fingertips, I'd still argue it's actually not all that easy. </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="https://hi.co/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:blue">Hi</span></b></a><b>, which just opened to the public today, is a beautifully designed way to find, share, and tell stories about places.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What Hi is, exactly, is </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="https://hi.co/moments/q4oi5i68" target="_blank"><b><span style="color:blue">kind of hard to explain</span></b></a><b> so I tried to come up with some shorthand ways to describe it: Literary Yelp, Instagram Longreads, Foursquare for Cities, a crowdsourced <i>New York Times</i> Travel section.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://gizmodo.com/a-new-geo-tagged-storytelling-site-might-be-the-ultimat-1551278242"><b><span style="color:blue">http://gizmodo.com/a-new-geo-tagged-storytelling-site-might-be-the-ultimat-1551278242</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Geography and Spatial Technologies Instructional Leader <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWd5Ha0DUMsevGtZ-vgexnMRXURMQFMGSPssZVn_3k62fQWuV0JVvmU2IVVxmn-Ty-WL1ZO6o66S_FAolXQGbMytOn4ld7pzN0zsZO78nU3NDqVATRWaUNtzl7Eprta_ftYGjjwytvtb0o/s320/image002-782251.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5992971372446863186" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Everything you need to know: Vernal or spring equinox 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The March equinox signals the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere. It marks that special moment when the sun crosses the celestial equator going from south to north. In 2014, this equinox arrives on March 20 at 16:57 <a href="http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/universal-time" target="-blank"><span style="color:blue">UTC</span></a>, or 11:57 a.m. Central Daylight Time for us in the central U.S.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6fDbB4eUtPNvrIUVK3KhTkr7qgQghiNa0Us4KvFiOQXwnM0HD7kmaAESqC791mm3TgGrZS8mHS4_5y1JuLKRaffJta38LbkeLxHboUxBQWBDq0uJG4I32A_a23K5fnsKk6MuC52rZ9w6/s1600/image003-784241.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH6fDbB4eUtPNvrIUVK3KhTkr7qgQghiNa0Us4KvFiOQXwnM0HD7kmaAESqC791mm3TgGrZS8mHS4_5y1JuLKRaffJta38LbkeLxHboUxBQWBDq0uJG4I32A_a23K5fnsKk6MuC52rZ9w6/s320/image003-784241.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5992971382393376370" /></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Here's what we all know about this equinox. In the Northern Hemisphere, the sun is rising earlier now, and nightfall comes later. Plants are sprouting. Winds are softening. For us in the Northern Hemisphere, people are enjoying the warmer days of spring. South of the equator, autumn begins. Follow the links below to learn more about the vernal equinox.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-vernal-or-spring-equinox#.Uyru9MjYkxk.twitter"><span style="color:blue">http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-vernal-or-spring-equinox#.Uyru9MjYkxk.twitter</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Interactive and static Maps <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Delicious Cartography – Maps Made Of Food<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Food is a very important part of national and regional identity. "Tell me what you eat and i will tell you where you come from." Inspired by a passion for travel, artists Caitlin Levin and Henry Hargreaves decided to map the typical ingredients of local cuisines using… food.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://geoawesomeness.com/delicious-cartography-maps-made-food/"><span style="color:blue">http://geoawesomeness.com/delicious-cartography-maps-made-food/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Digital Maps Inspired By Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures" Cover<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">I would argue that I see at least one New Yorker wearing a Joy Division shirt with the <i>Unknown Pleasures</i> album art every week. The iconic design, created by Peter Seville in 1979, was inspired by the lines representing the frequency of the first observed pulsating star. The frequency map is beyond ingrained in our collective pop culture conscious, and has inspired a variety of ephemera and creative projects, such as <a href="http://mroctopus.net/geo/elevation-lines.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Elevation Lines</span></a> and <a href="http://roadtolarissa.com/population-division/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Population Division</span></a>—two maps that pay homage to the post-punk band's seminal release. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/digital-maps-inspired-by-joy-divisions-unknown-pleasures-album-art"><span style="color:blue">http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/digital-maps-inspired-by-joy-divisions-unknown-pleasures-album-art</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What's on the Other side of the Earth?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56U3bX5z6PXk_OeEQGfmWOLPXhfFycYrPHgl6uhyQvST5oL9Q8I6GBB4_uApdcM_Zh7FIYaJ-jd1UPxHLdZfvyygHM2mPKSRcL4RXwecG1dvLjILH3XuTCUV0Lj68tzsTwQoE8HEnoaav/s1600/image004-786527.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh56U3bX5z6PXk_OeEQGfmWOLPXhfFycYrPHgl6uhyQvST5oL9Q8I6GBB4_uApdcM_Zh7FIYaJ-jd1UPxHLdZfvyygHM2mPKSRcL4RXwecG1dvLjILH3XuTCUV0Lj68tzsTwQoE8HEnoaav/s320/image004-786527.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5992971393546862962" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Map: Which Coffee Chain Dominates In Your City?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Though there are major national coffee chains (*cough* <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVWpHTafYuA" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Starbucks</span></a>), our coffee preferences tend to be regional, with chains that densely blanket a small area rather than spread out across the country. Statistician Nathan Yau, who we previously covered for his <a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/3019968/infographic-of-the-day/infographic-whats-the-nearest-pizza-chain-to-you" target="_self"><span style="color:blue">map of pizza chains</span></a>, took a look at the nation's biggest coffee chains, from grab 'n' go chains like Dunkin' Donuts to fancier shops like Peet's, to see who drinks what and where.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.fastcodesign.com/3027829/infographic-of-the-day/map-which-coffee-chain-dominates-in-your-city"><span style="color:blue">http://www.fastcodesign.com/3027829/infographic-of-the-day/map-which-coffee-chain-dominates-in-your-city</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">How best to show that the surface of the Earth is mostly water?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaziVxQJmd1vmqhoQQwPNq3oJ2rGuRX5JszVmm1wKU0EXdlSVvaPhdd05QAQfA5YZMH1CszCRKKZjIwId7JzYJzyBd5jcVKPmyV4AUvKaD-VYWFF74UUWsmpbkpNr6MyipQvz33gmtxj6x/s1600/image005-789045.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaziVxQJmd1vmqhoQQwPNq3oJ2rGuRX5JszVmm1wKU0EXdlSVvaPhdd05QAQfA5YZMH1CszCRKKZjIwId7JzYJzyBd5jcVKPmyV4AUvKaD-VYWFF74UUWsmpbkpNr6MyipQvz33gmtxj6x/s320/image005-789045.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5992971405400237858" /></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.pagef30.com/2014/03/how-best-to-show-that-surface-of-earth.html"><span style="color:blue">http://www.pagef30.com/2014/03/how-best-to-show-that-surface-of-earth.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Best Five Maps of the Week<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3ijL"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3ijL</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A Spellbinding Look at 24 Hours of European Flight Paths<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What does a full day of <a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/07/exquisite-geometry-global-flight-paths/6302/"><span style="color:blue">flight paths</span></a> over Europe look like? Sort of like an immense rave on the cloud tops, according to this trippy visualization that might have you reaching for glow sticks and <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=PLURR"><span style="color:blue">PLURRing</span></a> in no time.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3ijM"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3ijM</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Globe sushi<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uT1gKIGjl3xtV8bx_2UIutAIKMrcC38_N7ohenMSoLGEZ4d94Db_NPgQAoSneB9SKUy1tt9c6zNHnaDJPMY8Xt4T-X271bOxWygjtw17IWNVtntzlPnDwsuK53Eq-uQrGRXWlVwSZeUk/s1600/image006-791657.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6uT1gKIGjl3xtV8bx_2UIutAIKMrcC38_N7ohenMSoLGEZ4d94Db_NPgQAoSneB9SKUy1tt9c6zNHnaDJPMY8Xt4T-X271bOxWygjtw17IWNVtntzlPnDwsuK53Eq-uQrGRXWlVwSZeUk/s320/image006-791657.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5992971412786331922" /></a></span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Activities & Lessons <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A group activity based On Development Indicators <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">For senior students working with the Gapminder Statistics in collaborative groups Courtesy of DIgeo an UK based Blog<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.digitalgeography.co.uk/archives/2014/03/a-group-work-activity-on-development-indicators/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.digitalgeography.co.uk/archives/2014/03/a-group-work-activity-on-development-indicators/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">(Check out some of their other stuff also ML)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">How Sustainable Is Your Smartphone <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A WOW Geography interactive from <i>the Guardian </i>exploring the positive and negative impacts of smartphones. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Students can analyse the different components that make up of their phone, where they come from and see the impact on our environment from mining for the precious metals that make up a smartphone. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">On the other hand how the positive improvements in food production, responding to disasters and health are outlined. This is a resource that just keeps giving and covers a broad range of Geographical topics from sustainability, economic Geography, inequality and exploitation. A must for all Geography teachers and students. (<i>Their Words ML</i>)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/geography/comments/how-sustainable-is-your-smartphone-interactive"><span style="color:blue">http://www.tutor2u.net/blog/index.php/geography/comments/how-sustainable-is-your-smartphone-interactive</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Mission: Explore Water – Download your free copy now!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">We are delighted to share that Mission:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Explore Water is now available. The eBook is the latest in the series of award winning Mission: Explore books and is brimming with 51 ideas for teaching and learning about water. Just in time for world Water Day March 22<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://thegeographycollective.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/missionexplorewater/"><span style="color:blue">http://thegeographycollective.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/missionexplorewater/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">WHAT CAUSED THE 'SHAMROCK SHAKE'?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.livescience.com/44177-what-caused-los-angeles-earthquake.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">This week, a small crack unzipped under the Santa Monica Mountains north of Los Angeles, waking millions of people with a magnitude 4.4 earthquake. (LiveScience)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/earthquakes-101/?ar_a=1" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Feel the Earth move under your feet? Watch "Earthquakes 101″ to understand why.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Can you survive extreme poverty?- Play the game <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.live58.org/survive125/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.live58.org/survive125/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Interesting Geography Facts, Images, and Articles<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Hershey's and Mars sweeten market for West African cocoa farmers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">When it comes to being ecologically sustainable, the chocolate industry certainly could do better. Farmers, for example, could grow cocoa in the shade of trees that yield other commodities, such as fruit or timber.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/03/20/hersheys-mars-sweeten-market-cocoa-farmers"><span style="color:blue">http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2014/03/20/hersheys-mars-sweeten-market-cocoa-farmers</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Ten of the world's great natural wonders – in pictures<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From the giant redwoods of California to the almost miraculous honeycomb rock formations of the Giant's Causeway, marvel at some of the planet's most extraordinary natural landscapes. These images are taken from<a href="http://shop.lonelyplanet.com/world/the-worlds-great-wonders/"><span style="color:blue">The World's Great Wonders, a new book published by Lonely Planet</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2014/mar/20/ten-of-the-world-great-wonders-in-pictures?CMP=twt_gu"><span style="color:blue">http://www.theguardian.com/travel/gallery/2014/mar/20/ten-of-the-world-great-wonders-in-pictures?CMP=twt_gu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">WORLDOMETERS –real time world statistics <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.worldometers.info/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.worldometers.info/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Time to rethink the e-waste problem<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">My eye is caught by a recent news headline that proclaims "<a href="http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-05-26/stop-the-baseless-panicking-over-u-s-e-waste" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">U.S. Isn't Flooding the Third World with E-waste</span></a>". In the article, journalist Adam Minter – who in January spoke at the RGS-IBG Monday Night Lecture series – reports that the export of e-waste from the US is a trickle, rather than the flood it is often portrayed to be in a variety of NGO reports, news media, and academic publications. Tracing global flows of e-waste is a challenging task, one I take up most recently in <i><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/geoj.12077/abstract" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">The Geographical Journal</span></a></i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://blog.geographydirections.com/2014/03/20/time-to-rethink-the-e-waste-problem/"><span style="color:blue">http://blog.geographydirections.com/2014/03/20/time-to-rethink-the-e-waste-problem/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihq1WWnPC0Ql2uAeJaQOaB8mOU_N8BYB-Hvj9P6TZVuE8AhoD4t9gRnoJJLOIO6MXUCNi9mslZmLwJxliAa_1DPanE-csVOuKH9Dakyen3EqXwt0T_GA-oUt2C0tihBItf2dLzrleanXNP/s1600/image007-794344.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihq1WWnPC0Ql2uAeJaQOaB8mOU_N8BYB-Hvj9P6TZVuE8AhoD4t9gRnoJJLOIO6MXUCNi9mslZmLwJxliAa_1DPanE-csVOuKH9Dakyen3EqXwt0T_GA-oUt2C0tihBItf2dLzrleanXNP/s320/image007-794344.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5992971427669406642" /></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Innovations in Sanitation Come in All Shapes and Sizes</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">For many, the name Bill Gates is synonymous with high-tech. They figure if Bill Gates is involved in a project, it must involve complex advanced technology, in which case it's probably expensive. But the fact is that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation doesn't look for the flashiest solutions, it looks for the ones likely to make the biggest impact on the most people possible.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2013/12/Innovative-Solutions-Dont-Have-to-Be-Complex-or-Expensive"><span style="color:blue">http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2013/12/Innovative-Solutions-Dont-Have-to-Be-Complex-or-Expensive</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Who, what, where and why<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">THE United States not only incarcerates a lot of people, it also has a bewildering array of places to put them.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3ijD"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3ijD</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">How India is building Asia's largest secure forest network<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A landmark effort by the Indian state of Karnataka to connect isolated protected forests could lead to the building of Asia's largest unbroken forest.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-26478430"><span style="color:blue">http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-26478430</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Floating cities – in pictures<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">As rising sea levels threaten low-lying nations around the world, floating cities are gaining political backing and some serious investment</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><br> • <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/mar/18/floating-cities-proposals-utopian-sci-fi"><span style="color:blue">Has the time come for floating cities?</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Just images <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3ijK"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3ijK</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Never Thought A Billboard Could Be Used This Way!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">This is nothing less than a revolution generation of water from nothing but thin air (and of course the most innovative advertising technique ever!). UTECH designed a billboard that can convert atmospheric humidity into drinking water through reverse osmosis in Lima, Peru where water shortage is one of the biggest problems. Peru only gets 2 inches of rainfall every year but has an extraordinarily high humidity, which is how this technological trick led to happy faces filling buckets of water and showering under the water dispenser below the billboard!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.reshareable.tv/never-thought-a-billboard-could-be-used-this-way.html?h=1"><span style="color:blue">http://www.reshareable.tv/never-thought-a-billboard-could-be-used-this-way.html?h=1</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">In the News Right Now<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Pharrell Williams Launches Denim Line Made From Recycled Ocean Debris<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Singer, songwriter, and producer Pharrell Williams has a hit new album out and collaborated on last summer's two hottest songs ("Get Lucky" and "Blurred Lines.") And now he can add sustainable fashion to his list of accomplishments. <a href="http://tiny.tw/3ijR"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3ijR</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-BKgyJmfNEgFWTVKMaw5IbgT3v8E1DCu-f21Fod5OOqHkhOCzuFI2Wokh5RFAwgrq4xun5yBkw1hWIzg6Ie8GmwFRJs8nwCih3McYrdeOBOs-lWVMj0vaqfMvpry91kjum-1LWxvuTw5/s1600/image008-796491.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz-BKgyJmfNEgFWTVKMaw5IbgT3v8E1DCu-f21Fod5OOqHkhOCzuFI2Wokh5RFAwgrq4xun5yBkw1hWIzg6Ie8GmwFRJs8nwCih3McYrdeOBOs-lWVMj0vaqfMvpry91kjum-1LWxvuTw5/s320/image008-796491.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5992971435371487938" /></a></span><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The sound of silence<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet shows how air-traffic communications need to be updated<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/international/21599378-disappearance-malaysia-airlines-passenger-jet-shows-how-air-traffic"><span style="color:blue">http://www.economist.com/news/international/21599378-disappearance-malaysia-airlines-passenger-jet-shows-how-air-traffic</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj323N0PE3MNMN5QTgSJXOYOXphhSQZNTayo7qpaYT8R37u3GOKT75B3wV1GM6T3nzXJYWKjC8SQQU7x8uK36gl-FghBSCmP0IxO1UjzvLZjw2D7d84b8QULLaJcpG6G3Ko2C0K7jyPUjCN/s1600/image009-799430.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj323N0PE3MNMN5QTgSJXOYOXphhSQZNTayo7qpaYT8R37u3GOKT75B3wV1GM6T3nzXJYWKjC8SQQU7x8uK36gl-FghBSCmP0IxO1UjzvLZjw2D7d84b8QULLaJcpG6G3Ko2C0K7jyPUjCN/s320/image009-799430.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5992971446893566274" /></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">China's urbanisation plan may fall short in terms of funding<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The target has been set - Beijing wants to turn 100 million rural folk into city dwellers by 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3ijF"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3ijF</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">World Water Day: Droughts across the globe<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">March 22-</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">People around the world will be encouraged to turn their taps off this Saturday to mark World water day.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Four BBC correspondents explain the lack of water in their areas - in the US, Australia, Pakistan and Kenya.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Very interesting Video's <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26659510"><span style="color:blue">http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26659510</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBDHW-xQi3DOOOj2SQ1E53Mo6Qz4k6IzvoLUwGZbYHsZaiRQ0Fyr9G4kZBMc2pz1rDRomJekKcBf2-q02XouUVwrqypHPEg6SuvdT93HkMxVGswiTteNfuwc7MfZcT8IADZxYgDmBQCqQ/s1600/image010-701823.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBDHW-xQi3DOOOj2SQ1E53Mo6Qz4k6IzvoLUwGZbYHsZaiRQ0Fyr9G4kZBMc2pz1rDRomJekKcBf2-q02XouUVwrqypHPEg6SuvdT93HkMxVGswiTteNfuwc7MfZcT8IADZxYgDmBQCqQ/s320/image010-701823.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5992971459526698034" /></a></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">March 29-</span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Lato","serif";color:#353E41;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Earth Hour Momentum Sweeps Across The World As Nations Unite For The Planet<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">MARCH 19 2014, SINGAPORE: In its eighth year, WWF's Earth Hour continues to defy expectations by mobilising hundreds of millions of people around different environmental priorities across the planet. And now in 2014, the movement further expands its digital and on the ground reach from the Amazon to the Arctic and Tahiti to Tanzania, with a groundswell of action creating massive impact around the world to shine a light on the incredible work being done to create a sustainable planet.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.earthhour.org/earth-hour-momentum-sweeps-across-the-world-nations-unite-the-planet"><span style="color:blue">http://www.earthhour.org/earth-hour-momentum-sweeps-across-the-world-nations-unite-the-planet</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Crisis in Crimea: A Story Map of the Place Everyone's Watching<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Showdown Between Ukraine and Russia<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Following a change of government in Ukraine, Russian forces effectively seized control of the Crimea, an autonomous republic with historical ties to Russia. Explore locations and events in Crimea, and language differences in Crimea and throughout Ukraine<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://mashable.com/2014/03/06/map-crimea-ukraine-russia/"><span style="color:blue">http://mashable.com/2014/03/06/map-crimea-ukraine-russia/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JogH7TcMHrIfZbNEa_S7arc4MjPr8zxqrH6lOmbLkl7msV7ZMKCN9vz8kzXtOMlzRwKw76T43j0sMANAoB4q4w64tnP-0ULiut-3gixrQRbYpMl7fYRaBruuF_m1vrepJyGjZ4zbgpI4/s1600/image011-704322.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6JogH7TcMHrIfZbNEa_S7arc4MjPr8zxqrH6lOmbLkl7msV7ZMKCN9vz8kzXtOMlzRwKw76T43j0sMANAoB4q4w64tnP-0ULiut-3gixrQRbYpMl7fYRaBruuF_m1vrepJyGjZ4zbgpI4/s320/image011-704322.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5992971468679718994" /></a></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">And Things You Just Have to Have<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Never Before Have I Laughed So Hard At One Guy's Non-Attempt To Save The Planet<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">We all know the rainforest is being destroyed. Heck, the entire planet's in distress! But is there really anything we can do about it? Actually, yes.- Follow the Frog From the Rainforest alliance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.upworthy.com/never-before-have-i-laughed-so-hard-at-one-guys-non-attempt-to-save-the-planet?c=reccon1"><span style="color:blue">http://www.upworthy.com/never-before-have-i-laughed-so-hard-at-one-guys-non-attempt-to-save-the-planet?c=reccon1</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">An Oldie But Goody – Back by popular request <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">THINKING LIKE A GEOGRAPHER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIPcOSNwVjw&sns=em"><span style="color:blue">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIPcOSNwVjw&sns=em</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">USEFUL GEOGRAPHIES – WHAT GEOGRAPHERS CAN BRING TO THE TABLE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">While some geographers find it hard to demonstrate the incredible potentials of their field to the public, there is a growing curiosity from a very wide (non specialized) audience for our planet, the way we depict, map, manage and dwell it. People travel more than they used to, they travel differently, they experience distance, moving, reporting in different ways.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://geo-pickmeup.com/useful-geographies-what-geographers-can-bring-to-the-table/"><span style="color:blue">http://geo-pickmeup.com/useful-geographies-what-geographers-can-bring-to-the-table/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Geography and Spatial Technologies Instructional Leader <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Social World Studies and Humanities <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Toronto District School Board <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">1 Civic Center Court, Toronto , M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tel (416) 394-7269 Cell (416) 576 -4515 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63"><span style="color:blue">http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/"><span style="color:blue">http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">twitter @geogmark<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-46245591444702069292014-02-28T12:38:00.000-05:002014-02-28T12:40:13.484-05:00ESRI Storymaps to support Ontario Curriculum<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_HxhtoyxPzaEwOXEof5NAkbHeRrq3yTqeQF5K1SkxSnFN7m8kJkounbPQFdbP2um8nBd_CQXwuJREGXz1lRMd7rtWPT2d4y6r60PaCzbctlVsjUlXEc0wteLCk783IAP92kuRXMyux0W/s1600/image001-713486.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW_HxhtoyxPzaEwOXEof5NAkbHeRrq3yTqeQF5K1SkxSnFN7m8kJkounbPQFdbP2um8nBd_CQXwuJREGXz1lRMd7rtWPT2d4y6r60PaCzbctlVsjUlXEc0wteLCk783IAP92kuRXMyux0W/s320/image001-713486.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985505995025534306" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <v:background id="_x0000_s1025" o:bwmode="white" o:targetscreensize="1024,768"> <v:fill src="cid:image001.gif@01CF3481.FC8F9ED0" o:title="background_arctic" type="frame" /> </v:background></xml><![endif]--> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Story Maps to Support Ontario Curriculum Expectations Grs 1-12<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">In order to support the connection of the” WHAT TO THE WHERE, WHY THERE and ultimately WHY CARE” in the revised Ontario Canadian & world Studies Geography and Social Studies Curriculum, many teachers and students have asked how we use maps to tell stories. Well ESRI has created a utility that meets these needs directly.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Idea of the <b>“Spatial Journal “ </b>is everywhere.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The following is a selection of Story maps create in the ESRI ArcGIS online platform from authors and collaborators around the world. They have been identified as fitting some specific Curriculum expectations of the Ontario SSGH & CWS curriculum, but have lots of transferability As this is just a sample many more can be found in the galley <a href="http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/gallery/#s=270&n=30&d=1"><span style="color:blue">http://storymaps.arcgis.com/en/gallery/#s=270&n=30&d=1</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter" /> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0" /> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0" /> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1" /> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2" /> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth" /> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight" /> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1" /> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2" /> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth" /> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0" /> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight" /> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0" /> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect" /> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t" /> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" o:spid="_x0000_s1030" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.arcgis.com/sharing/content/items/2b51ebf398f54fdf8f44af68d0a5321a/info/thumbnail/Meta.png" style='position:absolute;margin-left:-9.2pt;margin-top:52.6pt;width:149.9pt;height:99.5pt;z-index:-251653120;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page'> <v:imagedata src="cid:image002.png@01CF3481.FC8F9ED0" o:title="Meta" /> <w:wrap type="tight"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf20_-rkksZRd94eN0zTE7G6VJvEtEke5uw0REgeUX5Yphi2nbsxketnymu0UAWMjUMk6pzXjbtu_cWs1tZzWbkyzHqFOlOVzgCByx6FsH5S0gVgxi2dy0FNC9rF8q4yOBOmPaXStXL02j/s1600/image002-715371.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf20_-rkksZRd94eN0zTE7G6VJvEtEke5uw0REgeUX5Yphi2nbsxketnymu0UAWMjUMk6pzXjbtu_cWs1tZzWbkyzHqFOlOVzgCByx6FsH5S0gVgxi2dy0FNC9rF8q4yOBOmPaXStXL02j/s320/image002-715371.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985506003039105778" /></a><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">It is hoped that students and teachers in Ontario will use the utility of ArcGIS Online to create their own Story Maps (aka Spatial Journals ) and to this end the instructions ,and site are noted at the end of this document <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Explore the Growing World of Story Maps<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A community of storytellers is producing story maps about a variety of locations and topics. You can help us populate this map! Use our templates to tell the story of your special place<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2013/storylocator/"><span style="color:blue">http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2013/storylocator/</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Grades 1-6<o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Santas Around the World<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">In the US he's known as Santa Claus, but how has this traditional Christmas character evolved and transformed over time and around the world?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hD9"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hD9</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">NEW Zoo Map Tour<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">This "map tour" will allow you to take a virtual sightseeing trip through all the exhibits and buildings at the NEW Zoo of Brown County.- <i>Good for Primary Grades</i> <o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hD3"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hD3</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Helsinki Zoo. Where the animals live. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">(click on the translate button to translate from Finish)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://agol.esri.fi/storymaps/korkeasaari/index.html"><b><span style="color:blue">http://agol.esri.fi/storymaps/korkeasaari/index.html</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Changing Face of Canada (excellent for grade 6)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">This map story explores the diversity of Canada (2006) and the projected % change of visible minorities from 2006-2031 at the CMA level.</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5403c527772348a389d3e2c089c36b36"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0000E9;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5403c527772348a389d3e2c089c36b36</span></a></span><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0000E9;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Roots and Shoots Project" style='position:absolute;margin-left:-8.55pt;margin-top:3.3pt;width:177.35pt;height:110.85pt;z-index:-251657216;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page'> <v:imagedata src="cid:image003.jpg@01CF3481.FC8F9ED0" o:title="Roots and Shoots Project" /> <w:wrap type="tight"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAvg_dhIitERvF2Em8cHP5mqdGljj00Kv-n832lU9ket4Ze2Y3nwXUpfVZep0P8RlMciaKp-KBrneRwXDx39Z7xUcVwvtl_z5A2VfWOabiE605JU9ltGX_kc-lWn7sZeHnqakGeeNNqju/s1600/image004-717607.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLAvg_dhIitERvF2Em8cHP5mqdGljj00Kv-n832lU9ket4Ze2Y3nwXUpfVZep0P8RlMciaKp-KBrneRwXDx39Z7xUcVwvtl_z5A2VfWOabiE605JU9ltGX_kc-lWn7sZeHnqakGeeNNqju/s320/image004-717607.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985506011403806786" /></a><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/janegoodall/"><span style="color:blue">http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/janegoodall/</span></a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Grade 7<o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">TwistyRoads within 3 Hours of the 2013 BMW MOA International Rally<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The host for this year's BMW MOA International Rally is Salem, Oregon. 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What would happen if they hit today? A NOAA study examined these questions, and came up with this rogue’s gallery of mega-storms.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/top-ten-hurricanes/"><span style="color:blue">http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/top-ten-hurricanes/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Geysers and Other Geothermal Waters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Hot springs, geysers, fumaroles, and mud pots are examples of geothermal phenomena. 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And, many of them smell bad.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://maps.esri.com/legends/Volcanoes_30/index.html"><span style="color:blue">http://maps.esri.com/legends/Volcanoes_30/index.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Our Oceans -- LIVE!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Take a map tour of world oceans via live webcams.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBz"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBz</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Renewable Energy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Which countries are leading the way in transitioning away from fossil fuels?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=90b25eb95de9428e978f0930419a5414"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0000E9;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=90b25eb95de9428e978f0930419a5414</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Grade 8 <o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Is the World Full or Empty?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Answer: it's both. Human population is unevenly distributed across the face of the planet. While some localities have more than 100,000 people per square mile, vast stretches of earth's surface are nearly devoid of people.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2013/full-and-empty/"><span style="color:blue">http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2013/full-and-empty/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The World Heritage of Japan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Enjoy this selection of world heritage sites in Japan<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://apps.esrij.com/worldheritage/index_en.html"><span style="color:blue">http://apps.esrij.com/worldheritage/index_en.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Syrian Refugee Camps<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Current data on Syrian refugee camps in neighboring countries as well as Internally Displaced Persons camps within Syria<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBv"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBv</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Human Population Reaches a Milestone<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Sometime in late 2011, according to estimates, Earth’s human population surpassed the seven billion mark. Despite a general decline in birth rates, world population increases by some 83 million people each year. This growth will continue for decades to come, challenging our ability to feed ourselves and to sustain the natural capital on which human societies depend. The maps presented here explore a few population patterns: how our billions are distributed across the face of the Earth; regional differences in rates of population increase; and broad disparities in life expectancy.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/7billion/"><b><span style="color:blue">http://storymaps.esri.com/7billion/</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The most popular honeymoon destinations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Whether you are newlywed or just looking to revive the old spark, here are 10 best destinations to go for your honeymoon the world has to offer you!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBy"><b><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBy</span></b></a></span><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Pressure on forest resources of Nepal due to household firewood consumption</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://geoportal.icimod.org/forestRes/"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">http://geoportal.icimod.org/forestRes/</span></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Feeding the world: Can global crop production meet future demands?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Crop production will have to double by 2050 to fulfill the needs of a growing and increasingly affluent population. Meeting this challenge will be difficult but not impossible, according to the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/feedingtheworld/"><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/feedingtheworld/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Comprehending Urban Biodiversity in Abu Dhabi<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">EAD's Outreach Efforts at Understanding Biodiversity through GIS and Smart Apps.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hCW"><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">http://tiny.tw/3hCW</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Brinkworth Cattle Drive | Historic journey south from Queensland to New South Wales in Australia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">In 2013 more than 18,000 cattle headed 2,500 kilometres south from drought stricken Queensland to greener pastures in New South Wales in the largest cattle drive for 100 years<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hCY"><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">http://tiny.tw/3hCY</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Global Footprint<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/globalfootprint/"><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">http://storymaps.esri.com/globalfootprint/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Grade 9<o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Watersheds in Eastern Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.arcgis.com/sharing/content/items/8e1de754c6b146ac903ca158c6df7370/info/thumbnail/watershed.png" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:-.3pt;width:149.9pt;height:99.5pt;z-index:-251655168;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page'> <v:imagedata src="cid:image005.png@01CF3481.FC8F9ED0" o:title="watershed" /> <w:wrap type="tight"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEcL4NL_HW914KsjhLMWHtBR-NGW4clfEVlifD2v9CoQyliGBmkdxxsQD87kSUAG5hORKMeDmEwF_efV082pBwK6MYVcnGxC3aDSUqz9HWkJRmQvJiYwBEHyPs_UiTYVrmFXyUhrIUjk3/s1600/image005-719504.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIEcL4NL_HW914KsjhLMWHtBR-NGW4clfEVlifD2v9CoQyliGBmkdxxsQD87kSUAG5hORKMeDmEwF_efV082pBwK6MYVcnGxC3aDSUqz9HWkJRmQvJiYwBEHyPs_UiTYVrmFXyUhrIUjk3/s320/image005-719504.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985506021028083554" /></a><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What is a Watershed? Visit the Conservation Ontario website to find out. This map shows The County of Frontenac and watersheds at various levels throughout Ontario<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://gis.northfrontenac.com/watersheds/"><span style="color:blue">http://gis.northfrontenac.com/watersheds/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Old Ottawa: A Capital Uncovered<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Take a map-based tour looking back at some of the historical features, events and settings in Canada's capital city. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">(Photo Source: Facebook. "Lost Ottawa". Accessed: July 2013.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBq"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBq</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">GIS for Forestry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Case studies of geographic information system applications for forest management<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBu"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Senior geography & others (some are really fun)<o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Sarah Palin's Alaska<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Political powerhouse turned pop-culture phenom, Sarah Palin, showcased some of the many features of Alaska in her very own reality television show, which ran for just one season in the winter of 2010-11. Take a guided map tour through some of the show's highlights below... (Photo Source: Gilles Mingasson. "Sarah Palin's Alaska". Accessed: July 2013.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBp"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBp</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/janegoodall/"><span style="color:blue">http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/janegoodall/</span></a><u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Seinfeld: A Map About Nothing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Arguably one of the best television sitcoms ever, Seinfeld originally aired from 1989 to 1998 and remains in syndication to this day. The show featured various locations around New York City, some of which are displayed as a map tour below with a corresponding YouTube video for each. Yadda, yadda, yadda...<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Great map story for modern culture , urbanization , USA values etc<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBr"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBr</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Ghostbusters: Something Strange In Your Neighborhood<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">One of the most easily recognizable blockbuster film-franchises from the 1980s, Ghostbusters was an action-comedy focusing on supernatural events taking place in New York City. The first film was released in 1984, along with a sequel in 1989. Take a map-guided tour below of some of the spots where Peter, Egon, Ray and Winston lived out their adventures.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Another great <b>what</b> meet <b>where</b> –Great American Cultural study – RIP Harold Ramis<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBs"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBs</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Syrian Refugee Camps<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Current data on Syrian refugee camps in neighboring countries as well as Internally Displaced Persons camps within Syria<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBv"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBv</span></a></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Brinkworth Cattle Drive | Historic journey south from Queensland to New South Wales in Australia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">In 2013 more than 18,000 cattle headed 2,500 kilometres south from drought stricken Queensland to greener pastures in New South Wales in the largest cattle drive for 100 years<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hCY"><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">http://tiny.tw/3hCY</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Sustainability & Environmental Issues<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Outlook for European cities: higher temperatures and longer heat waves<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Climate models suggest that Europe's urban areas will experience more hot days and tropical nights. These maps examine model predictions and urban conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/warming-cities/"><span style="color:blue">http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/warming-cities/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Pacific Ocean Science and Exploration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Come with us on a tour of some of the wildest, most exciting places being explored and studied in the world's largest ocean, the Pacific. Map by "Deepsea Dawn" Wright, dwright@esri.com.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hD8"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hD8</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Our Oceans -- LIVE!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Take a map tour of world oceans via live webcams.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBz"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBz</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Global Footprint<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/globalfootprint/"><span style="color:blue">http://storymaps.esri.com/globalfootprint/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Natural disasters and Physical Geography<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Tectonic Plates Movement and its Consequences<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.arcgis.com/sharing/content/items/ea93197b21e94aa29fbfa12260d210d1/info/thumbnail/subduct4.jpg" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:149.9pt;height:99.5pt;z-index:-251654144;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page'> <v:imagedata src="cid:image006.jpg@01CF3481.FC8F9ED0" o:title="subduct4" /> <w:wrap type="tight"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kT55JIUhs5FY27I6xVu3AgflUTH3ODU8HwrrMYGnEHpaX_tZNzqUBG5_QxSo2AAp8KcUSl_B23wWbNQljuPJ-HRBWoALtqu_GlbuFl9HayK7-SR4WZ_UjXIY1_gLPIY1YGwzbt_i7sMt/s1600/image006-721856.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8kT55JIUhs5FY27I6xVu3AgflUTH3ODU8HwrrMYGnEHpaX_tZNzqUBG5_QxSo2AAp8KcUSl_B23wWbNQljuPJ-HRBWoALtqu_GlbuFl9HayK7-SR4WZ_UjXIY1_gLPIY1YGwzbt_i7sMt/s320/image006-721856.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985506035149744898" /></a><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Earth lithosphere is broken up into tectonic plates. Twenty plates are continuously migrating, apparently in uncoordinated fashion. Where plates meet, their relative motion determines the type of boundary: convergent, divergent, and transform. The great majority of all earthquakes and volcanic activity occurs along the plate boundaries. The movement of the plates varies from zero to 100 mm annually.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://maps.esri.com/legends/Tectonics_acordeon/index_orig.html"><span style="color:blue">http://maps.esri.com/legends/Tectonics_acordeon/index_orig.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Top Ten most damaging U.S. hurricanes of all time<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What were the worst hurricanes ever? What would happen if they hit today? A NOAA study examined these questions, and came up with this rogue’s gallery of mega-storms.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/top-ten-hurricanes/"><span style="color:blue">http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/top-ten-hurricanes/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Geysers and Other Geothermal Waters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Hot springs, geysers, fumaroles, and mud pots are examples of geothermal phenomena. Since hot springs are so numerous (thousands of them exist), this app maps only large basins of geothermal activities, geysers (hot and cold), and travertine pools, which are rare enough to be included.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://maps.esri.com/legends/Geysers/deploy/index.html"><span style="color:blue">http://maps.esri.com/legends/Geysers/deploy/index.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">40 Most Interesting Volcanoes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Most volcanoes are dangerous, capricious, unpredictable, but pretty. And, many of them smell bad.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://maps.esri.com/legends/Volcanoes_30/index.html"><span style="color:blue">http://maps.esri.com/legends/Volcanoes_30/index.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Esri Impact Map for Superstorm Sandy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A collection of dynamic maps showing impacted counties provided by FEMA with Esri demographic data. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Select a demographic map using the tabs. Click any county to view demographic information.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tmappsevents.esri.com/website/sandy-impact/"><span style="color:blue">http://tmappsevents.esri.com/website/sandy-impact/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Comprehending Urban Biodiversity in Abu Dhabi<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">EAD's Outreach Efforts at Understanding Biodiversity through GIS and Smart Apps.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hCW"><span lang="FR-CA" style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hCW</span></a></span><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span lang="FR-CA" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Travel & Tourism <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The most popular honeymoon destinations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Whether you are newlywed or just looking to revive the old spark, here are 10 best destinations to go for your honeymoon the world has to offer you!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBy"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBy</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Place-based Geography Videos ( in a true Spatial journal) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Professor Seth Dixon shares some of his favorite geographic videos. Connecting the WHAT &THE WHERE <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">You decide WHY THERE & WHY CARE<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBw"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBw</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Historical Geography <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.arcgis.com/sharing/content/items/97ae55e015774b7ea89fd0a52ca551c2/info/thumbnail/NYC1.png" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:.3pt;width:149.9pt;height:99.5pt;z-index:-251656192;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page'> <v:imagedata src="cid:image007.png@01CF3481.FC8F9ED0" o:title="NYC1" /> <w:wrap type="tight"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsr1Yins7MBlMI1vFUPwm-UY1NQLWCp1l484oY_hYvCuR5rxmZtqiy4XwR5y42sLrI0ZOyYNuKVjren4aN-7ncN9wn919B_cB-Iu9cx5Dz5Sml2OTNdo2NOOzUxV_QtNRlI4N7wEbJ1CrV/s1600/image007-723957.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsr1Yins7MBlMI1vFUPwm-UY1NQLWCp1l484oY_hYvCuR5rxmZtqiy4XwR5y42sLrI0ZOyYNuKVjren4aN-7ncN9wn919B_cB-Iu9cx5Dz5Sml2OTNdo2NOOzUxV_QtNRlI4N7wEbJ1CrV/s320/image007-723957.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985506043518247298" /></a><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Spyglass on the Past: New York City 1836 and Today<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">New York City in 1836, as depicted on a map from the David Rumsey collection, compared to a modern satellite image of the city.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hD4"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hD4</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Monuments Men: Recovering Europe's Plundered Art<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Monuments Men movie depicts the Allied effort to protect, recover, and return priceless artifacts damaged in World War II or looted by the Nazis. Here's the real story of the desperate effort to save Europe's artistic and cultural heritage.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2014/monuments-men/"><span style="color:blue">http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2014/monuments-men/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The 3rd Battle of Ypres - Passchendaele<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Campaign of the WWI fought by the British and their allies against the German Empire on the Western Front, between July and November 1917, for the control of the ridges south and east of the Belgian city of Ypres in West Flanders<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://esribeluxdata-webapps.olympe.in/Third%20Battle%20of%20Ypres%20-%20Passchendaele/"><span style="color:blue">http://esribeluxdata-webapps.olympe.in/Third%20Battle%20of%20Ypres%20-%20Passchendaele/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A Walking Tour of Port Royal (Jamaica, West Indies)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">This map acts as a guide to help you explore the infamous town that was home to Privateers and Pirates from around the world...<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBx"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBx</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Our Oceans -- LIVE!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Take a map tour of world oceans via live webcams.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBz"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBz</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The World in 1812 and 2013<br> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Compare the modern world, as depicted on this National Geographic map, with the world as it was perceived two centuries earlier.<b><br> </b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://story.maps.arcgis.com/apps/StorytellingSwipe/index.html?appid=b8ece5952db443858442f122984602ba&webmap=8ea34ba9a4f843e08a468595d8d91188"><span style="color:#0000E9">http://story.maps.arcgis.com/apps/StorytellingSwipe/index.html?appid=b8ece5952db443858442f122984602ba&webmap=8ea34ba9a4f843e08a468595d8d91188</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Pressure on forest resources of Nepal due to household firewood consumption</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://geoportal.icimod.org/forestRes/"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">http://geoportal.icimod.org/forestRes/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">You too can create a map story – aka Spatial Journal <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> <i>Here is an example</i> : Flatwater Kayaking: A Personal Journey<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A Story Map of 60+ Paddle-Powered Adventures in the Western United States<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBA"><b><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBA</span></b></a></span><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Lesson Packs to create Story maps<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">War of 1812 (Web Lesson)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212A31;background:white">In this lesson pack, you will use </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/%20"><span style="color:#009AEE;background:white">ArcGIS Online</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#212A31;background:white"> to create a spatial journal based on historical events surrounding the Battle of Fort George during the War of 1812. Students will explore how the British first lost occupation of Fort George and then the events that led to them capturing the fort. To complete the lesson, students create a collection of point, line and polygon features and symbolize them with appropriate symbols and colours.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";background:white">View the lesson here: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://esri.ca/en/content/war-1812" target="_blank"><span style="color:#21759B;background:white">http://esri.ca/en/content/war-1812</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> We have a public group on ArcGIS Online, ArcCanada <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">All teachers in Ontario can be on the Ontario Edu group<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.arcgis.com/home/group.html?owner=ESRICanadaEd&title=ArcCanada"><span style="color:blue">http://www.arcgis.com/home/group.html?owner=ESRICanadaEd&title=ArcCanada</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Instructions for creating your own Story Maps <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The following are a list of <b>You Tube Video’s</b> that will walk you through creating your own Story Maps <o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Esri Story Maps for Education: Introduction<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhCL-qJGa98"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhCL-qJGa98</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A Story Maps Primer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVyi_BmOaA"><span style="color:blue">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVyi_BmOaA</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Esri Story Maps for Education: Creating, 1 of 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8jXbpGh3V0"><span style="color:blue">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8jXbpGh3V0</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Esri Story Maps 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Jaramillo</a></span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Much has changed since <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_Winter_Olympics" target="_blank">the first Winter Olympics</a> were held in Chamonix, France, in 1924. 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Check out the best winter sportsmen of the 1920s in our collection of images from Chamonix.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrKco_hPFGBotrBk35V-QrXtNFgJ2QxQZlXJ8NETIdZZAVCDVLzTGYdKfdWF4mzK-HIsYoeKtinIYARlCGNTgNACFVjkYF5tqdvbnGPrF_Q5J7Czt6Dsk-9ZyrKv5_BSBLBWxJYIOXk5W/s1600/image001-731844.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrKco_hPFGBotrBk35V-QrXtNFgJ2QxQZlXJ8NETIdZZAVCDVLzTGYdKfdWF4mzK-HIsYoeKtinIYARlCGNTgNACFVjkYF5tqdvbnGPrF_Q5J7Czt6Dsk-9ZyrKv5_BSBLBWxJYIOXk5W/s320/image001-731844.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985459691070469650" /></a>Speedskaters at the starting line.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Photos via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report</span><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaydVkDPLKjcfTMfVklXtwTH0qEVLYDL8DbwIPJ4feBPhcizBOz9uZ-ptwIGBa2Js8bMOLvQU-vjdHgdc0YICMM8DKdXIK26kknZADzaxgfkEUd6i2NeTeyaJrvmn7vYQJBD-HeYAIAiMJ/s1600/image002-734839.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaydVkDPLKjcfTMfVklXtwTH0qEVLYDL8DbwIPJ4feBPhcizBOz9uZ-ptwIGBa2Js8bMOLvQU-vjdHgdc0YICMM8DKdXIK26kknZADzaxgfkEUd6i2NeTeyaJrvmn7vYQJBD-HeYAIAiMJ/s320/image002-734839.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985459704100560482" /></a>The Swedish and British curling teams.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Photos via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report</span><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4dPHBPetinKvVbym0ux0f-5vkpe6tRz1Oqm9liLeSee2prwEtxD-jbp1yN8wLteGqVKWFFQp7xsBOs8YUi-S-pThgA0Ox-4yb9KSvx4xIVBFrf7cc6EtsDl27x1_utksg_K2z7P3IpwP/s1600/image003-738469.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH4dPHBPetinKvVbym0ux0f-5vkpe6tRz1Oqm9liLeSee2prwEtxD-jbp1yN8wLteGqVKWFFQp7xsBOs8YUi-S-pThgA0Ox-4yb9KSvx4xIVBFrf7cc6EtsDl27x1_utksg_K2z7P3IpwP/s320/image003-738469.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985459718698293330" /></a>Three members of the Swedish curling team taking a break to have a drink.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Photos via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report</span><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgiNTz9nyD0s84Z6SrfCc5npe_nABo1U8iQsNb_CHfTqt5rbSaltXkq3P-7FuxmhdTnns9VcaxKg4lnwOpqL6-4dtmrZOp9oLvC9liw4SfvMwMjEAWw2P4r-A4xOJW_SdfF9ZF5w5u5xB/s1600/image004-740552.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQgiNTz9nyD0s84Z6SrfCc5npe_nABo1U8iQsNb_CHfTqt5rbSaltXkq3P-7FuxmhdTnns9VcaxKg4lnwOpqL6-4dtmrZOp9oLvC9liw4SfvMwMjEAWw2P4r-A4xOJW_SdfF9ZF5w5u5xB/s320/image004-740552.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985459727787482290" /></a>Clearing snow at the Olympic stadium.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Photos via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report</span><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6aCM-Pe2DvRxAudWurRgYGYNCYYT7VDii_amNQr7io7TzbGK39oW1S1jFUgzuWypgpe8wRCCS5MNzPBY9-FApwoFsTmZFbLjAW8FmMF_Vir8uFtxLbVq0uxRF6BDiIZLo3ijrk2OLNqH/s1600/image005-743005.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6aCM-Pe2DvRxAudWurRgYGYNCYYT7VDii_amNQr7io7TzbGK39oW1S1jFUgzuWypgpe8wRCCS5MNzPBY9-FApwoFsTmZFbLjAW8FmMF_Vir8uFtxLbVq0uxRF6BDiIZLo3ijrk2OLNqH/s320/image005-743005.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985459736745563298" /></a>An ice hockey team.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Photos via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report</span><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bBHsWt0ob4UAOijA0p03o5hVo2ZoC4_moIY6R1UdHUTGL0hCVmo02Zd3ao2KCtBlh-tr3Hb-hF87To7rTqZ5uXnKYm_vc9vcd5XkMAABjgNKrk0eYJ-e4qR8v9L0jzhLZ34NdNKzpSqS/s1600/image006-745686.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-bBHsWt0ob4UAOijA0p03o5hVo2ZoC4_moIY6R1UdHUTGL0hCVmo02Zd3ao2KCtBlh-tr3Hb-hF87To7rTqZ5uXnKYm_vc9vcd5XkMAABjgNKrk0eYJ-e4qR8v9L0jzhLZ34NdNKzpSqS/s320/image006-745686.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985459746179147794" /></a>Jacob Tullin Thams of Norway, gold medalist in ski jumping.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Photo via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report</span><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TJeuqoeXkFE6eV3lQt4VmbS7jeJO3ePFmAozsOBh04MFpsscsWm9YvjYL4KaMpzom1uGQY8EMmTmQ14X9o91WBl6zRhNP0Axgx3REi-QLrxNR_Wr3_1aFlpu0dHG14Kbf9Q27dGbchE-/s1600/image007-747497.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_TJeuqoeXkFE6eV3lQt4VmbS7jeJO3ePFmAozsOBh04MFpsscsWm9YvjYL4KaMpzom1uGQY8EMmTmQ14X9o91WBl6zRhNP0Axgx3REi-QLrxNR_Wr3_1aFlpu0dHG14Kbf9Q27dGbchE-/s320/image007-747497.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985459755103463682" /></a>Norway's Sonja Henie finished eighth (out of eight) in figure skating in Chamonix. She was just 11 years old. Henie would go on to win gold in 1928, 1932, and 1936.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report</span><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLBaHVQyrdz8ViMD3yjAKy5-cvyrHY8RJyiFY0oE4NzuxMGvCb1JDkGKg6cE0vuJXQ3pJLVXM_ZvtCkcB0-u5nY3Dy7JGVYFfU5s4pkC2qPrGWq6DDhZ0Rq8NlX_I0jiDp5FXnvQRq2Ot/s1600/image008-749839.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioLBaHVQyrdz8ViMD3yjAKy5-cvyrHY8RJyiFY0oE4NzuxMGvCb1JDkGKg6cE0vuJXQ3pJLVXM_ZvtCkcB0-u5nY3Dy7JGVYFfU5s4pkC2qPrGWq6DDhZ0Rq8NlX_I0jiDp5FXnvQRq2Ot/s320/image008-749839.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985459770263502610" /></a>Andrée Joly and Pierre Brunet won bronze in pairs figure skating in Chamonix before taking gold in 1928 and 1932. The French couple got married in 1929.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Photos via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report</span><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkK0nTMd88sQm_Oq8nS6xMebJyTN_2s2K9hmv_WSMJiXe0pHHsnMHW4RqDzyqXDL39ILWvr7ZMApRo6scj608QSpKY4-mzdbShKrwm3lusHdnYwoo3AytjsC5cLfr-YIemkv2DF_KOvyj/s1600/image009-752853.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkK0nTMd88sQm_Oq8nS6xMebJyTN_2s2K9hmv_WSMJiXe0pHHsnMHW4RqDzyqXDL39ILWvr7ZMApRo6scj608QSpKY4-mzdbShKrwm3lusHdnYwoo3AytjsC5cLfr-YIemkv2DF_KOvyj/s320/image009-752853.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985459779653789378" /></a>Julius Skutnabb and Clas Thunberg of Finland won a combined eight speedskating medals in Chamonix.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Photo via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report</span><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV98xe6FeHNpxTY7CNxbDVF_FXTl-GtLGh2LatGJ-7p4L9NKmSBnlLqm8vSwkRSNYZwGCuwvXtmBhsE6UFvIVsK3fuAZe0Kdo3PdCInkJTYToJZnPGlQjwhhk0vO7AWtBQvSAjvpspmhlg/s1600/image010-755353.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV98xe6FeHNpxTY7CNxbDVF_FXTl-GtLGh2LatGJ-7p4L9NKmSBnlLqm8vSwkRSNYZwGCuwvXtmBhsE6UFvIVsK3fuAZe0Kdo3PdCInkJTYToJZnPGlQjwhhk0vO7AWtBQvSAjvpspmhlg/s320/image010-755353.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985459788310634050" /></a>Competitors in the bobsled.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Photo via Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report</span><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6QtPk2QOpqAV9IRvGs5cMaxL05Dfs7H8dLIXRGtgLhzEekeXDgsla7l4ii6hNk-KmTaousN9tCAekGI_gtgNfEPRfTwSjM3j4HvxprSGmaVBRNZeggPmQ4BHtHl1WbqfYJ5tOexq8HKd/s1600/image011-757797.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6QtPk2QOpqAV9IRvGs5cMaxL05Dfs7H8dLIXRGtgLhzEekeXDgsla7l4ii6hNk-KmTaousN9tCAekGI_gtgNfEPRfTwSjM3j4HvxprSGmaVBRNZeggPmQ4BHtHl1WbqfYJ5tOexq8HKd/s320/image011-757797.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985459801777037826" /></a>The silver-medal-winning British bobsled team.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Chamonix 1924 Official Olympic Report</span><o:p></o:p></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhA7ApxbZGCtlRBlp8QDqxKTjxiAEShuy3Wrk7J_OhzwJPPZLbychY52-jOLAjQw3WHUrAlijRzFGuWYaIStKxjUGS8e488gdum3kjjUAn0izR0pUTnf9EGntkhY__-qzuThag9doU-b-/s1600/image012-759796.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhA7ApxbZGCtlRBlp8QDqxKTjxiAEShuy3Wrk7J_OhzwJPPZLbychY52-jOLAjQw3WHUrAlijRzFGuWYaIStKxjUGS8e488gdum3kjjUAn0izR0pUTnf9EGntkhY__-qzuThag9doU-b-/s320/image012-759796.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985459811964170370" /></a>Spectators and the official stand.</span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><br> <br> <br> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><br> <br> <br> -- </span><o:p></o:p></p> </blockquote> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p> </div> </div> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-91891551598081333252014-02-27T14:20:00.000-05:002014-02-27T14:21:00.970-05:00February Geo stuff to get us through to Break<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEkDajpHI58knuxsLKxQkpej5poR7G1lKL2O9Py24PboEjm5l3EBNrNZofL1icjsP23KRgmkPCVJdY50-EbDaWqLsFA4g80V8OvEvIfOMBDkhsRr_C-A7KLJ7VYU1in6aQyajjZFUjvEo/s1600/image001-760971.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEkDajpHI58knuxsLKxQkpej5poR7G1lKL2O9Py24PboEjm5l3EBNrNZofL1icjsP23KRgmkPCVJdY50-EbDaWqLsFA4g80V8OvEvIfOMBDkhsRr_C-A7KLJ7VYU1in6aQyajjZFUjvEo/s320/image001-760971.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985160884424932162" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <v:background id="_x0000_s1025" o:bwmode="white" o:targetscreensize="1024,768"> <v:fill src="cid:image001.gif@01CF33C6.FFEB0FD0" o:title="background_arctic" type="frame" /> </v:background></xml><![endif]--> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">February Stuff to get your through until the spring <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Here is a range of things Geographic, Spatial, and just down right interesting to share with colleagues and students (hopefully they are one and the same) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="color:windowtext;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">In Southern Ontario the only positive thing about February. We that are gaining 3 minutes of sunlight per day. Who knew sunlight could be so cold?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Maps- Interactive and Otherwise <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Google Street View maps polar bear country<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.2pt;background:white"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">You can now pay a virtual visit to wild polar bears on the tundra via Google Street View.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.2pt;background:white"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">The stunning tundra landscape of </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/views/home?hl=en-CA&gl=ca" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#115278;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;text-decoration:none">Cape Churchill and Wapusk National Park</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"> in Northern Manitoba — polar bears and all — went online today in honour of International Polar Bear Day.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://t.co/7zdPq0ilFW"><span style="color:blue">http://t.co/7zdPq0ilFW</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5P9tMwIB-6Cc4sGP6igejlAee7_3MfPeeAABMxHrWFy749ZDq8_hUPTt1SELaf8gibaICsl14LVAXbFDYvZUH-3z0w_rD6mjunqs152QOUJnK7H_oQ7M6heOeI4wKCosaCuxIxDnBH6Wv/s1600/image002-763551.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5P9tMwIB-6Cc4sGP6igejlAee7_3MfPeeAABMxHrWFy749ZDq8_hUPTt1SELaf8gibaICsl14LVAXbFDYvZUH-3z0w_rD6mjunqs152QOUJnK7H_oQ7M6heOeI4wKCosaCuxIxDnBH6Wv/s320/image002-763551.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985160895350300994" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The situation in Ukraine<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-PW4RdXAoWzrfjowGMN_o6tYkskOHpNS-e2RF35aBqSQ0xKRhJ1nTwLFXi_I-J-0mABKTsWSylC8dZFCCDT50TkLuskFDpnFQm6fLuUDINEXNxVTuWHBUEZGFYJuifaoWKLkESH_oxRI/s1600/image003-765619.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW-PW4RdXAoWzrfjowGMN_o6tYkskOHpNS-e2RF35aBqSQ0xKRhJ1nTwLFXi_I-J-0mABKTsWSylC8dZFCCDT50TkLuskFDpnFQm6fLuUDINEXNxVTuWHBUEZGFYJuifaoWKLkESH_oxRI/s320/image003-765619.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985160902238613442" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292F33;background:white">Source: Washington Post<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#292F33;background:white">Costa for Schools<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292F33;background:white">Costa for Schools is a comprehensive human and physical Geography resource for students aged 11-14. It explores coffee-growing communities around the world and how the coffee trade affects their lives. Around the Globe - Interactive Map pupils can use to discover more about the Coffee Belt countries. <i>Great for Grade 7 natural resources (ML)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.costaforschools.com/interactive-map.php"><span style="color:blue">http://www.costaforschools.com/interactive-map.php</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">January 2014's extreme weather worldwide - interactive map<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From temperatures as low as -36C in Russia to some of the wettest weather in the UK’s history, this map shows the extreme weather events of last month from around the world. The data was sourced from the Japanese Meteorological Agency and covers all of January 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Hover over each marker to see which World Meteorological Office station it was recorded at and all the details of the extremity<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hAP"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hAP</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Energy Consumption by per by country 2010<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMaKlB-DtkCjfbDiZPoPHlLfq2pzNCFbHpCN_AzDVWMocb8rhn6G10YNIob-4VsjlJ_cYAI-rA4x-VBX0i32gINHbRhY7iOG6G_Q6QxTrV23UCfxaGxu3hyJFAieQngKTpK3v8qT5XFKaD/s1600/image004-767704.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMaKlB-DtkCjfbDiZPoPHlLfq2pzNCFbHpCN_AzDVWMocb8rhn6G10YNIob-4VsjlJ_cYAI-rA4x-VBX0i32gINHbRhY7iOG6G_Q6QxTrV23UCfxaGxu3hyJFAieQngKTpK3v8qT5XFKaD/s320/image004-767704.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985160913272589026" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Map Tour of the International Joint Commission of Canada and the US<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Great ESRI Story Map<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://ijc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=f1f2e136ad9d43cfa92407621bdb9ea5"><b><span style="color:blue">http://ijc.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=f1f2e136ad9d43cfa92407621bdb9ea5</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Real time ocean current map by maker of wind map<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/ocean/surface/currents/orthographic=-38.35,55.79,1024"><b><span style="color:blue">http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/ocean/surface/currents/orthographic=-38.35,55.79,1024</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Economist <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Wow interesting minds on (ML)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzQjdOBGx0OH9qSJnuTQP-ezIQ4D1yRoBmHLOMlBkPfIntbB55Mn4vPje7y4gvlWLXFtaqHPWbjvdLETIaIYfzMD6LbOKe0VCftZsvQAM-mGS49PjzmECRBSc915mcGk8e17vLxPNK8Ga/s1600/image005-769813.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzQjdOBGx0OH9qSJnuTQP-ezIQ4D1yRoBmHLOMlBkPfIntbB55Mn4vPje7y4gvlWLXFtaqHPWbjvdLETIaIYfzMD6LbOKe0VCftZsvQAM-mGS49PjzmECRBSc915mcGk8e17vLxPNK8Ga/s320/image005-769813.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985160923669468306" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://t.co/ZOEX1cah6a"><span style="color:blue">http://t.co/ZOEX1cah6a</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What more can be said!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh068XMaUiHbKN-t2oJsRGomWavXyvgo6a4mjYQ8-VPNjHjsCelNqLSx-jJZaLa2237Nb9z8Jv2z9ibGNPyoR1J_f0Gs4Ht0n7z8yt5da7C5SF4ZZpJ_K_cPHUIKMvyarhEP0Z7Aq0XnIz1/s1600/image006-772338.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh068XMaUiHbKN-t2oJsRGomWavXyvgo6a4mjYQ8-VPNjHjsCelNqLSx-jJZaLa2237Nb9z8Jv2z9ibGNPyoR1J_f0Gs4Ht0n7z8yt5da7C5SF4ZZpJ_K_cPHUIKMvyarhEP0Z7Aq0XnIz1/s320/image006-772338.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985160934139196258" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">World and Canadian Issues <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">California's crippling drought could cost – and benefit – Canadians - Canada - CBC News<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.2pt;background:white"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">For Canadians with a craving for fresh strawberries, the devastating drought in California may mean having to pay more for the kind of produce that is not in season here.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:14.2pt;background:white"> <span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">But the agricultural havoc on the U.S. west coast may have a silver lining for Canadian farmers, assuming they can interest the California palate in some heartier alternatives.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://t.co/t5TvJEz79F"><span style="color:blue">http://t.co/t5TvJEz79F</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Cyclones and frost: Two climate change myths debunked<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Scientists have debunked two big myths around climate change by proving firstly, that despite predictions, tropical storms are not increasing in number. However, they are shifting, and South Africa could be at increased risk of being directly impacted by tropical cyclones within the next 40 years. Secondly, while global warming is causing frost to be less severe, late season frost is not receding as quickly as flowering is advancing, resulting in increased frost risk which will likely begin to threaten food security.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140225101137.htm"><span style="color:blue">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140225101137.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Peek Vision<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Making high quality eye care portable, cost effective and intuitive<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">We leverage mobile phone technology to extend the availability of a full range of ophthalmic diagnostic tests outside of high income hospital departments to anywhere in the world: hospital wards, GP surgeries, patient homes and we’re even being tested in the Antarctic!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Very interesting use of technology for developing world (ML)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.peekvision.org/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.peekvision.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Cost of natural disasters doubles in China<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">IT IS a heavy price to pay. China paid out twice as much to mop up after natural disasters in 2013 as it did in either of the previous two years. The rising costs are partly down to climate change.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hAQ"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hAQ</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The geopolitics of the Ukraine crisis<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white">Ukraine experienced the most dramatic weekend in European history since the fall of the communist regimes. Twenty-four hours after unprecedented violence in the streets of Kiev, which claimed the lives of 80 demonstrators and more than a dozen policemen, the situation remains uncertain.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/02/geopolitics-ukraine-crisis-2014223124338526657.html"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/02/geopolitics-ukraine-crisis-2014223124338526657.html</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Ukraine: A key geopolitical battleground between Russia and the West<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Good Backgrounder (ML)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/ukraine-a-key-geopolitical-battleground-between-russia-and-the-west/11705"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.globalresearch.ca/ukraine-a-key-geopolitical-battleground-between-russia-and-the-west/11705</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Syrians to Replace Afghans as Biggest Refugee Population<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The top United Nations refugee official said Syrians are about to pass Afghans as the world's biggest refugee population, and that those who have fled the country's crisis "have not escaped their trauma and psychological wounds." <i>Great for inquiry and Critical thought- remember the voice (ML)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hAR"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hAR</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Biblical Waters: Can the Jordan River Be Saved?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">With the swelling ranks of Syrian refugees in Jordan, an overstressed river is at risk of going dry<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hAW"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hAW</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">South Sudan: 'One of the most dangerous places to give birth'- BBC Video <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26332929"><span style="color:blue">http://www.bbc.com/news/health-26332929</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Spain Might jump time zones to stimulate Economy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">If your economy isn't doing so well, just jump into another time zone. This is the strategy pursued by Samoa, for example, which rather dramatically leapt across the International Date Line back in 2011 in order to align its work-week more closely with its Pacific neighbors; and a more local version of this might be the next step for Spain, according to a proposal being kicked around since September.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://gizmodo.com/spain-might-jump-time-zones-to-stimulate-its-economy-1525072678?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter"><b><span style="color:blue">http://gizmodo.com/spain-might-jump-time-zones-to-stimulate-its-economy-1525072678?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">the Scarlett Johannsson Soda Stream Controversy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">We’ve been following carefully how actor Scarlett Johansson (a.k.a Scarjo) was forced last week to choose between her role as an Oxfam Global Ambassador and as the face of soft-drink machine maker Sodastream.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">This is the banned TV advert that was due to be shown at half time during Superbowl 2014, the ‘most watched’ TV show in the US. What values are expressed here?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">This is a terrific Critical thinking activity (ML</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://iwanttodiscussthat.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/noscarjo/"><b><span style="color:blue">http://iwanttodiscussthat.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/noscarjo/</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Introducing Google Maps Gallery: Unlocking the World’s Maps<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Starting February 27 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Maps Gallery works like an interactive, digital atlas where anyone can search for and find rich, compelling maps. Maps included in the Gallery can be viewed in Google Earth and are discoverable through major search engines, making it seamless for citizens and stakeholders to access diverse mapping data, such as locations of municipal construction projects, historic city plans, population statistics, deforestation changes and up-to-date emergency evacuation routes. Organizations using Maps Gallery can communicate critical information, build awareness and inform the public at-large<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://googleenterprise.blogspot.ca/2014/02/introducing-google-maps-gallery.html"><span style="color:blue">http://googleenterprise.blogspot.ca/2014/02/introducing-google-maps-gallery.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Yikes - Story maps you have completion <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">World Hunger Map from WFP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">WFP is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger.Interactive <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://cdn.wfp.org/hungermap/"><span style="color:blue">http://cdn.wfp.org/hungermap/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Images <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The severity of California's drought, explained in 1 image<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlgw67jEsBO0T8vAmTcYwKfyGJMcgAIiEIx3Ixd0oQVesYAYeB3cs0-YX5qecLU2VhF-dHC1xAx-6oH06DXWl9vsdU-CMBn3_mwiEB_5PEQNWKDqDTiWbvtaf7QuehyCMDBwzIlX_wroQ/s1600/image007-774818.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlgw67jEsBO0T8vAmTcYwKfyGJMcgAIiEIx3Ixd0oQVesYAYeB3cs0-YX5qecLU2VhF-dHC1xAx-6oH06DXWl9vsdU-CMBn3_mwiEB_5PEQNWKDqDTiWbvtaf7QuehyCMDBwzIlX_wroQ/s320/image007-774818.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985160945169967682" /></a></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://t.co/ryh9ffBFMx"><b><span style="color:blue">http://t.co/ryh9ffBFMx</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Top 20 Iconic Places to Photograph (National Geographic)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Spring is coming and everybody has started booking holidays to their favorite holiday destination, to make this easy to all holiday makers, we have collected Top 20 Iconic Places to Photograph (National Geographic). Hope you have already visited these places if not then you rethink to book your trip to these lovely places on this valentine day. From the symbol of Love Taj Mahal in India to the world’s most spectacular ruins, Machu Picchu. Well too many Iconic places in the world to visit and photograph that’s why in advance I want to send my heartiest apologies to all that places which I have missed this post – It’s not easy to pick up top 20 list, but it didn’t take long-Khalid Janjua<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.hybridlava.com/top-20-iconic-places-to-photograph-national-geographic/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.hybridlava.com/top-20-iconic-places-to-photograph-national-geographic/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">In pictures: London now and then( England that is )<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Neat concept (ML)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-26339275?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=alew"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-26339275?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=alew</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">It Takes How Much Water to Grow an Almond?!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Why California's drought is a disaster for your favorite fruits, vegetables, and nuts<i>. Great Images and info regarding the California Drought Good for all levels from 7-12(ML)<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/wheres-californias-water-going"><span style="color:blue">http://m.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/wheres-californias-water-going</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Olympic curling stones are made from microgranite from the Scottish island of Ailsa Craig<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbEGrI7JHldkEsmkpo2xjrcI2VKwAVxEYaW_CKf5tBIdDNi7O6-gIdTcGwSTqoKb5m_VvKANsvGEris66YqGoTj84GU8XARVO16RhGzVAX7xqsXB3SFv9oXO6PO_sQTuoPEPf3wshcxUb/s1600/image008-776850.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXbEGrI7JHldkEsmkpo2xjrcI2VKwAVxEYaW_CKf5tBIdDNi7O6-gIdTcGwSTqoKb5m_VvKANsvGEris66YqGoTj84GU8XARVO16RhGzVAX7xqsXB3SFv9oXO6PO_sQTuoPEPf3wshcxUb/s320/image008-776850.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985160953808880722" /></a></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewHome"><span style="color:blue">http://geoscenic.bgs.ac.uk/asset-bank/action/viewHome</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Volcanoes Experience Being Inside the Eruption<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">When discussing volcanoes, some people may wonder what it feels like to be inside the ash cloud of a volcanic eruption, or stand next to the flowing tongues of hot lava, or simply witness the hot fiery burst of ashes and magma forcing its way through the earth’s crust; the whole experience. While most people would probably evacuate and stay away from an erupting volcano, the Icelanders seem to prefer to do the opposite. They appear to like being inside the action.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://guardianlv.com/2014/02/volcanoes-experience-being-inside-the-eruption/"><span style="color:blue">http://guardianlv.com/2014/02/volcanoes-experience-being-inside-the-eruption/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">North Korea left in the dark ages: NASA image reveals dictator-led state bathed in black<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">NASA said: "Coastlines are often very apparent in night imagery, as shown by South Korea’s eastern shoreline. But the coast of North Korea is difficult to detect."- Video <o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/north-korea-in-the-dark-in-nasa-satellite-image-115226134.html?vp=1#Ui8sJsf"><span style="color:blue">http://uk.news.yahoo.com/north-korea-in-the-dark-in-nasa-satellite-image-115226134.html?vp=1#Ui8sJsf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Southampton, Solent: How Ordnance Survey Mapped The War<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Great link of history and Geography and the role of Mapping Technology (ML)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01s4w81"><span style="color:blue">http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01s4w81</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Ten of the world's most mind-blowing landscapes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Gazing at a remarkable view for the first time is one of travel’s greatest thrills - and these 10 landscapes are among the most mind-blowing we’ve ever seen. Straight from our brand-new hardback Lonely Planet's Beautiful World, these landscapes are almost too extraordinary to be real.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/africa/travel-tips-and-articles/ten-of-the-worlds-most-mind-blowing-landscapes-3"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.lonelyplanet.com/africa/travel-tips-and-articles/ten-of-the-worlds-most-mind-blowing-landscapes-3</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Stats, Graphs and analytics <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Google public Data site<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">up to date data with maps more or less instantly<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="https://www.google.com/publicdata/directory"><b><span style="color:blue">https://www.google.com/publicdata/directory</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">INFOGRAPHIC: Worldwide 1/3 of food is wasted - see how!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">No single research institution working alone can address the critically important issues of global climate change, agriculture and food security. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) will address the increasing challenge of global warming and declining food security on agricultural practices, policies and measures through a strategic collaboration between CGIAR and Future Earth.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://ccafs.cgiar.org/bigfacts2014/#comparison=food-waste"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;color:blue">http://ccafs.cgiar.org/bigfacts2014/#comparison=food-waste</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Domino's Pizza gets customer specific using geospatial analytics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Interesting for senior Geomatics students. Good Careers piece (ML)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hAU"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hAU</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5QEt3stQVzvGf6Kah-r1ePGvKJoJIHN9OfQSayTLgfBYhDzrwFTitaW2vRxngYwe0LQt1sxZkKyBVbaV7zc7TPLuzMyA-PMqZhpYQWhwcyVQlQlF9QA5yyYi8SazJui6_vzIdKUaRxer/s1600/image009-778874.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5QEt3stQVzvGf6Kah-r1ePGvKJoJIHN9OfQSayTLgfBYhDzrwFTitaW2vRxngYwe0LQt1sxZkKyBVbaV7zc7TPLuzMyA-PMqZhpYQWhwcyVQlQlF9QA5yyYi8SazJui6_vzIdKUaRxer/s320/image009-778874.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985160964026204226" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Global megatrend #9: Urbanization<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">How can government plan for infrastructure better so that it is timely, effective and sustainable?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What is government doing to get rid of poverty in my city? San Francisco Case Study- Good info Graph (ML)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hAV"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hAV</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">WORLD’S FIRST BANANA BILLBOARD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A giant billboard made from over 5,000 bananas was unveiled on Clapham Common in south London this morning, to mark the start of Fairtrade Fortnight and the Make Bananas Fair campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Fairtrade has teamed up with Colombian banana farmer, Foncho Cantillo, to call on Government to put an end to supermarket price wars, which are driving down the price of the UK’s favourite fruit and trapping many of the farmers and workers who grow them in poverty.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://foncho.fairtrade.org.uk/news/biggest-banana-billboard/"><span style="color:blue">http://foncho.fairtrade.org.uk/news/biggest-banana-billboard/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">$2.6 Billion GPS Fitness Device Market Overshadowed by Smart Devices and Wearables<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBa"><b><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBa</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Cold medallists<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuZ9j0nLbpu7AM_4AibZNs9FRS0HmazTg3_T3cQL70FCrHtsMsljQ7rwldQxfrPYYrI8-uxvYcfH_0Ult72eHuvn414iUt63LvapTsuzI5AqwrHlFtP8-oaJpCJxWyLoUQxN2n_owKJaC/s1600/image010-781553.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKuZ9j0nLbpu7AM_4AibZNs9FRS0HmazTg3_T3cQL70FCrHtsMsljQ7rwldQxfrPYYrI8-uxvYcfH_0Ult72eHuvn414iUt63LvapTsuzI5AqwrHlFtP8-oaJpCJxWyLoUQxN2n_owKJaC/s320/image010-781553.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985160970265080386" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Some countries excel at summer sports while slipping up on snow_ Great inquiry starter(ML)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/02/daily-chart-14?fsrc=scn/tw/te/dc/coldmedallists"><span style="color:blue">http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2014/02/daily-chart-14?fsrc=scn/tw/te/dc/coldmedallists</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Great Data & Graphs on the medals of the 2014Winter Olympics<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://data.huffingtonpost.com/winter-olympics-sochi-2014"><span style="color:blue">http://data.huffingtonpost.com/winter-olympics-sochi-2014</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">4 Great National Geographic Time line to share with students <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Timelines compiled by the folks of National Geographic. These timelines span four major themes: Women Explorers, History of National Geographic, Space Exploration and Underwater Explorations.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/02/4-great-national-geographic-timelines.html"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/02/4-great-national-geographic-timelines.html</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">DON’T PANIC — The Facts About Population<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The world might not be as bad as you might believe!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Don’t Panic – is a one-hour long documentary produced by Wingspan Productions and broadcasted on BBC on the 7th of November 2013. The visualizations are based on original graphics and stories by Gapminder and the underlaying data-sources are listed here. Hans’s — “All time favorite graph”, is an animating bubble chart which you can interact with online here and download offline here. Video<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.gapminder.org/videos/dont-panic-the-facts-about-population/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.gapminder.org/videos/dont-panic-the-facts-about-population/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Understanding OUR World (Real Geographic Concepts)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What is Sea Level?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Very informative Video (ML)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q65O3qA0-n4"><span style="color:blue">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q65O3qA0-n4</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">5 lost rivers that run under Toronto<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Don, Humber, and Rouge get all the glory, but Toronto is much more than a three-river town. Before John Graves Simcoe, when the land that would occupy the city was thick with trees and thickets, its soft soil was traversed by numerous streams and creeks that over centuries etched out deep ravines and sculpted rolling dales.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.blogto.com/city/2014/02/5_lost_rivers_that_run_under_toronto/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.blogto.com/city/2014/02/5_lost_rivers_that_run_under_toronto/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Sustainability & Environmental Issues (though what isn’t?)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">How Wolves Can Alter the Course of Rivers- Video <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park in the United States after being absent nearly 70 years, the most remarkable "trophic cascade" occurred. What is a trophic cascade and how exactly do wolves change rivers? George Monbiot explains in this movie remix titled, 'How Wolves Change Rivers'.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/wolves-alter-course-rivers-162607632.html"><span style="color:blue">http://uk.news.yahoo.com/video/wolves-alter-course-rivers-162607632.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A Hunk Of Planet Dissolves Before Our Eyes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">It begins with a growl. Then there's a crack — a slurpy, sucky, crunchy noise. A guy is on the phone, and his pal interrupts him and says, "It's starting, Adam, I think. Adam? It's starting ..." The two are up on a bluff, overlooking a giant ice field. They are standing next to time-lapse cameras. What happens next is astonishing: An enormous frozen, icy hunk of our planet suddenly opens, splits into bits and then sinks right before our eyes into the sea. It happens so, so quickly. And the scale of it? That's the part that shocked me. When they superimpose part of Manhattan Island onto the ice at the end of the clip, you think, "Uh oh." This is a peek into something monstrous.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Video From Chasing Ice </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hAZ"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hAZ</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">What Are Fish Stocks – interesting Info graphic <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCZhPW3VmiXWPhOo8WY6CR_BHg0bQedSOfqprnMl4GRpi28pyOnp8BsJEK400kCPxbwABAxqARRfauXMjTFvTQ9o9NMBZ7veFeQwtT5Nc0XKecR8lSx7UkAXY84jyYdZD6zPmw1ssHT01/s1600/image011-783893.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCZhPW3VmiXWPhOo8WY6CR_BHg0bQedSOfqprnMl4GRpi28pyOnp8BsJEK400kCPxbwABAxqARRfauXMjTFvTQ9o9NMBZ7veFeQwtT5Nc0XKecR8lSx7UkAXY84jyYdZD6zPmw1ssHT01/s320/image011-783893.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5985160983108938194" /></a></span><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">fish stocks and determining sustainability:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Turning Down the Widening Gyre of Plastic Micropollutants<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Look on the shores of the Great Lakes, or in the Los Angeles River, for instance, and you will find them: Tiny microbeads, as they’re called. The beads come hundreds of thousands to a single tube of exfoliating body wash or super-cleansing toothpaste. They are too tiny to be caught by the filtration systems of water treatment plants. Now they are turning up everywhere, to the alarm of environmentalists who say they could have significant effects on ecosystems.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hB3"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hB3</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">How much bigger can container ships get?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The world's cargo ships are getting big, really big. No surprise, perhaps, given the volume of goods produced in Asia and consumed in Europe and the US. But are these giant symbols of the world's trade imbalance growing beyond all reason?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21432226"><span style="color:blue">http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-21432226</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Study Confirms Tar Sands Contamination First Nations Warned of for Years<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A new study puts the spotlight on tar sands' threat to one of the planet's precious and increasingly scarce resources—water.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The study by Environment Canada shows that tailings ponds, open 'lakes' that hold toxic bi-products from tar sands mining, are leaching into groundwater and contaminating Alberta's Athabasa River.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/21-4"><span style="color:blue">http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/02/21-4</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Who, What, Why: Do beavers prevent flooding?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">After heavy flooding across southern England, there are calls for beavers to be reintroduced. Would they help, asks Tom de Castella. <i>We have some they can have (ML)</i> <o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-26122318"><span style="color:blue">http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-26122318</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">HOW AN AGEING POPULATION WILL CHANGE THE WORLD<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4r0S5qoIXc&sns=em"><b><span style="color:blue">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4r0S5qoIXc&sns=em</span></b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Interesting Video (ML)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Compilations Blogs Resource Banks and just stuff<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">His words –“i am an ordinary Geography teacher. This is my first ever blog. i am trying to start a blog that is useful to teachers and students of the new AQA Geography GCSE Syllabus A. My plan is vague atm but it involves putting my lesson resources and ideas on the site so that other teachers can borrow them if they so wish<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://geogteacher.wordpress.com/about/"><span style="color:blue">http://geogteacher.wordpress.com/about/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Seth Dixon<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">His words - I'm a geography professor at Rhode Island College. I tweet @APHumanGeog I welcome suggestions & appreciate meaningful collaboration. <a href="http://geographyeducation.org"> <span style="color:blue">http://geographyeducation.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education"><span style="color:blue">http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Obituary: Roger Tomlinson put your cellphone (and nearly everything else) on the map<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Roger Tomlinson is generally recognized as the father of GIS.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hB6"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hB6</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Educational Technology and Mobile Learning <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A resource of educational web tools and mobile apps for teachers and educators <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.educatorstechnology.com/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.educatorstechnology.com/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Loads of great articles relating to a variety of geographical topics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="https://flipboard.com/profile/wjallan28"><span style="color:blue">https://flipboard.com/profile/wjallan28</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Kids to validating satellite Image: “Spatial-kids” and crowd sourcing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Interesting take on kids understanding of spatial awareness and Technology (ML)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3hBf"><span style="color:blue">http://tiny.tw/3hBf</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> 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Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Geography and Spatial Technologies Instructional Leader <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Social World Studies and Humanities <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Toronto District School Board <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">1 Civic Center Court, Toronto , M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tel (416) 394-7269 Cell (416) 576 -4515 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63"><span style="color:blue">http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/"><span style="color:blue">http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">twitter @geogmark<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-45880569357577252972014-02-24T14:35:00.000-05:002014-02-24T14:36:15.263-05:00Canadian Geographic Energy Map<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQaW9cZBgqL_azh5PRDqZdHT82SFkRhIT7DeSM5zZSeSf3kgU7zCLHR-EtyHLUSa5YCL2bWZ7YG3CCEWG8EStQ0J-ys4unzg3_EowQ3X1HBSnvbmDau1zx7vhtjbfrDHARoP3FbY6ahSU/s1600/image001-775264.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUQaW9cZBgqL_azh5PRDqZdHT82SFkRhIT7DeSM5zZSeSf3kgU7zCLHR-EtyHLUSa5YCL2bWZ7YG3CCEWG8EStQ0J-ys4unzg3_EowQ3X1HBSnvbmDau1zx7vhtjbfrDHARoP3FbY6ahSU/s320/image001-775264.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5984051555590320002" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <v:background id="_x0000_s1025" o:bwmode="white" o:targetscreensize="1024,768"> <v:fill src="cid:image001.gif@01CF316A.97650C30" o:title="background_arctic" type="frame" /> </v:background></xml><![endif]--> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Great Experience available . <o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">As it happens the Canadian Geographic Energy Map which is presently in the TDSB is available for 2 other schools . I will handle the cost of shipping from school to school . It is finishing up at Don Valley Middle school on Wednesday February 26 and would be available to go to a school on the morning of the 27<sup>th</sup> . It is suggested that a school have it for 3 days so :<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]>One school Feb27 until March 3<sup>rd</sup> ( morning ) <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]>March 3<sup>rd</sup> afternoon until Friday March 7<sup>th</sup> (morning )<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Unrolled, the map is roughly 8m x 11m so most school s have used it in either a Gym or a cafeteria <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">It come with a truck of lessons and activities. If you would like feedback on its utility please feel free to contact;<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:paul.hackl@tdsb.on.ca">paul.hackl@tdsb.on.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">or <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Kanerva, Taina <a href="mailto:Taina.Kanerva@tdsb.on.ca">Taina.Kanerva@tdsb.on.ca</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Please also let your teachers know that they can view our lesson plans before the map comes. The complete teacher’s guide and activities can be viewed on our website. <a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/educational_products/energy_production_floor_map.asp"> http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/educational_products/energy_production_floor_map.asp</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Here are the shipping instructions: <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Map shipping tube size is: 15” x 86 “, weight is about 75-100 pounds.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Trunk size is: 32” x 18” x 22.5”, weight is about 50 pounds.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The schools responsibility is to roll it up to have ready for shipping at the required time . As we only have time for two schools it is on a first come first serve basis .<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Please feel free to contact me with any questions . Those schools that have used it have found it to be very engaging and a great place to start inquiry in the classroom <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Cheers Mark<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Geography and Spatial Technologies Instructional Leader <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Social World Studies and Humanities <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Toronto District School Board <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">1 Civic Center Court, Toronto , M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tel (416) 394-7269 Cell (416) 576 -4515 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63"><span style="color:blue">http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/"><span style="color:blue">http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">twitter @geogmark<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-52228314451718139452014-02-07T12:40:00.000-05:002014-02-07T15:14:29.846-05:00Some Sochi Sites & Info <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOcfs9Y9IpnaVewAwQZot8wZVGj6UARTO4euHfpqUtKXoOl9z0mqDN1OqBstBIvaJd9ekEpAMEM4cbdUexpsPIPZAL5LNQi2Ih2RDG2ZA45oBAcf1yE8erc1I38IlWPDYnib6RD8aV0qH/s1600/image001-769847.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZOcfs9Y9IpnaVewAwQZot8wZVGj6UARTO4euHfpqUtKXoOl9z0mqDN1OqBstBIvaJd9ekEpAMEM4cbdUexpsPIPZAL5LNQi2Ih2RDG2ZA45oBAcf1yE8erc1I38IlWPDYnib6RD8aV0qH/s320/image001-769847.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5977752966463094498" /></a><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <v:background id="_x0000_s1025" o:bwmode="white" o:targetscreensize="1024,768"> <v:fill src="cid:image001.gif@01CF2401.CE5AAD10" o:title="background_arctic" type="frame" /> </v:background></xml><![endif]--> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Sochi 2014 Olympic stuff<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The following entry is a range of useful ( and maybe not so useful ) information and sites to use with classes when discovering and following the 2014 winter Olympics. This is just a smattering of the information out there but hopefully it is a place to start. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Go CANADA Go<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfo-Nab5MgqTC_XrGVU1uwOzN2z-GxFmSk0OGor8VepjkLGREO2J5_-mNaZeKd-ciyoRGTPu5W8e1AapIjvVOWRtPVlRQvsjjA_OsWro0HLzrAmGJBCXFhB_R6C-A4GQPlUjacSrjpuS4T/s1600/image002-772178.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfo-Nab5MgqTC_XrGVU1uwOzN2z-GxFmSk0OGor8VepjkLGREO2J5_-mNaZeKd-ciyoRGTPu5W8e1AapIjvVOWRtPVlRQvsjjA_OsWro0HLzrAmGJBCXFhB_R6C-A4GQPlUjacSrjpuS4T/s320/image002-772178.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5977752973167432738" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Archival Information <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Hayley Wickenheiser, 15, on her hockey future<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Throughout history, "ladies" were discouraged from participating in team sports because it was thought competition would lead to "manly" behaviours. But thanks to pioneering athletes such as Bobbie Rosenfeld, Nancy Greene and Hayley Wickenheiser, young women now have the freedom to participate and excel in any sport — be it track, skiing or hockey. These women not only excelled in their chosen fields but were instrumental in shattering stereotypes of the female athlete.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">CBC Archives<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/sports/more-sports/fair-game-pioneering-canadian-women-in-sports/playing-with-the-big-boys.html"><span style="color:blue">http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/sports/more-sports/fair-game-pioneering-canadian-women-in-sports/playing-with-the-big-boys.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Twitter Hashtags<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">#Sochi2014<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">#CBColympics <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">#CDNOlympics<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">#Olympics<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Great Maps- mostly Interactive<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqyRwYa33WpxLDLyUKap_Qk38O-qwXTcvfTeMXXs5uVVSevnDxo4we3idfo9VfKFL6RW6W63QCHjXnZXn75sYkp0-iergAk0q_yr-ekOp3GHuCbFKdDFjDRvWewLIf5gtj0KiDhX6aohc/s1600/image003-774869.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYqyRwYa33WpxLDLyUKap_Qk38O-qwXTcvfTeMXXs5uVVSevnDxo4we3idfo9VfKFL6RW6W63QCHjXnZXn75sYkp0-iergAk0q_yr-ekOp3GHuCbFKdDFjDRvWewLIf5gtj0KiDhX6aohc/s320/image003-774869.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5977752985161868786" /></a></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">2014 Winter Olympics Maps<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The 22nd Olympic Winter Games will be held in Sochi, Russia from February 7, 2014 to February 23, 2014. Explore a series of maps that document everything from Olympic controversies to live medal counts to detailed information about the athletes participating in the 2014 Olympics.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">A range of ArcGIS on Line Story maps –Great for discovery and exploration- ML <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.esri.com/esri-news/maps/2014/winter-olympics-maps"><span style="color:blue">http://www.esri.com/esri-news/maps/2014/winter-olympics-maps</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Great Spatial Journal Of Where Canadian Athletes are from ?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Great to use with the concepts of Geographical thinking and relationship to demographics -ML<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.arcgis.com/apps/OnePane/basicviewer/index.html?appid=06d11f5be30a466db1117203e8f0d3c7"><span style="color:blue">http://www.arcgis.com/apps/OnePane/basicviewer/index.html?appid=06d11f5be30a466db1117203e8f0d3c7</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Interesting Visuals <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">2014 Sochi Olympics Photos: Satellite Pictures Of The City Past And Present<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The opening ceremonies for the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/news/2014-winter-olympics-canada/" target="_hplink"><span style="color:blue">2014 Sochi Olympics</span></a> is fast approaching but criticism against the Russian host city have surfaced long before the official start.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Journalists stationed in Sochi were greeted to an Olympic village and park still under construction with days before the Feb. 7 start date. Reporters also took to Twitter to <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/02/05/sochi-hotel-fail-photo-tweets_n_4733691.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-travel" target="_hplink"><span style="color:blue">share some of the imperfections and stories</span></a> awaiting them within the first days of arrival in the city.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">But to the credit of Olympic officials in Russia, the country has had a fair amount of work to do since winning the bid in 2006. Sochi, while widely considered as a resort town, has a population of <a href="http://ussa.org/foundation/about-sochi" target="_hplink"><span style="color:blue">roughly 400,000 and sees about two million tourists a year</span></a>. In order to accommodate the influx of thousands of athletes, fans and members of the media, Russia had to build an Olympic city from the ground up.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">And Google Maps has the photos to prove it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">This is what Sochi looked like back in April 2005, a year before it was even considered to host the Winter Games.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/02/06/2014-sochi-olympics-photo_n_4738646.html"><span style="color:blue">http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/02/06/2014-sochi-olympics-photo_n_4738646.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Issues & Articles<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGjnpDeCcTOTHlXjWWc0eNHKqyYmNcYcyzJxEF6P4jKXzGCOj_GUiDs2guI2qCNY_t2uYKE29wbB-npLNwi9rVuKkH1GYfQK-fdGL87FnGS68j4DtBCieWKJQ6na1no1QQt6NIlk_muzT/s1600/image004-776856.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEGjnpDeCcTOTHlXjWWc0eNHKqyYmNcYcyzJxEF6P4jKXzGCOj_GUiDs2guI2qCNY_t2uYKE29wbB-npLNwi9rVuKkH1GYfQK-fdGL87FnGS68j4DtBCieWKJQ6na1no1QQt6NIlk_muzT/s320/image004-776856.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5977752994083025666" /></a></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Winter Olympics 2014: Sochi Problems Now Have a Home on Twitter<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">With Sochi Winter Olympic events underway, Twitter is ablaze with new accounts gaining traction for poking fun at one of the world’s biggest events.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">And the bandwagon winner to kick off the 2014 Winter Olympiad has been <a href="https://twitter.com/SochiProblems/status/431089047277035520"><span style="color:blue">@SochiProblems</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">It exploded on the Twitter-snark scene this week by featuring highlights of reporting on the infrastructure problems that has met journalists, athletes and visitors upon their arrival and assimilation into Sochi for the Olympics.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/winter-olympics-2014-sochis-99-problems-twitter-handles/story?id=22394751"><span style="color:blue">http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/winter-olympics-2014-sochis-99-problems-twitter-handles/story?id=22394751</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Not So Sustainable Sochi Winter Olympics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Despite Russia's claims, the Winter Games at Sochi are unlikely to be green<br> <br> Read more: <a href="http://science.time.com/2014/01/30/sochi-winter-olympics-environmental-damage/#ixzz2seqJsiMD"><span style="color:blue">Sochi Winter Olympics Criticized for Environmental Problems | TIME.com</span></a> <a href="http://science.time.com/2014/01/30/sochi-winter-olympics-environmental-damage/#ixzz2seqJsiMD"><span style="color:blue">http://science.time.com/2014/01/30/sochi-winter-olympics-environmental-damage/#ixzz2seqJsiMD</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Sochi Human Rights Abuses<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">On February 7, 2014, the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia--the most expensive Games in history--will launch. The Russian government has invested in state-of-the-art winter sports venues and infrastructure in this Black Sea resort and in the nearby Caucasus Mountains. But the run-up to the Games has been marred by abuses against Sochi <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/09/19/russia-forced-eviction-tramples-olympic-ideals"><span style="color:blue">residents</span></a> and <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/02/06/russia-migrant-olympic-workers-cheated-exploited"><span style="color:blue">migrant workers</span></a> toiling on Olympic construction, and by the adoption of a discriminatory <a href="http://www.hrw.org/node/116658"><span style="color:blue">antigay law</span></a>. The IOC, National Olympic Committees and corporate sponsors should urge Russia to end these abuses which violate the principles of “human dignity” and non-discrimination enshrined in the <a href="http://www.olympic.org/Documents/olympic_charter_en.pdf"><span style="color:blue">Olympic Charter</span></a>, and work to <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2009/02/23/human-rights-watch-submission-2009-olympic-congress"><span style="color:blue">prevent</span></a> similar abuses by future Olympic host cities.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.hrw.org/russias-olympian-abuses"><span style="color:blue">http://www.hrw.org/russias-olympian-abuses</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">15 signs that Russia is not very ready for the Olympics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The winter Olympics kick off in the Russian city of Sochi on Thursday, whether Russia is ready for them or not. And it increasingly appears that Sochi might not actually be all that ready. Here are 15 signs – some of them superficial, some legitimately alarming – that the Olympics could get off to a bumpy start.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/02/05/15-signs-that-russia-is-not-very-ready-for-the-olympics/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/02/05/15-signs-that-russia-is-not-very-ready-for-the-olympics/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Dark Side of the Sochi Winter Olympics: Environmental Damage<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Large-scale destruction of the environment and substantial environmental damage” is being wrought by preparation for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, a Russian non-profit group warned today in an Open Statement to the International Olympic Committee, IOC.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Environmental Watch on North Caucasus said, “Russia, the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, the Russian Olympic Committee and the city of Sochi are not in compliance with binding guarantees stipulated in the Olympic Contract.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://ens-newswire.com/2013/02/11/dark-side-of-the-sochi-winter-olympics-environmental-damage/"><span style="color:blue">http://ens-newswire.com/2013/02/11/dark-side-of-the-sochi-winter-olympics-environmental-damage/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Sochi vs. Vancouver: Does either Olympic city really win?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/chris-shaw/2014/02/sochi-vs-vancouver-does-either-olympic-city-really-win"><span style="color:blue">http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/chris-shaw/2014/02/sochi-vs-vancouver-does-either-olympic-city-really-win</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Sochi Olympics kick off, seeking to set troubles aside and celebrate Russia<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/Sochi+Olympics+kick+seeking+troubles+aside+celebrate/9481419/story.html"><span style="color:blue">http://www.ottawacitizen.com/sports/Sochi+Olympics+kick+seeking+troubles+aside+celebrate/9481419/story.html</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Yellow water, weird toilets and more problems at Sochi Olympics<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">The Sochi Olympics are not off to a great start. Members of the media have been tweeting about their experiences are the tweets have not been positive. Let's take a look at what we have so far.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2014/02/05/sochi-olympics-issues-troubles-problems-water-yellow-bees-honey-toilets/5235451/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/2014/02/05/sochi-olympics-issues-troubles-problems-water-yellow-bees-honey-toilets/5235451/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Debating how issues of sexual orientation will play at the Sochi games<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Despite global concerns over Russia’s stance on gay rights, President Vladimir Putin has insisted that his country would uphold the Olympic charter and that no athlete will be mistreated. Should gay athletes still be concerned? Jeffrey Brown gets views from Brian Moulton of the Human Rights Campaign and Andranik Migranyan of the Institute for Democracy and Cooperation<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/debating-issues-sexual-orientation-will-play-sochi-games/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/debating-issues-sexual-orientation-will-play-sochi-games/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Logistics thorniest issue for NHL and Sochi Games, Fasel says<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Logistics are the main issue in talks to get NHL participation in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, René Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, said Friday in New York during a meeting to iron out insurance, travel and other problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/logistics-thorniest-issue-for-nhl-and-sochi-games-fasel-says/article11172329/"><span style="color:blue">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/logistics-thorniest-issue-for-nhl-and-sochi-games-fasel-says/article11172329/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Geography and Spatial Technologies Instructional Leader <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Social World Studies and Humanities <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Toronto District School Board <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">1 Civic Center Court, Toronto , M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tel (416) 394-7269 Cell (416) 394 - 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It is a great opportunity for students to think and do as geographers and Planners. </i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal">University of Toronto Schools has organized a Conference entitled: <b>The School in the City and the City in the School for March 6th 2014, to be held at the school.</b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Conference is targeted to Secondary School students and teachers and University students, including teacher candidates, as well as faculty. The cost is $50.00 for faculty and $10.00 for all students - secondary or university, which includes lunch.</b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>The keynote speaker will be Sheldon Levy, President of Ryerson University.</b> There will be two panels in the morning and all participants will take part in an urban design challenge in the afternoon.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b>10:00 -11:00 Panel 1: The school as a community/city builder</b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">Question: How can schools build cities? How do they create physical spaces and programs that are essential for thriving cities? <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><i>* Schools - universities, secondary schools. Elementary schools - as city builders</i><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><i>* Schools as community hubs</i><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><i>* Schools as shared spaces</i><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><i>* Schools as good neighbours</i><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><i>* Schools as “capital” </i><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Panelists:</b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Craig Morrison, Educator, OASIS Skateboard Factory, TDSB<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Andre Sorensen, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Human Geography, University of Toronto Scarborough<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Richard Sommer , Dean, Daniels Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Design, University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b>11:10-12:10 AM Panel 2: The city as a classroom/ curriculum</b><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt">What can cities teach us? <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><i>* What community resources and partnerships can inform curriculum?</i><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><i>* How can cities become living laboratories for experiential living?</i><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><i>* Role of the city in the ongoing evolution of ‘civilization’?</i><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Panelists:</b><o:p></o:p></p> <ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> Zahra Ebrahim, Principal and Founder, archiTEXT<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> Catherine Vlasov, Student, University of Toronto Schools<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"> Shawn Micallef, Editor and Co-owner of Spacing, Author and Columnist<o:p></o:p></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>To register: </b><a href="http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=frxabrmab&oeidk=a07e8rpm7wn6ca2c0cb" target="_blank"><b>http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=frxabrmab&oeidk=a07e8rpm7wn6ca2c0cb</b></a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Maps & Mapping<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Historical Maps & Where to Find Them<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The use of extracting data from old paper maps is growing in popularity as a method to understanding historical geography. David Ramsey popularized the method of georectifying historical maps and draping those maps over a DEM to create a 3D view. Pastmapper is a project that digitizes historical maps in order to recreate the state of cities over the course of one year intervals. Historical GIS is also used to compare changes in a geographic area over time by comparing data extracted from maps covering a range of years. With free applications like Harvard’s WorldMap Warp, uploading and georeferencing maps is easier than everWhere to Look for Historical Maps<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.gislounge.com/where-to-look-for-historical-maps/">http://www.gislounge.com/where-to-look-for-historical-maps/</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Comparing Indian states and territories with countries<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>An Indian summary</b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Which countries match the GDP and population of India's states and territories?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">How big is Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state? One way of answering the question is to take its total area: 95,000 square miles (246,000 sq km). Another way is to think of it as a country. If Uttar Pradesh were to declare independence, it would be the world's fifth most populous country (as the map below shows, it has about the same number of residents as Brazil). Yet its economy would only be the size of Qatar, a tiny oil-rich state of fewer than 2m people. That makes it poor on a per person basis. Despite India's two decades of rapid growth, Uttar Pradesh's GDP per head is close to that of Kenya. The map below presents country equivalents for India's states and territories in terms of GDP, GDP per person (in PPP terms) and population. Please play around with it and tell us what you think.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292D33;background:#FCFCFC">Economist has similar maps for the US, Brazil and China <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292D33;background:#FCFCFC">Great for creating comparisons and complexity of Countries - ML<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.economist.com/content/indian-summary">http://www.economist.com/content/indian-summary</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Spilhaus Maps</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Athelstan Spilhaus published some remarkable interrupted world maps based on shorelines in his Atlas of the World.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">I’ve recreated some of the most straightforward here<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.jasondavies.com/maps/spilhaus/?utm_content=buffer3e0fb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer">http://www.jasondavies.com/maps/spilhaus/?utm_content=buffer3e0fb&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">A map of Pangea with current international borders<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjA_dPC4zFMHFZIo11P64H1bWDfR4TZ64a4VA9xGiXlcfIWbQEtf6i1IO0oMpFtrSJSx-BGUNeXEBhmcDFBftA9f34wzIdTcrQEJrhmZhSMEQH_FZFF9Cz3sF2pJ3tkTlehMtSUgsG1j5D/s1600/image002-769653.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjA_dPC4zFMHFZIo11P64H1bWDfR4TZ64a4VA9xGiXlcfIWbQEtf6i1IO0oMpFtrSJSx-BGUNeXEBhmcDFBftA9f34wzIdTcrQEJrhmZhSMEQH_FZFF9Cz3sF2pJ3tkTlehMtSUgsG1j5D/s320/image002-769653.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5974332018978454482" /></a></span><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Source Unknown </b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Worldwide HIV Prevalence<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Ramon Martinez visualizes data from the World Bank showing percentage of the population aged 15-49 infected with HIV.<a href="http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/worldwide-hiv-prevalence">http://www.tableausoftware.com/public/gallery/worldwide-hiv-prevalence</a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Making an Interactive Map<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">More instructions with Video on making an ESRI- story map. When I discuss environmental geography in my Introduction to Geography course, I begin with a discussion of the history though on nature, civilization and culture. I’ve shown pictures of the nature hikes and canoeing trips to tease out ideas about how my students think about wilderness and civilization and their role in both. Rather than simply show pictures as I did in years past, I decided to create a StoryMap Web application and let the map and the images work together in an interactive format. Why? Mainly because mapping tools are changing how we can tell stories and share information.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Another great resource by Seth Dixon- ML<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://geographyeducation.org/geospatial/making-an-interactive-map/">http://geographyeducation.org/geospatial/making-an-interactive-map/</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Exploring the Gaza Strip's Varied Geography<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Despite its tiny size, this geopolitical hot spot has an unusually diverse landscape, with cities and refugee camps bumping up against farms and former settlements.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A story map <a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/gaza/"> http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/gaza/</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">- See more at: <a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/gaza/#sthash.vqLvNJnH.dpuf"> http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/gaza/#sthash.vqLvNJnH.dpuf</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">If all the Ice melted: National Geographic’s Interactive map on Rising Seas<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">What if all the ice melted? Now whether or not global warming happens courtesy carbon addition activities by us or naturally is an entirely another debate. The question is “How would the world look if ALL the ice melted?” How much would the sea rise by? What would be the average temperature on Earth? <a href="http://geoawesomeness.com/ice-melted-national-geographics-interactive-map-rising-seas/"> http://geoawesomeness.com/ice-melted-national-geographics-interactive-map-rising-seas/</a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Teen Uses Social Media to track Bullying<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">WTOP reports 13-year-old Viraj Puri from Fairfax, Va., came up with the idea to illustrate bullying through maps. With the help of a data scientist and web-based technology, Puri developed Bullyvention, a web-based technology that creates maps to show where bullying most frequently occurs. - See more at: <a href="http://trajectorymagazine.com/got-geoint/item/1648-friday%E2%80%99s-food-for-thought-mapping-bullying.html#sthash.YvLFfaIG.dpuf"> http://trajectorymagazine.com/got-geoint/item/1648-friday%E2%80%99s-food-for-thought-mapping-bullying.html#sthash.YvLFfaIG.dpuf</a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">This Warped Map Shows Global Warming's Biggest Offenders<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Here's an item to help governments point fingers at the next climate-change conference: a map of the world's countries, scaled to highlight those disproportionately responsible for generating greenhouse gases.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/01/redrawn-world-map-identified-global-warmings-biggest-offenders/8134/">http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/01/redrawn-world-map-identified-global-warmings-biggest-offenders/8134/</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Meat atlas shows Latin America has become a soybean empire<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Global food production trends are outlined in a new report. We've picked out the best facts and infographics for you here</b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/jan/09/meat-atlas-latin-america-soybean-empire-food"><b>http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/jan/09/meat-atlas-latin-america-soybean-empire-food</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Visuals & Portfolios<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Compilation of the world’s coolest volcanic eruptions</span></u></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Read more at </b><a href="http://all-that-is-interesting.com/coolest-volcano-eruptions#Gr6L6QbsfpfDdFj4.99"><b>http://all-that-is-interesting.com/coolest-volcano-eruptions#Gr6L6QbsfpfDdFj4.99</b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4PwGAGEX4mVEArY7SfbOXxQU1G7E5pZ25WFc_HvkaHdU5u5mMKdIG8hOEyiHpjGbUWWMczCoSXFJ3R_gk-E-Eqp61y51No-yX90Jw9gIVRH_H-N3j26OHcMENUWLPZmohyphenhyphenWQdK04IPnC/s1600/image003-771633.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN4PwGAGEX4mVEArY7SfbOXxQU1G7E5pZ25WFc_HvkaHdU5u5mMKdIG8hOEyiHpjGbUWWMczCoSXFJ3R_gk-E-Eqp61y51No-yX90Jw9gIVRH_H-N3j26OHcMENUWLPZmohyphenhyphenWQdK04IPnC/s320/image003-771633.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5974332029327420786" /></a></span><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The Economist January 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Around-The-World Trip Captured In 6,000-Photo Time-Lapse (VIDEO)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In the course of traveling for almost an entire year -- hitting 17 countries along the way -- photographer Kien Lam took enough shots to create this compelling time-lapse world-tour, set to a score composed by his younger brother William<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">. </span>Good minds On- ML<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/round-the-world-trip-timelapse_n_1183190.html"><b>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/04/round-the-world-trip-timelapse_n_1183190.html</b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">The Best American Infographics 2013<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>The newest volume—fresh and visually arresting—in the acclaimed Best American series, showcasing the finest examples of data visualization from the past year.</b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b5dVKoA3Fo"><b>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b5dVKoA3Fo</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">China starts televising the sunrise on giant TV screens because Beijing is so clouded in smog<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The smog has become so thick in Beijing that the city's natural light-starved masses have begun flocking to huge digital commercial television screens across the city to observe virtual sunrises.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The futuristic screens installed in the Chinese capital usually advertize tourist destinations, but as the season's first wave of extremely dangerous smog hit - residents donned air masks and left their homes to watch the only place where the sun would hail over the horizon that morning.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Would not believe it unless I saw it-ML<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540955/Beijing-clouded-smog-way-sunrise-watch-giant-commercial-screens-Tiananmen-Square.html"><b>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540955/Beijing-clouded-smog-way-sunrise-watch-giant-commercial-screens-Tiananmen-Square.html</b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext">A picture is still worth 1000 words- Chris Hatfield’s example of Meanders<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFfB9uh46ZkyjitA_ztJ91ar1dS5uY1j0Z7UI2SwGLZQH5EvzqSL9lcA_Fc2qW-HI2iHSxgQZ10yg6G0HvoN5zOknZbGRjeCJt4SzUPnCho-NB-KytsntGWo4sTgIeH6BTT6zUMjHZj0U/s1600/image004-773673.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFfB9uh46ZkyjitA_ztJ91ar1dS5uY1j0Z7UI2SwGLZQH5EvzqSL9lcA_Fc2qW-HI2iHSxgQZ10yg6G0HvoN5zOknZbGRjeCJt4SzUPnCho-NB-KytsntGWo4sTgIeH6BTT6zUMjHZj0U/s320/image004-773673.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5974332041675064258" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The mystery is “where”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Talks and Video’s <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Geography Soup!<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Geography Soup is a bespoke collection of short films curated for Geography teachers to use in the classroom. Everyone is chosen for its ability to take us slightly off the beaten track & to inspire us to learn & understand a little bit more about our planet & how we interact with it. Each film is a starting point to a lesson, a topic, a line of enquiry & a learning journey._ <b>Great Stuff-ML</b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><a href="http://vimeo.com/channels/geographysoup">http://vimeo.com/channels/geographysoup</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">A Year of Weather 2013<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Gy8V0Dv78&feature=youtu.be"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA;text-decoration:none">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2Gy8V0Dv78&feature=youtu.be</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The visualisation, comprised of imagery from the geostationary satellites of EUMETSAT, NOAA and the JMA, shows an entire year of weather across the globe during 2013, with commentary from Mark Higgins, Training Officer at EUMETSAT.<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The satellite data layer is superimposed over NASA's 'Blue Marble Next Generation' ground maps, which change with the seasons<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">FOLD MOUNTAINS<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Song to help learn how fold mountains are formed, processes involved, types of fold and world mountain ranges.</b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy3ORIgyXyk"><b>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy3ORIgyXyk</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Interactive Hunger Map for 2012<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The map shows the prevalence of undernourishment in the total population as of 2010 - 2012. The indicator is an estimate of the percentage of the population having access to an amount of energy from food insufficient to maintain a healthy life. Further information is available at <a href="http://www.fao.org/publications/sofi/en/"> www.fao.org/publications/sofi/en/</a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Source: FAO, IFAD and WFP. 2012. The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012: Economic growth is necessary but not sufficient to accelerate reduction of hunger and malnutrition. Rome.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://cdn.wfp.org/hungermap/"><b>http://cdn.wfp.org/hungermap/</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Interesting Articles <o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Exploiting Old World Forests with New World Forestry: The Canadian Forestry Corps in the First World War<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Great Historical Geography- </b>some interesting photos and great<b> Geographical perspective </b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://niche-canada.org/2014/01/26/exploiting-old-world-forests-with-new-world-forestry-the-canadian-forestry-corps-in-the-first-world-war/"><b>http://niche-canada.org/2014/01/26/exploiting-old-world-forests-with-new-world-forestry-the-canadian-forestry-corps-in-the-first-world-war/</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Experience: I survived an earthquake while scuba diving<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292D33;background:#FCFCFC">Fascinating article in the Guardian on the power of an </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23earthquake" target="_blank"><span class="link-complex-target"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3B88C3;background:#FCFCFC;text-decoration:none">earthquake</span></span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292D33;background:#FCFCFC"> from a very unique perspective. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292D33;background:#FCFCFC">Good for Tourism , Physical, Grade 7&8 -ML</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292D33;background:#FCFCFC"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jan/25/i-survived-earthquake-while-diving"><b>http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/jan/25/i-survived-earthquake-while-diving</b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Disaster cities: after tragedy strikes, what next?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Guardian's new Cities: back from the brink site analyses the motivations and reality of rebuilding homes and communities after they have been torn apart</b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/jan/27/disaster-cities-tragedy-strikes-homes-communities"><b>http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/jan/27/disaster-cities-tragedy-strikes-homes-communities</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Champions of corruption race<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Athletes are not the only people who compete in Sochi. Officials and businessmen also took part in the Games and turned them into a source of income. The Anti-Corruption Foundation honored the most distinguished money siphoners in five different sports.</b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Interesting Take on a Spatial Journal of the Sochi Olympics –Thanks to Matt Galloway of Metro morning for pointing this out -ML<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://sochi.fbk.info/en/award/">http://sochi.fbk.info/en/award/</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Here is an accompanying article <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Russians Debate Sticker Price of Sochi Games<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/world/europe/russians-debate-sticker-price-of-sochi-games.html?hp&_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/27/world/europe/russians-debate-sticker-price-of-sochi-games.html?hp&_r=0</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Are these the world's most hated cities?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Interesting take on world Cities- interesting for Classroom debate- Where might Toronto fit?- ML<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/are-these-the-worlds-most-hated-cities/story-e6frfqai-1226811268706"><b>http://www.news.com.au/travel/world-travel/are-these-the-worlds-most-hated-cities/story-e6frfqai-1226811268706</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">The World's 85 Richest People Are as Wealthy as the Poorest 3 Billion<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>The report that everybody's talking about this morning is Oxfam's opus on global inequality, which leads with an eye-popping statistic: The richest 85 people in the world own more wealth than the bottom half of the entire global population.</b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/the-worlds-85-richest-people-are-as-wealthy-as-the-poorest-3-billion/283206/"><b>http://m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/01/the-worlds-85-richest-people-are-as-wealthy-as-the-poorest-3-billion/283206/</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Another Take on the same story , I like this one because of the source-Good for Literacy DI- ML<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">When one percent owns half the world<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://manilatimes.net/when-one-percent-owns-half-the-world/70950/"><span style="text-decoration:none">http://manilatimes.net/when-one-percent-owns-half-the-world/70950/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">3 MYTHS THAT BLOCK PROGRESS FOR THE POOR<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">By almost any measure, the world is better than it has ever been. People are living longer, healthier lives. Many nations that were aid recipients are now self-sufficient. You might think that such striking progress would be widely celebrated, but in fact, Melinda and I are struck by how many people think the world is getting worse. The belief that the world can’t solve extreme poverty and disease isn’t just mistaken. It is harmful. That’s why in this year’s letter we take apart some of the myths that slow down the work. The next time you hear these myths, we hope you will do the same. <span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">- Bill Gates- Gates foundation Annual letter – Interesting Infographics – ML<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://annualletter.gatesfoundation.org/?cid=MG_FB_IK3_012409/#section=home">http://annualletter.gatesfoundation.org/?cid=MG_FB_IK3_012409/#section=home</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">The World in a Room </span></u></b>Here is a way to get students to understand world population statistics, and a bit of geography to boot. You may use other topics too. If you're looking for information about specific nations and global issues, try The CIA World Factbook or World Audit.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.classroomtools.com/world.htm">http://www.classroomtools.com/world.htm</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">How we misunderstand the Canadian North<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">This is part of The North, a Globe investigation of unprecedented change, to the climate, culture and politics of Canada’s last frontier. Join the conversation with #GlobeNorth<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The Globe’s ‘Artic Circle’ panel of experts and leaders is discussing five key questions about Northern issues. Their responses and conversations will appear throughout the week on Globe Debate.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-north/arctic-circle-panel-how-we-misunderstand-the-canadian-north/article16404201/?click=tglobe"><b>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-north/arctic-circle-panel-how-we-misunderstand-the-canadian-north/article16404201/?click=tglobe</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Websites We Use – Geography<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>Focus is on Primary & junior but stuff for all-ML<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/primaryideas/websites-we-use-geography/"><b>http://www.pinterest.com/primaryideas/websites-we-use-geography/</b></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Slop-Bucket Reality for Aboriginals Missing Canada Boom</span></u></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:windowtext"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Canada’s 1.4 million aboriginals, one of the youngest and fastest-growing segments of the population. While the government promotes resource projects -- C$650 billion ($585 billion) of work over the next decade -- as a path to aboriginal prosperity, they’re little help to isolated communities like Bouchie’s.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-28/slop-bucket-reality-for-aboriginals-missing-canada-boom.html">http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-28/slop-bucket-reality-for-aboriginals-missing-canada-boom.html</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b>as contrasted with <o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Little-known federal office to oversee natural resource projects secretive, heavy-handed: NDP<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">A little-known federal office of barely two dozen people is charged with overseeing $230 billion worth of proposed natural resource projects across Canada and helping get aboriginal groups onside, but it’s facing criticism of being too heavy-handed and secretive.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://o.canada.com/news/national/little-known-federal-office-to-oversee-natural-resource-projects-secretive-heavy-handed-ndp/">http://o.canada.com/news/national/little-known-federal-office-to-oversee-natural-resource-projects-secretive-heavy-handed-ndp/</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Doing Geography <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Eye on the Tiger: Satellite Images a New Tool for Conservation<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Conservationists get a bird's-eye view of what's happening on the ground.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“If a picture is worth a thousand words, satellite images may tell a crucial story for conservationists and anyone else looking to protect tigers or other endangered species.”<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140119-open-landscape-partnership-platform-satellite-conservation-tigers/"><b>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140119-open-landscape-partnership-platform-satellite-conservation-tigers/</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Ice shelves, icebergs and sea ice<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Understanding Continental Glaciology with examples from the Antarctic<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Good diagrams, photo Galleries and explanations –ML<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/modern-glaciers/ice-shelves-sea-ice-icebergs/">http://www.antarcticglaciers.org/modern-glaciers/ice-shelves-sea-ice-icebergs/</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Seth Dixon Thoughts on why Martin Luther King was a Critical Geographer<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Dr. Martin Luther King fought racial segregation (which, if you think about it, is a geographic system of oppression that uses space and place to control populations). Dr. King has been described as a critical geographer for some of his insights. In 1967, MLK stated, "The expansion of suburbia and migration from the South has worsened big-city segregation. The suburbs are a white noose around the black necks of cities… suburbs expand with little regard for what happens to the rest of America.” If you are a Maps 101 subscriber, please read the rest of this article that I co-authored with Julie Dixon. You can also sign up for a free trial subscription or listen to the article as a free podcast on Stitcher Radio.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4014296079/2014/01/16/why-we-celebrate-martin-luther-king-day">http://www.scoop.it/t/geography-education/p/4014296079/2014/01/16/why-we-celebrate-martin-luther-king-day</a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Teacher & Pedagogical resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292D33;background:#FCFCFC">"<u>We can transform education, both in quality and access, through technology."</u> </span><a href="http://t.co/NpTtIoVA4u" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3B88C3;background:#FCFCFC;text-decoration:none">on.ted.com/AnantAgarwal</span></a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292D33;background:#FCFCFC"> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23DailyTED" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3B88C3;background:#FCFCFC;text-decoration:none">#DailyTED</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="notranslate" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <span lang="EN" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">2013 was a year of hype for MOOCs (massive open online courses). Great big numbers and great big hopes were followed by some disappointing first results. But the head of edX, Anant Agarwal, makes the case that MOOCs still matter -- as a way to share high-level learning widely and supplement (but perhaps not replace) traditional classrooms. Agarwal shares his vision of blended learning, where teachers create the ideal learning experience for 21st century students.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Through blended courses Anant Agarwal is pairing online education with face-to-face student-faculty interactions, reshaping the university campus experience.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:9.0pt;background:white"><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Free Online World Regional Geography Course from Saylor<o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">World Regional Geography was designed by Ken Yanow, Professor of Geographical Sciences, Southwestern College. I know Yanow from his work at the GeoTech Center and on the Esri Education Advisory Board. Saylor hires professors to write the courses; there are about 300 courses currently available._ <b><i>non vetted but impressive authors- ML<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <a href="http://blog.abs-cg.com/2014/01/free-online-world-regional-geography.html?spref=tw"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://blog.abs-cg.com/2014/01/free-online-world-regional-geography.html?spref=tw</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">A New tool for Assessment – What about an Audio One ?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292D33;background:#FCFCFC">Personalized essay feedback using </span><a href="https://twitter.com/audioboo/" target="_blank"><span class="at"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3B88C3;background:#FCFCFC;text-decoration:none">@</span></span><span class="link-complex-target"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#3B88C3;background:#FCFCFC;text-decoration:none">audioboo</span></span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#292D33;background:#FCFCFC"> Much quicker too! Pupils noted feedback in books<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <a href="https://audioboo.fm/users/1076521/playlists/1248719-10age1"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">https://audioboo.fm/users/1076521/playlists/1248719-10age1</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">What is the Difference Between GIS and Geospatial?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">The terms GIS (which most commonly is an acronym for Geographic Information Systems) and geospatial are often used interchangeably. There are differences in what the terms GIS and geospatial mean.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <a href="http://www.gislounge.com/difference-gis-geospatial/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://www.gislounge.com/difference-gis-geospatial/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">GEOPORTER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">G</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">eospatial <b>E</b>ducators <b>O</b>pportunities for <b>P</b>artnership <b>O</b>utreach<b> R</b>esearch and <b>T</b>raining <b>(Geoporter)</b> is a program where professional geospatial educators will travel to communities around the world for extended periods to work hand-in-hand with community members to use and apply geospatial technologies to solve local issues and investigate community resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <a href="http://geoporter.net/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://geoporter.net/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Fixing Geography Education in Canada: The First Step<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Earlier this year, a CBC report brought to light a disturbing trend among Canada’s student population. Fundamental geographic knowledge (as simple as the locations of continents) is not as instilled in many of today’s college-level students as we may have expected. This sobering news serves to underline the need for a more solid geography education among young Canadians.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;background:white"> <a href="http://www.gogeomatics.ca/magazine/fixing-geography-education-in-canada-the-first-step.htm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://www.gogeomatics.ca/magazine/fixing-geography-education-in-canada-the-first-step.htm</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Geography and Spatial Technologies Instructional Leader <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Social World Studies and Humanities <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Toronto District School Board <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">1 Civic Center Court, Toronto , M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Tel (416) 394-7269 Cell (416) 394 - 6420 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63"><span style="color:blue">http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/"><span style="color:blue">http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">twitter @geogmark<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC";mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-19231699747076785112013-12-18T16:44:00.000-05:002013-12-18T16:46:08.511-05:00stuff to Peruse over the holidays <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBCDfdO-mcj7qa2SqeWmJGfQO-jFFQ7dEQeZUNVqzafSTbexYwLddjqMrykyyfYOPw7OfqL2hWG56dxnA6tVBMWrKpDeoyCPl9QgtZjAAhBIlMNe4pbKJB55MFxHIxIoxW4CKgQEcsjCg/s1600/image001-768513.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBCDfdO-mcj7qa2SqeWmJGfQO-jFFQ7dEQeZUNVqzafSTbexYwLddjqMrykyyfYOPw7OfqL2hWG56dxnA6tVBMWrKpDeoyCPl9QgtZjAAhBIlMNe4pbKJB55MFxHIxIoxW4CKgQEcsjCg/s320/image001-768513.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5958851234432425298" /></a> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Holiday stuff to peruse & use<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Here are a number of resources to peruse and ruminate over for the holidays <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Interactive Maps , Spatial Journals & other Story Maps<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Most walkable cities map of the USA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.governing.com/gov-data/transportation-infrastructure/walk-to-work-cities-map.html">http://www.governing.com/gov-data/transportation-infrastructure/walk-to-work-cities-map.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Accompanying article<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Most Walkable Cities and How Some Are Making Strides<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Nationally,(USA) only a small fraction of people walk to work. But some cities' policy and planning efforts are making walking an everyday means of commuting. View data and maps for dozens of U.S. cities.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.governing.com/topics/urban/gov-most-walkable-cities.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=alew">http://www.governing.com/topics/urban/gov-most-walkable-cities.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=alew</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2COVM-ju9L6GSpKWvI5rbI4O0Po2c4TMT9MVgYWWK03bjdxwvedwPVdknUm3gsGL2foM4EVJsTLFmEYPrK20aPICEhULArQTXvuRunvWVSFTlk4bes5tVSq4Rg3Gkq1Uy2mjf_7_RAhm/s1600/image002-770906.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2COVM-ju9L6GSpKWvI5rbI4O0Po2c4TMT9MVgYWWK03bjdxwvedwPVdknUm3gsGL2foM4EVJsTLFmEYPrK20aPICEhULArQTXvuRunvWVSFTlk4bes5tVSq4Rg3Gkq1Uy2mjf_7_RAhm/s320/image002-770906.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5958851248291275474" /></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">How much of our "food" is food? Map shows where crops used as human food (green) vs. animal feed & biofuels (red).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Air Pollution in Asia: Real-time Air Quality Index Visual Map<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://aqicn.org/map/">http://aqicn.org/map/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Other maps for differing regions are also available<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Air Pollution in Canada: Real-time Air Quality Index Visual Map<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://aqicn.org/map/canada/">http://aqicn.org/map/canada/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Outbreak! Watch How Quickly An Epidemic Would Spread Across The World<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A new model can predict the spread of any disease across the planet. All we need to do is reorganize our thinking of time and space.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.fastcoexist.com/3023416/outbreak-watch-how-quickly-an-epidemic-would-spread-across-the-world">http://www.fastcoexist.com/3023416/outbreak-watch-how-quickly-an-epidemic-would-spread-across-the-world</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Teacher pay state by state: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Fascinating map shows New York educators get biggest salaries and are paid almost DOUBLE their South Dakota counterparts Comes with Data<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2524851/Teachers-pay-map-shows-New-York-educators-biggest-salaries.html#ixzz2nrJIR4wx"> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2524851/Teachers-pay-map-shows-New-York-educators-biggest-salaries.html#ixzz2nrJIR4wx</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2524851/Teachers-pay-map-shows-New-York-educators-biggest-salaries.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2524851/Teachers-pay-map-shows-New-York-educators-biggest-salaries.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Myth, History, and Mystery of Petra<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A journey through the passageways and open spaces of Petra, with a close look at the myth and history of the Nabataen civilization and the rise and fall of this ancient city.- <i>Great Story Map</i><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://maptia.com/shannon/stories/the-myth-history-and-mystery-of-petra">http://maptia.com/shannon/stories/the-myth-history-and-mystery-of-petra</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mapping food insecurity in big cities of the world<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">"Scientists map food security and self-provision of major cities."<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/mapping-food-insecurity-big-cities-of-the-world">http://www.examiner.com/article/mapping-food-insecurity-big-cities-of-the-world</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mapping tool pinpoints countries at most risk of water stress<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A global mapping exercise has highlighted that 37 countries across the world are currently experiencing high levels of water stress, making them vulnerable to climate pressures.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.edie.net/news/4/Mapping-tool-pinpoints-countries-at-most-risk-of-water-stress-/">http://www.edie.net/news/4/Mapping-tool-pinpoints-countries-at-most-risk-of-water-stress-/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Who Owns the Arctic<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Territorial claims of countries in the Arctic are being spurred by the presence of large caches of oil and natural gas, melting ice and dwindling energy reserves in other regions.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/07/sunday-review/who-owns-the-arctic.html">http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/07/sunday-review/who-owns-the-arctic.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlS_QCDdDwZJCN6gpoLdnMqZfb8sVhrJj1vrAmXXavwzPms7yH8seJ779xdjyNChttH_WGtn4YbvtdRIsVfkZKAauLAiOI5RQh8SY-ehpvSIgJbDMzoVbX8lbvH_qlBK146VrO7zf_CcjC/s1600/image004-773408.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlS_QCDdDwZJCN6gpoLdnMqZfb8sVhrJj1vrAmXXavwzPms7yH8seJ779xdjyNChttH_WGtn4YbvtdRIsVfkZKAauLAiOI5RQh8SY-ehpvSIgJbDMzoVbX8lbvH_qlBK146VrO7zf_CcjC/s320/image004-773408.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5958851254970686306" /></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Toronto Underfoot<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Archaeology from New World Archaeology, Royal Ontario Museum<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Great Spatial Journal of Toronto archeological artifacts <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msid=200573686748888729464.0004e3783057627c0962f&msa=0&ll=43.706849,-79.439049&spn=0.147421,0.220757">https://maps.google.ca/maps/ms?msid=200573686748888729464.0004e3783057627c0962f&msa=0&ll=43.706849,-79.439049&spn=0.147421,0.220757</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Earth’s Next 100 Years, Visualized<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Take a look at this amazing visualization that explains how we’ve treated the Earth over the past 100 years and what the next 100 might hold<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.upworthy.com/the-future-of-the-earth-s-next-100-years-visualized">http://www.upworthy.com/the-future-of-the-earth-s-next-100-years-visualized</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Global Wind Conditions <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Exceptionally well done current wind speed map of the earth (interactive)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://earth.nullschool.net/">http://earth.nullschool.net/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Death penalty statistics, country by country<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">After the execution of Kim Jong-un's uncle, the brutality of North Korea's regime has once again come under the international spotlight. In a broader context, is the attention warranted? Find out who uses the death penalty today - and see how it compares to 2007<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/mar/29/death-penalty-countries-world">http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2011/mar/29/death-penalty-countries-world</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><b>The AT.las of human Struggle (Beta)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Interesting Spatial journal on human struggles – Also good for History classes. Very current <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://theatl.as/">http://theatl.as/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Map: All the Countries That Contribute to a Single Jar of Nutella<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Popular hazelnut and cocoa spread Nutella has become such a global product that the OECD decided to use it as a case study in its latest report on global value chains<b>. ( super for grade 8 Classes)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/12/map-all-the-countries-that-contribute-to-a-single-jar-of-nutella/282252/">http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/12/map-all-the-countries-that-contribute-to-a-single-jar-of-nutella/282252/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">World Stats Interactive Maps<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This index lists over 400 interactive world maps covering areas such as health, education, drugs & crime, economy, environment, gender and population for all countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.statsilk.com/maps/world-stats-interactive-maps-index#Digital%20Divide%20&%20ICT">http://www.statsilk.com/maps/world-stats-interactive-maps-index#Digital%20Divide%20&%20ICT</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Plastic fishing in the Southern Ocean<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In one of the remotest places on Earth, a scientist is measuring for the first time the concentration of plastic particles that can float on the sea surface for hundreds or even thousands of years<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/science/antarctica-live/2013/dec/10/antarctica-live-fishing-plastic-southern-ocean">http://www.theguardian.com/science/antarctica-live/2013/dec/10/antarctica-live-fishing-plastic-southern-ocean</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Other interactive – graphs & charts<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Population Pyramids of the World from 1950 to 2100<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Awesome interactive on population pyramids from differing countries over time Check out UAE.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://populationpyramid.net/">http://populationpyramid.net/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The World's Biggest Cities Over Time Since 4000 B.C<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The folks at Goldman Sachs just published a massive special report with their analysts' 100 favorite charts. Here's an interesting chart going way back to 4000 BC showing the population of the biggest cities in the western and eastern worlds<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2013/12/14/chart_world_s_biggest_cities_since_4000_b_c.html">http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2013/12/14/chart_world_s_biggest_cities_since_4000_b_c.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqneDCV7p-4MYw0Hoa1n7ljR3tnjf7eYSB8ZczTKdErzMwP0FOAw_cbh77dKH5XjPKZf_D3REMZMsoII7yYadctgg1RWIXNCiTDurTqbvicP7TDhzWrKuB6xMJ35M-K4ncvDgrWBV9whR/s1600/image005-776079.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqneDCV7p-4MYw0Hoa1n7ljR3tnjf7eYSB8ZczTKdErzMwP0FOAw_cbh77dKH5XjPKZf_D3REMZMsoII7yYadctgg1RWIXNCiTDurTqbvicP7TDhzWrKuB6xMJ35M-K4ncvDgrWBV9whR/s320/image005-776079.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5958851268632912802" /></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">UNFORTUNATELY global warming continues. 2013 had warmest November since measurments start 1880_ Hans Rosling <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Facebook –Newsroom – year in review <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Very interesting and student engaging statistics<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://newsroom.fb.com/Trends/770/2013-Year-in-Review">http://newsroom.fb.com/Trends/770/2013-Year-in-Review</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">One third of babies born in 2013 are expected to live to 100<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The latest ONS ( office of National Statistics) statistics look at the chances of people living in the UK surviving to their 100th birthday. According to the principal projection, around 1 in 3 babies born in 2013 will live to celebrate their 100th birthday. The total number of centenarians is projected to rise from 14,000 in 2013 to 111,000 in 2037.(though British it is still quite applicable)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lifetables/historic-and-projected-data-from-the-period-and-cohort-life-tables/2012-based/sty-babies-living-to-100.html">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/lifetables/historic-and-projected-data-from-the-period-and-cohort-life-tables/2012-based/sty-babies-living-to-100.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">What is most likely to cause your untimely death?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEvxG3ZfRtlfwiNFIP-wy0sEAISkvP3O-lOr75m9Ibz7zWds0tj32Atp_54Dgrc0E0VQPZD9JSYwBItShMyvocrJ4-YjDVa4iw2daAI-YTo7GhoXvb6QkYw3usJRg3JxabsV5BpLYDp58/s1600/image006-778570.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNEvxG3ZfRtlfwiNFIP-wy0sEAISkvP3O-lOr75m9Ibz7zWds0tj32Atp_54Dgrc0E0VQPZD9JSYwBItShMyvocrJ4-YjDVa4iw2daAI-YTo7GhoXvb6QkYw3usJRg3JxabsV5BpLYDp58/s320/image006-778570.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5958851279390344578" /></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Urban Topics<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">THE EVOLVING URBAN FORM: GREATER NEW YORK EXPANDS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.newgeography.com/content/004095-the-evolving-urban-form-greater-new-york-expands">http://www.newgeography.com/content/004095-the-evolving-urban-form-greater-new-york-expands</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Forecasting the Growth of Cities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">It’s no shocker that the world is rapidly urbanizing. The World Health Organization estimates that 70 percent of the global population will live in cities and towns by 2050, up from just 50 percent today. Predicting exactly where and when those urban migrations will occur, however, has proven difficult in the past, because they’re guided by millions of personal decisions based on factors such as employment opportunities, cost of living, security and politics.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://nextcity.org/culture-livability/entry/forecasting-the-growth-of-cities">http://nextcity.org/culture-livability/entry/forecasting-the-growth-of-cities</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">How does immigration affect crime?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Researchers at the London School of Economics and University College London have studied the effect on crime of two large migration flows to Britain.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/12/economist-explains-10?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Fbl%2Fee%2Fimmigrationcrime">http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/12/economist-explains-10?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Fbl%2Fee%2Fimmigrationcrime</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Today's #TED: Inside the industry that brings you 90% of everything you own: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Almost everything we own and use, at some point, travels to us by container ship, through a vast network of ocean routes and ports that most of us know almost nothing about. Journalist Rose George tours us through the world of shipping, the underpinning of consumer civilization<b>. Also terrific book<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/rose_george_inside_the_secret_shipping_industry.html?utm_medium=on.ted.com-static&awesm=on.ted.com_Ship&utm_campaign=ted&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=awesm-publisher">http://www.ted.com/talks/rose_george_inside_the_secret_shipping_industry.html?utm_medium=on.ted.com-static&awesm=on.ted.com_Ship&utm_campaign=ted&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=awesm-publisher</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Geographer’s and others doing Geography<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">What if the Flood Maps Are Just Plain Wrong?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/06/what-if-the-flood-maps-are-just-plain-wrong/?smid=tw-share">http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/12/06/what-if-the-flood-maps-are-just-plain-wrong/?smid=tw-share</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Google’s Road Map to Global Domination- (how they are going to control the WHERE)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A Frenchman who has lived half his 49 years in the United States, Vincent was never in the Marines. But he is a leader in a new great game: the Internet land grab, which can be reduced to three key battles over three key conceptual territories. What came first, conquered by Google’s superior search algorithms. Who was next, and Facebook was the victor. <b><i>But where, arguably the biggest prize of all, has yet to be completely won.—DON’T ASK ME WHY ASK ME WHERE!!<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/magazine/googles-plan-for-global-domination-dont-ask-why-ask-where.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/magazine/googles-plan-for-global-domination-dont-ask-why-ask-where.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I am a shoe!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A closer look at how a sports shoe is manufactured and distributed in what is a multi-billion dollar industry. (interesting Interactive focus of a topic – Fresh voice with Aljazeera) Has the ability to be full inquiry unit <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2013/12/i-am-shoe-20131215123830416166.html">http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2013/12/i-am-shoe-20131215123830416166.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Oil and Water:<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Tar Sands Crude Shipping Meets Great Lakes?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Report cites gaps in region's oil-spill prevention, response<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.greatlakes.org/tar-sands/report">http://www.greatlakes.org/tar-sands/report</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Toxic 'e-waste' dumped in poor nations, says United Nations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Millions of tonnes of old electronic goods illegally exported to developing countries, as people dump luxury items<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/dec/14/toxic-ewaste-illegal-dumping-developing-countries?CMP=twt_fd">http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/dec/14/toxic-ewaste-illegal-dumping-developing-countries?CMP=twt_fd</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The social price of gold: child prostitution<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Global demand for Peruvian gold has led to illegal mining that has fuelled unprecedented levels of child prostitution. Filmmaker Guillermo Galdos reports for Channel 4 News.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.channel4.com/news/the-social-price-of-gold-child-prostitution">http://www.channel4.com/news/the-social-price-of-gold-child-prostitution</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If your Geography Homework is on Nike…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">If you’re interested in what it life and work can be like for the people who make sports clothing, we have some other recommendations that aren’t on our sire. The first film is on Nike and could be a vivid and useful source. But other students in other schools may have been given Adidas to research. We have a couple of films for you too, if that’s what you’ve been asked to research. And, at the end, we bring things right up to date: with a way to compare these two companies / brands.- <b><i>A number of good video’s and other stuff</i></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://iwanttodiscussthat.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/nikegeoghomework/#followtheteachers">http://iwanttodiscussthat.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/nikegeoghomework/#followtheteachers</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Canada to make territorial claim for North Pole after mapping complete<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+makes+territorial+claim+North+Pole+despite+mapping/9265099/story.html">http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Canada+makes+territorial+claim+North+Pole+despite+mapping/9265099/story.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Vast freshwater reserves discovered under the oceans<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Scientists have discovered huge reserves of freshwater beneath oceans off of Australia, China, North America and South Africa<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://earthsky.org/earth/vast-freshwater-reserves-discovered-under-the-oceans">http://earthsky.org/earth/vast-freshwater-reserves-discovered-under-the-oceans</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Importance Of geography<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Advocating for Geography Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A recent opinion piece by Kirk Goldsberry, visiting scholar at Harvard University, gained a good deal of attention because it advocated for a return of a geography department to that august institution. Sensors & Systems (S&S) special correspondent Matteo Luccio spoke with Goldsberry about his background, about the need to reveal spatial patterns, and about the importance of geography. - See more at: <a href="http://www.sensorsandsystems.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32547&catid=52&Itemid=1180#sthash.Aq7anPMW.dpuf"> http://www.sensorsandsystems.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32547&catid=52&Itemid=1180#sthash.Aq7anPMW.dpuf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.sensorsandsystems.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32547&catid=52&Itemid=1180">http://www.sensorsandsystems.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=32547&catid=52&Itemid=1180</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">How Geography Paved the Way for Women in Science and Cultivated the Values of American Democracy<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“The revolution has been favorable to science in general, particularly to that of the geography of our own country,’ wrote the Reverend Jedidiah Morse. In 1784, when Morse published his first geography textbook, he dedicated it ‘To the Young Masters and Misses Throughout the United States,’ signaling its appropriateness for females. Highly popular among boys and girls alike, Morse’s Geography Made Easy ran through numerous editions at least until 1820, when the twenty-third edition appeared. Geography was the first science to appear widely in girls’ schoolbooks after the American Revolution.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/22/science-education-of-american-girls/?utm_content=buffer8abe6&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer">http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/03/22/science-education-of-american-girls/?utm_content=buffer8abe6&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Teaching Geography in 19th Century America<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The study of geography is now, much more than at any former period, an essential element in education. It is second in importance only to reading, writing, and rudimentary arithmetic. The newspaper is and must continue to be the chief source of that knowledge of current events which is indispensable to every intelligent person. Its telegrams and other items and articles necessarily assume that the reader possesses a knowledge of certain geographical facts. It is the aim of this work to present and impress these-facts.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.accessible-archives.com/2013/12/teaching-geography-19th-century-america/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter">http://www.accessible-archives.com/2013/12/teaching-geography-19th-century-america/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Geography Careers<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">What to do with a degree in environmental science/physical geography<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Catastrophes, such as the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, not only serve as a reminder of how unpredictable the Earth can be, but also lead many to wonder why such natural disasters have become so prevalent. These are just some of questions that students of physical geography and environmental science will have grappled with.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/2011/apr/16/environmental-science-physical-geography-degree?CMP=twt_gu">http://www.theguardian.com/money/2011/apr/16/environmental-science-physical-geography-degree?CMP=twt_gu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">And Finally some Santa Trackers ( It is important to know the WHERE of the sleigh)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Tracking Santa With Google Earth 3d at noradsanta.org<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK2gDlw5hHA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK2gDlw5hHA</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.google.ca/santatracker/">http://www.google.ca/santatracker/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">NEW WAYS TO HAVE FUN WITH GOOGLE'S SANTA TRACKER, FOR KIDS AND PROGRAMMERS ALIKE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/3023163/most-creative-people/new-ways-to-have-fun-with-googles-santa-tracker-for-kids-and-programmer">http://www.fastcompany.com/3023163/most-creative-people/new-ways-to-have-fun-with-googles-santa-tracker-for-kids-and-programmer</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Happy Holidays <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYAppWRjhT4AuZBQBUKDTQoSTekn_oa3z32kP6OAuxYP0VbM0j20hYxP62_odxAAKq74urp2R4lbFvFHMYLug7V2wnQu08l7pNqII6H7ooddzVTxp3MIwDAQU1fHQUJYKaVNUlPrUlRJZ/s1600/image008-781419.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYAppWRjhT4AuZBQBUKDTQoSTekn_oa3z32kP6OAuxYP0VbM0j20hYxP62_odxAAKq74urp2R4lbFvFHMYLug7V2wnQu08l7pNqII6H7ooddzVTxp3MIwDAQU1fHQUJYKaVNUlPrUlRJZ/s320/image008-781419.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5958851289333558226" /></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Geography and Geotechnologies Instructional Leader<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Social World Studies and Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto District School Board<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">1 Civic Centre Court <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto , On ,M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Tel; (416) 394-7269<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Cell; (416) 576-4515<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Fax; (416) 394-6420<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63">http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/">http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">twitter @geogmark<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Blackadder ITC""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-87688645695839796382013-12-16T10:09:00.000-05:002013-12-16T10:10:12.589-05:00Canadian Geographic Education - Energy Challenge <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_QLOiCM_lP5zPku8m4cN9B6KvrbQRVQMipoNRV_fjLlY66VUmf-Osv1LXy5xmo2kTF7Y-6HOmf_-Q8JiNpEtpwruYysTRctPEtm_0kBNGXrpdDNK59BLNp748ScXexkd9qVev-AIl8ys/s1600/image001-712589.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5_QLOiCM_lP5zPku8m4cN9B6KvrbQRVQMipoNRV_fjLlY66VUmf-Osv1LXy5xmo2kTF7Y-6HOmf_-Q8JiNpEtpwruYysTRctPEtm_0kBNGXrpdDNK59BLNp748ScXexkd9qVev-AIl8ys/s320/image001-712589.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5958007036577475554" /></a> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqZIKFZY0FW89ZKdhKwP-jHXAL2HyXw9k4T4FtO7SnNybrqhmCeVE__V3pm4t6fb4LXbqo1VCwj1pVLuGqAxjouuEP8Ov7DHpP0stL3gHbP5Gy2bg_Ff_dW_KPkYzaUteeVNi3CplVl7i/s1600/image002-716445.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHqZIKFZY0FW89ZKdhKwP-jHXAL2HyXw9k4T4FtO7SnNybrqhmCeVE__V3pm4t6fb4LXbqo1VCwj1pVLuGqAxjouuEP8Ov7DHpP0stL3gHbP5Gy2bg_Ff_dW_KPkYzaUteeVNi3CplVl7i/s320/image002-716445.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5958007051252604306" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Here is an opportunity for teachers from grades k to 12 to enter their classrooms into an energy challenge. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">There will be 25 lesson plans for teachers and activities for students, with prizes to be won. One of the 40 prizes is money to "green" their school based on the submitted proposal. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="color:#4842D8">Registration closes January 19th</span>, but the <span style="color:#4842D8">submissions are not until the months of Feb, Mar and April.</span> So for teachers on a semester system, you will need to register your semester 2 classes before the semester starts. The lesson plans and activities will be on the website <a href="http://energydiet.canadiangeographic.ca/"><span style="color:blue">The Classroom Energy Diet Challenge</span></a> on Feb. 5th. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Please also note: This is a great way for teachers to bring in the thinking about <b>geographic perspective... the environmental, social, political and economic aspects</b> of a geographic issue. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt">Good Luck!<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i>Kim Wallace</i><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i>Ontario Representative for Canadian Geographic Education</i><o:p></o:p></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" 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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt">Nelson Mandela<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Resources, activities & supports<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMHwNhTBnDxeK-r6SJiXlA0c-LfaKPvtBXRYQtDABXkKgfDTrh8KkXF0ch0drIM71TMJ7wccl95faEv6QrwCi8Ch8qbGqOhyWEOjDDcLENtEt1B3mwOhpaphl9FotR9IH6eq47An8x_sE/s1600/image003-774132.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYMHwNhTBnDxeK-r6SJiXlA0c-LfaKPvtBXRYQtDABXkKgfDTrh8KkXF0ch0drIM71TMJ7wccl95faEv6QrwCi8Ch8qbGqOhyWEOjDDcLENtEt1B3mwOhpaphl9FotR9IH6eq47An8x_sE/s320/image003-774132.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5954302030161202626" /></a><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Nelson Mandela death: A life in pictures<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">BBC Africa gallery of Mandela’s life<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10651690">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-10651690</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Reaction to Nelson Mandela's death<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Various leaders and individuals from around the world responding to Mandela’s death<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25254269#TWEET977309">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-25254269#TWEET977309</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">PHOTOS: How The World Is Celebrating The Life Of Nelson Mandela<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/home/2013/12/06/3029981/photos-mandela-mourning/">http://thinkprogress.org/home/2013/12/06/3029981/photos-mandela-mourning/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">How social media reacted to Mandela’s death<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.euronews.com/2013/12/06/mandela-the-world-reacts/">http://www.euronews.com/2013/12/06/mandela-the-world-reacts/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Nelson Mandela's death leaves South Africa wondering where to go next?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The death of Nelson Mandela will shake South Africa to its core, no less than the deaths of John F Kennedy and Diana, Princess of Wales delivered shell-shocked newscasters, public demonstrations of grief and interrogations of the American and British psyches. That death in old age does not fit the proper definition of "tragedy" will not console the millions who grew up with him as a constant presence, like a grandfather, and feel the loss just as keenly.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Good for gr 12 world Issues<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/06/nelson-mandela-death-what-now-south-africa?CMP=twt_gu">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/06/nelson-mandela-death-what-now-south-africa?CMP=twt_gu</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Nelson Mandela, 1964: 'I am prepared to die' - audio recording of speech at sabotage trial<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Extracts from Nelson Mandela's statement from the dock at the opening of his trial on charges of sabotage at the supreme court of South Africa in Pretoria on 20 April 1964. Mandela, leader of the African National Congress and of the struggle against the racist apartheid regime, was given a life sentence, of which he served 27 years, most of which was in the prison on Robben Island<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/dec/05/nelson-mandela-1964-speech-audio">http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/dec/05/nelson-mandela-1964-speech-audio</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdotfXBgsCLm2FBPJa6Yc0-2O7puIQhHIK9mjPTm3_toRnCLQVEEN8phmk1nFg8AyZzxPezod4rinCKyOENe41VShOVLT35Gzj7moBDkHxCbKa95lmsoy41AyyYLRYjiUDfgtiX-FD0Yu/s1600/image004-777318.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbdotfXBgsCLm2FBPJa6Yc0-2O7puIQhHIK9mjPTm3_toRnCLQVEEN8phmk1nFg8AyZzxPezod4rinCKyOENe41VShOVLT35Gzj7moBDkHxCbKa95lmsoy41AyyYLRYjiUDfgtiX-FD0Yu/s320/image004-777318.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5954302045607839698" /></a><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt">Mandela Video’s </span> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">UNICEF mourns the loss of Nelson Mandela<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Published on Dec 5, 2013</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">UNICEF joins millions of people around the world who mourn the loss of <br> Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa.<br> For more information, visit: <a href="http://www.unicef.org/" target="_blank" title="http://www.unicef.org/"><span style="color:#2793E6;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">http://www.unicef.org/</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kcGJIlUcIk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kcGJIlUcIk</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Nelson Mandela's Life Story<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The 13-minute video documentary of Mandela's life has been provided by the Nelson Mandela Foundation, which has given the UN permission to use it.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgQBoXsxr8w">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgQBoXsxr8w</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">History Channel - Miracle Rising South Africa [ Full Movie ]<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKDrRdfvUg8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKDrRdfvUg8</a><b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Special AKA - Free Nelson Mandela (TOTP)</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">April 1984 performance from Top Of The Pops, as rebroadcast on TOTP2. Love the drummer's expression at the audience's failure to clap along properly...<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">Significance is was before he was released<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCZKZILvE70&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCZKZILvE70&feature=youtu.be</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">The Specials - Nelson Mandela<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcTvoWjZJU&list=RDlCZKZILvE70">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgcTvoWjZJU&list=RDlCZKZILvE70</a></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Remembering South African leader Nelson Mandela<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">PBS retrospective Published on Dec 5, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa credited with ending apartheid there, died in Johannesburg on Dec. 5, 2013. Former PBS NewsHour correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault takes a look back at Mandela's life and legacy<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnGeMBNS9ZA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnGeMBNS9ZA</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Activities & Lessons <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">Nelson Mandela- OXFAM Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US">Explore the life of Nelson Mandela and the difference between fact, fiction, and opinion.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US">Explore the life of Nelson Mandela and the differences between biography and autobiography with these materials for English and Literacy. Also good for grade 7&8 geography <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US">The lessons develop critical reading skills, invite shared discussion, and provide the opportunity for pupils to develop their own writing skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US">They also provide ideas for discussing the difference between explicit and implicit points of view, and the differences between first and third person narration.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/nelson-mandela">http://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/nelson-mandela</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">A group of lesson activities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">“Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” tells the inspirational story of one of the greatest leaders of our time, Nelson Mandela. From his humble beginnings in Transkei, South Africa, to his 27-year incarceration for treason, to his eventual release to become the president of a fully participatory, democratic South Africa, the story of Mandela provides educators with an opportunity to dive into the issues of freedom and forgiveness, equality and equanimity, reconciliation and redemption. With that in mind, we have created the “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Educator’s Guide”.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Education is a vital component of furthering the film’s–and Mandela’s own–message. The classroom lessons that accompany the film not only examine this explosive period in the history of South Africa, but also afford an opportunity to explore current events in Africa, America and around the world through the lens of an incredible person and his incredible story<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.sharemylesson.com/mypublicprofile.aspx?uc=3370594&cid=SML_Mandela&utm_source=referral&utm_medium=part&utm_campaign=mandelamovie">http://www.sharemylesson.com/mypublicprofile.aspx?uc=3370594&cid=SML_Mandela&utm_source=referral&utm_medium=part&utm_campaign=mandelamovie</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">South Africa After Ten Years of Freedom<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Lesson plans from PBS<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/lessons_plans/south-africa-ten-years-freedom/">http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/lessons_plans/south-africa-ten-years-freedom/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">South Africa: fast facts<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">South African facts at your fingertips … up-to-date information on the country's economy, population, geography, climate, languages and more.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Read more: <a href="http://www.southafrica.info/about/facts.htm#.UqHcB9JDt2A#ixzz2mhj6n1ux"> http://www.southafrica.info/about/facts.htm#.UqHcB9JDt2A#ixzz2mhj6n1ux</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.southafrica.info/about/facts.htm#.UqHcB9JDt2A">http://www.southafrica.info/about/facts.htm#.UqHcB9JDt2A</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">CIA Fact Book on South Africa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/sf.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">South Africa – facts and pic’s<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/south-africa/">http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/south-africa/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Other Images<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUd3P34GJ_qM9ouEs7KcmAElvxt6fKjpZ_xkmTLC8HcD_t1n-U0oyEF6Sl9YAHb67jHBZsKzdDNDRMSe0w_zpRds8cIYar4Ka0IqAx7nRk9AjLJe9jjwN0xLY3xxN4hMfmwq7q_mxFpLTZ/s1600/image005-779444.jpg"><img 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/></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">A Tribute to Nelson Mandela<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">We are proud of our long and special relationship Nelson Mandela, who has served as our Goodwill Ambassador since 2005. His triumph over racism is a history-making achievement, and forever part of humanity’s common heritage, safeguarded as UNESCO World Heritage and Memory of the World. His life is an education to us all -- we must help others, reach across all dividing lines, and cherish the world we live in.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/unesco/a-tribute-to-nelson-mandela/">http://www.pinterest.com/unesco/a-tribute-to-nelson-mandela/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt">This is a very good example of the essence of a Geographic Inquiry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Certainly for our students we need to make the </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">‘what is where</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">’ connection<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Which logically moves into the Inquiry or ‘WHY THERE’<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">And then or need in to day’s world and specifically on Mandela’s Death<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">WHY CARE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Create your own </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">spatial journal</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> or </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt">Story Map</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> for Nelson Mandela <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Here are some kmz(kml) files to get started- All you need to do is Click on them and they will open in Google Earth ( or faiuling that drag them into open Google Earth 0<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt">Birth place of Nelson Mandela.kmz<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"><a 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lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63">http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/">http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">twitter @geogmark<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Blackadder ITC""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-75421557428771380292013-12-05T10:37:00.000-05:002013-12-05T10:38:39.443-05:00Pre Christmas Missive<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMP6XOeWVEnFdjkTtdUkl62TK0UpNpF6LYQStmDMNuoljP_UPtHD4bm3W1P5P6G6JvMUsBbm5iQ0I5eqEY-r_7PEGhkPxnsfxvS7bFZt2sJbaQIPwAZuLl_Fx3Imc9jHi-g7cvp8IEu9k/s1600/image001-719445.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMP6XOeWVEnFdjkTtdUkl62TK0UpNpF6LYQStmDMNuoljP_UPtHD4bm3W1P5P6G6JvMUsBbm5iQ0I5eqEY-r_7PEGhkPxnsfxvS7bFZt2sJbaQIPwAZuLl_Fx3Imc9jHi-g7cvp8IEu9k/s320/image001-719445.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5953932430465571762" /></a> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaLcL7TrmEItbd5Xi6hnFfiRs4cFNlR2FjJNj8BMQSfLMZraIyrP8vLzTt0_S0apin1KaQekMJ_uOi-ZeV-JU92-5l1YbqQebSVRPs1E908nb1t1T4hSz2W7gqY8NVWjqGNBXU9RDE6oL/s1600/image002-722469.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIaLcL7TrmEItbd5Xi6hnFfiRs4cFNlR2FjJNj8BMQSfLMZraIyrP8vLzTt0_S0apin1KaQekMJ_uOi-ZeV-JU92-5l1YbqQebSVRPs1E908nb1t1T4hSz2W7gqY8NVWjqGNBXU9RDE6oL/s320/image002-722469.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5953932439267332658" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Time for a Pre –Christmas Missive<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi All; Well the new curriculum in Ontario is being rolled out with a great deal of enthusiasm and anticipation of how we can all start to really focus on DOING Geography. The new revised curriculum allows for lots of critical and thoughtful Inquiry and <b>why</b> we as geography teachers and students do <b>Care</b> !<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“It's not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel world. It's our job to raise children who will make the world less cruel.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:right;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">unknown<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">There is even a Rob Ford Spatial Journal <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://www.google.ca/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=200087121908795839231.0004e8f3be5fb75ffe8aa"><span lang="EN-US">https://www.google.ca/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=200087121908795839231.0004e8f3be5fb75ffe8aa</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Here are a range of resources, strategies, and /or topics to help get us through to the break. I have grouped these for some cursory organization but many of these items may fit into various categories.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">General Geographic and Spatial stuff<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Geographic and Spatial careers info <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">ArcGIS Online & Story maps <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Useful APPs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Minds On<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Student & Teacher strategies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Our escapes (we need them also)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:2.25pt;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">General Geographic & Spatial Stuff<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">NASA | The Bedrock Beneath<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Our understanding of what lies beneath the world's biggest ice sheet has taken another leap forward. In this video we strip away Antarctic ice to reveal a new, and much more detailed map of the bedrock below. This map, called Bedmap2, was compiled by the British Antarctic Survey and incorporates millions of new measurements, including substantial data sets from NASA's ICESat satellite and an airborne mission called Operation IceBridge.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usDzh7l5HZw&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usDzh7l5HZw&feature=youtu.be</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Eglinton Connects !<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A short video of a new, LRT "green trackway" in Paris, created as part of @CityPlanTO's<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://vimeo.com/55106530">http://vimeo.com/55106530</a><u><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Kiribati island: Sinking into the sea?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Lying just two metres above sea level at its highest points, the island nation of Kiribati is the poster child for climate change, with predictions that many of the 32 islands in the group could be lost to the sea in the next 50 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">But what is it really like? Julian Siddle from BBC Science reports from South Tarawa, Kiribati's main island.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25086963">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25086963</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A Developing World” wall map<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Royal Canadian Geographical Society and Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada proudly present the soon to be released updated version of the acclaimed educator resource, Canadian Geographic’s “A Developing World.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This colourful, bilingual wall map features the latest United Nation’s Human Development Index (HDI) data.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">To Order<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/educational_products/products_cida_maps.asp"><b><i>http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/educational_products/products_cida_maps.asp</i></b></a><u><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mapping redheads: which country has the most?</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Ever wondered which country tops the ginger charts? And where can you find the highest concentration of blondes?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/25/mapping-redheads-which-country-has-the-most?CMP=twt_gu">http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/nov/25/mapping-redheads-which-country-has-the-most?CMP=twt_gu</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">'Un-mappable' Great Barrier Reef finally mapped<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">German and Australian scientists launched a set of groundbreaking, high resolution, shallow water topography maps for the entire Great Barrier Reef. These world-first digital maps of the coral reefs, using satellite derived depth (bathymetry) techniques, are a critical step towards identifying, managing and essentially preserving and protecting what lies within the waters of this global icon.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYLooIU5Cnw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYLooIU5Cnw</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Most Dangerous Cities In The World<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://24facts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/most-dangerous-cities-in-world.html">http://24facts.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/most-dangerous-cities-in-world.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Ring of Darhad: Mongolia Wolverine Expedition An Inquiry-Based, Hands-On STEM Unit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I think there should be a G in stem- this entire unit is based on the Where (location<b>)<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/ring-darhad/?ar_a=1">http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/ring-darhad/?ar_a=1</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Population- interactive<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This resource pack describes and explains what are the global patterns of population change through:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">interpretation of world population distribution<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">interpretation of the demographic transition model<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">interpretation of differing population structures<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://hwb.wales.gov.uk/cms/hwbcontent/Shared%20Documents/vtc/demographic_trans/eng/Introduction/default.htm">https://hwb.wales.gov.uk/cms/hwbcontent/Shared%20Documents/vtc/demographic_trans/eng/Introduction/default.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Geography Careers and Education <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Category: Canadian GIS Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Great resource for students who are wondering what is where in Geographic and Geo-spatial education in Canada <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://canadiangis.com/www/gis-education">http://canadiangis.com/www/gis-education</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">GIS – What do I ACTUALLY do?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">What do YOU do?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We’ve all laughed at the joke, what my mum thinks I do, what my friends think I do…..and so on;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A good Blog on what a GIS professional really does.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://dragons8mycat.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/gis-what-do-i-actually-do/">http://dragons8mycat.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/gis-what-do-i-actually-do/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">And thanks to Ewan Geddes and Canadian Geographic here is another :<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Jobs in Geography (Canadian Geographic)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.cgeducation.ca/resources/faces-of-geography/">http://www.cgeducation.ca/resources/faces-of-geography/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In a tough job climate, what is it about those with geography degrees that makes them so employable?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Interesting Article for Geography careers<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/a-world-of-opportunity-2148648.html"><b>http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/higher/a-world-of-opportunity-2148648.html</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">and one from Britain – uses their terminology and course coding but the thought process is similar<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Here are five easy things you can do now to make sure your future options stay as wide as possible<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://university.which.co.uk/advice/gcses-choices-careers-work-experience">http://university.which.co.uk/advice/gcses-choices-careers-work-experience</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The No. 1 factor that young adults ages 21 to 31 wanted in a successful career was a sense of meaning."- thanks for this reference from Josh Fullan<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Millennial Searchers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/opinion/sunday/millennial-searchers.html?hpw&rref=opinion&_r=0"><b>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/01/opinion/sunday/millennial-searchers.html?hpw&rref=opinion&_r=0</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Resources to use and play with over the Holidays <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">ArcGIS Online and ESRI Story maps <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">As it use it more and more I am finding it to be an informative and user friendly resource to use both with students and a way to create our own teacher resources <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Here is a list of activities, tutorial, and storymaps to use <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Story maps video series<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Check out the first one which gives a great overview <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://video.arcgis.com/series/161/story-maps">http://video.arcgis.com/series/161/story-maps</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For the deeper thinkers Here Jack Dangermond(president of ESRI) discusses the future of GIS with ArcGIS Online<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://canadiangis.com/the-future-of-gis-and-arcgis-online.php">http://canadiangis.com/the-future-of-gis-and-arcgis-online.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Esri publishes story maps with three goals: To showcase interesting and important topics; to explore techniques and best practices for map-based storytelling; and to help enable people to make their own story maps<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/home/">http://storymaps.esri.com/home/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Make a Map Tour Story Map<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Download the Storytelling Map Tour Template and Get Started<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcwatch/0513/make-a-map-tour-story-map">http://www.esri.com/esri-news/arcwatch/0513/make-a-map-tour-story-map</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><b>Explore the Growing World of Story Maps<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A community of storytellers is producing story maps about a variety of locations and topics. You can help us populate this map! Use our templates to tell the story of your special place<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Each of the symbols on this map links to a story map. Some have been produced by Esri, others by a community of users.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Visit Esri's Story Maps site to learn how to build and share your own stories.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2013/storylocator/">http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2013/storylocator/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Story map templates<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Templates provide an easy way to publish your own story map (without having to write code). Each template uses a distinct story-telling technique. You supply the web map and the words. File downloads include the web files you will need, plus a readme file explaining configuration.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Some specific Story Maps<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">These will give us all great ideas on how to infuse the concept of a spatial journal (Story Map ) <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Santas Around the World<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In the US he's known as Santa Claus, but how is this traditional Christmas character evolved and transformed over time and around the world?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://esripm.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=eaa0878861784ebf9fea9e8505904cd0&webmap=3e746185d2de462eb7fd3b3ff54d5175">http://esripm.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapTour/index.html?appid=eaa0878861784ebf9fea9e8505904cd0&webmap=3e746185d2de462eb7fd3b3ff54d5175</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">and then not to be outdone there are the Great resource’s from Google<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mapping the History of Global Slavery<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.ca/2013/12/mapping-history-of-global-slavery.html?spref=tw"><b><i>http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.ca/2013/12/mapping-history-of-global-slavery.html?spref=tw</i></b></a><b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Check out their other great maps and resources at this blog <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Series of tutorials about getting started and working with ArcGIS Online for Organisations</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiNEAh2_Rnsi9LVd0pxu3lSXoRVhWPCLk">http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiNEAh2_Rnsi9LVd0pxu3lSXoRVhWPCLk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter" /> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn 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style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Human activities, a changing climate and natural disasters are rapidly altering the face of our planet. Now, with NASA’s Images of Change iPad application, users can get an interactive before-and-after view of these changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/news/earth-ipad-app-20131203.html#.Up-FdNJDt2C">http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/news/earth-ipad-app-20131203.html#.Up-FdNJDt2C</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">197 Educational YouTube Channels You Should Know About<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://teacherswithapps.com/197-educational-youtube-channels-know/">http://teacherswithapps.com/197-educational-youtube-channels-know/</a><u><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">150 Geography iPad Apps:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.pearltrees.com/#/N-fa=9079043&N-s=1_9086454&N-u=1_1479563&N-p=88174380&N-f=1_9086454&N-play=0">http://www.pearltrees.com/#/N-fa=9079043&N-s=1_9086454&N-u=1_1479563&N-p=88174380&N-f=1_9086454&N-play=0</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Zoom into Maps _-</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Very America centric but interesting and interactive<b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/maps/introduction.html">http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/presentations/maps/introduction.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Real Life (stranger than fiction ) great Minds on<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Arden Hayes<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Not much to say just check it out . <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://vimeo.com/79917188">http://vimeo.com/79917188</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Harrison Odjegba Okene survived 3 days in air bubble under water<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Nigerian cook rescued after 72 hours at bottom of Atlantic after his boat sank<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/harrison-odjegba-okene-survived-3-days-in-air-bubble-under-water-1.2449565">http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/harrison-odjegba-okene-survived-3-days-in-air-bubble-under-water-1.2449565</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Glowing Mushrooms Photographed in Quirk of Fate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Taylor Lockwood is a mushroom hunter and photographer who has presented his work at shows throughout the world for over twenty-five years and has archived his photographs on the site Mushroom.Pro. Lockwood contributed this article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.livescience.com/41660-glowing-mushrooms.html">http://www.livescience.com/41660-glowing-mushrooms.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Property for Sale <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Great discussion starter for “what is Where/, Why there? And Why Care’ Especially for the aspiring Curlers and Ron Burgundy in your classes</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://search.knightfrank.com/edn100158">http://search.knightfrank.com/edn100158</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Layers of the Earth<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This is a collage of video clips set to the song, "Layers of the Earth", by Rhythm, Rhyme and Results.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Just the facts but they are fun <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9j1xGaxYzY#t=35">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9j1xGaxYzY#t=35</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">All the facts needed to understand the disaster of Typhoon Haiyan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/PHIL.Haiyan.27Nov.v1.pdf"><b>http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/PHIL.Haiyan.27Nov.v1.pdf</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" o:spid="_x0000_s1029" type="#_x0000_t75" 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYwhQ9t9mnC5gdolbqM3DS41LaDxPfoByN83-SKp0XQmEieMhr8O5eQzFg1ghOg6Om7YuHMbrr4jCVIdSkbrd-Af2f-7TA6IyyuqFQenH9_yVSjDk9r8aAaUprbWb67FukFspmymJBKtL4/s320/image006-726641.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5953932459756117714" /></a><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Plastic not Fantastic – resource kit from Global Oceans <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">GLOBALOCEAN.org.uk<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">TIME Picks the Top 10 Photos of 2013<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Here is your world issue course in 10 photos. I challenge someone to make a story map or spatial journal from this info <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://lightbox.time.com/2013/12/02/time-picks-the-top-10-photos-of-2013/#1">http://lightbox.time.com/2013/12/02/time-picks-the-top-10-photos-of-2013/#1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks to Juli Mori and others Great NPR video on the cost of Making a tee shirt Very well done for both Grade 8 and senior classes<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">PLANET MONEY MAKES A T-SHIRT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The world behind a simple shirt, in five chapters.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://apps.npr.org/tshirt/#/title">http://apps.npr.org/tshirt/#/title</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Putting Distance , and Location into perspective<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://dougpete.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/put-into-perspective/">http://dougpete.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/put-into-perspective/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://overlapmaps.com/">http://overlapmaps.com/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The map projections you use in your classroom affect your students perceptions<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The True size of Africa<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/407175595865292800/photo/1/large">https://twitter.com/JohnRentoul/status/407175595865292800/photo/1/large</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hans Rosling: How much do you know about the world?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The world may have many problems, from climate change to armed conflict, natural disasters, poverty and the oppression of women and minorities - but where does population growth fit into this catalogue of woes?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Take a version of the test in this quiz, compare your results with the British respondents', then read Hans Rosling's five reasons the world is in better shape than we think.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24836917">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24836917</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Story image" style='position:absolute;margin-left:387.75pt;margin-top:17pt;width:184.15pt;height:204pt;z-index:-251655168;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:9pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:absolute;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:text;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page'> <v:imagedata src="cid:image007.jpg@01CEF1A1.F1227900" o:title="Story image" /> <w:wrap type="tight"/> 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style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYquawPkdR4CMNkRWId6cGg9KWP1l4Q-CWmUfmyGFaQqLn8RDeSihWTtdgMBHu33IEYU-dDd12xZxv8V6J9c9zyQlNPEa60OUOB_ZBZsTP1sTsOL5TjfTzdxxqwHt5zHm7wNVdlPU9lEBg/s1600/image010-731529.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYquawPkdR4CMNkRWId6cGg9KWP1l4Q-CWmUfmyGFaQqLn8RDeSihWTtdgMBHu33IEYU-dDd12xZxv8V6J9c9zyQlNPEa60OUOB_ZBZsTP1sTsOL5TjfTzdxxqwHt5zHm7wNVdlPU9lEBg/s320/image010-731529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5953932479588770962" /></a></span><b><span 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style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Questioning approaches<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Embedded image permalink" 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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A Questioning Toolkit<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.fno.org/nov97/toolkit.html">http://www.fno.org/nov97/toolkit.html</a><u><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" 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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span 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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">And then resource catalogues & compendiums <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">All Geog Tweets( David Drake )<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Since 2010, I have been cataloguing all my #geography related tweets and Facebook posts, posted via two of my twiter accounts: @_DavidDrake and @AbbGeography and Facebook page, so they can be referred back to easily in the future when planning lessons, creating revision materials etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">You can view my All my Geography tweets and fb catalogue 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style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">10 quirky things you might not know about City Hall<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/12/10_quirky_things_you_might_not_know_about_city_hall/"><b>http://www.blogto.com/city/2013/12/10_quirky_things_you_might_not_know_about_city_hall/</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Rob Ford squeeze toy worthy of our frustrating mayor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.blogto.com/arts/2013/12/rob_ford_squeeze_toy_worthy_of_our_frustrating_mayor/"><b>http://www.blogto.com/arts/2013/12/rob_ford_squeeze_toy_worthy_of_our_frustrating_mayor/</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Happy Holidays <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span 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style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-3497406767047420272013-11-11T12:10:00.001-05:002013-11-11T12:10:56.922-05:00Resources & sources for Typhoon Haiyan ( Yolanda) <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfdNHkfkIZxbktXvHOaYbad5ffWgz0RgXiFh83PVOVgl64VnBoyYYS6OHim7ufr4yT9h3Ypb2IX3ZUaGRBNGqDWEVULWAP7LP0mnn1URwmBpzREsJd0uZedmObIp3nDHQpjF9gNcwvJSQ/s1600/image001-756923.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOfdNHkfkIZxbktXvHOaYbad5ffWgz0RgXiFh83PVOVgl64VnBoyYYS6OHim7ufr4yT9h3Ypb2IX3ZUaGRBNGqDWEVULWAP7LP0mnn1URwmBpzREsJd0uZedmObIp3nDHQpjF9gNcwvJSQ/s320/image001-756923.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5945050170887728434" /></a> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdT8IOk3pV9BpOkLVZs8O8uZmhSJdHfffln71tNPTal4ZZIbYhl0kyOU2eOFBVwBECii9ZQV4jxZp36Qf1WFdtYlZaVny-oZP0PrsJElqVbCP2Dfe88e6ewNGQ46GXtQcxucLwAuBerql/s1600/image002-758675.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDdT8IOk3pV9BpOkLVZs8O8uZmhSJdHfffln71tNPTal4ZZIbYhl0kyOU2eOFBVwBECii9ZQV4jxZp36Qf1WFdtYlZaVny-oZP0PrsJElqVbCP2Dfe88e6ewNGQ46GXtQcxucLwAuBerql/s320/image002-758675.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5945050178184176002" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Typhoon Haiyan Resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 4.0pt 1.0pt 4.0pt;background:#D9D9D9"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:115%;background:#D9D9D9;border:none;padding:0in"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A great example to emphasise the specifics of Geographic Inquiry?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:115%;background:#D9D9D9;border:none;padding:0in"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">When looking at a typhoon and specifically Haiyan (Yolanda) we should be able to identify and describe:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:115%;background:#D9D9D9;border:none;padding:0in"> <b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“What is Where?”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:115%;background:#D9D9D9;border:none;padding:0in"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Discuss and Analyse:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:115%;background:#D9D9D9;border:none;padding:0in"> <b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“Why There?”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:115%;background:#D9D9D9;border:none;padding:0in"> <span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Apply and act upon<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;line-height:115%;background:#D9D9D9;border:none;padding:0in"> <b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">“Why Care”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">(please review to make sure they are age and grade appropriate)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Also check out vast amount of Material on Twitter #Haiyan<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPcS_dB2qs2wutBvl95rZxvJYE0_oUHN5Rrnvhmm9z_YbZgsDTM5qiMzXbc59h_wejFIoFUllJmLM2IP0XE7kDVAYhjaJcFV3wtmkuNmQSC4qb-JKln5hEt1RZUWQP0B-eYfHcf1Jzs4T/s1600/image013-761123.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMPcS_dB2qs2wutBvl95rZxvJYE0_oUHN5Rrnvhmm9z_YbZgsDTM5qiMzXbc59h_wejFIoFUllJmLM2IP0XE7kDVAYhjaJcFV3wtmkuNmQSC4qb-JKln5hEt1RZUWQP0B-eYfHcf1Jzs4T/s320/image013-761123.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5945050187156114994" /></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Typhoon Haiyan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Typhoon Haiyan (Wikipedia), also known as Typhoon Yolanda, is a tropical cyclone that devastated the Philippines. It first made landfall at Guiuan, Eastern Samar on the morning of November 8, 2013, and then proceeded to Tacloban City (map), where a storm surge laid waste to much of the area. The typhoon then caused destruction in northern Cebu, Panay island, and northern Palawan before exiting the country towards Vietnam.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Data , maps & shape files to create your own analysis and inquiry<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan"><span lang="EN-US">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Typhoon_Haiyan</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Other sources and Resources <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The head of the Red Cross in the Philippines has described the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan as "absolute bedlam".<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Good report and video<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24894529"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24894529</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Satellites trace sea level change<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Scientists have reviewed almost two decades of satellite data to build a new map showing the trend in sea levels. Globally, the oceans are rising, but there have been major regional differences over the period.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Philippine sea is the rising the fastest<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19702450"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-1970245<i>0</i></span></a></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In pictures: Rescuers race to reach victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3dg8"><b><span lang="EN-US">http://tiny.tw/3dg8</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Here's an #infographic on what you need to know about the impact of Typhoon #Haiyan on the Philippines pic.twitter.com/tWYNn1iR60<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk7IF7Crcfg84vtW__RiBOwooquibat5ZidEy56q-6R1dCV10sS5gj2rz0JXLQ0CcatWl7nTkyUb3DoRE_DAe281PJGvclBc_elhicorcMSEG0sr41usAPwYUq9GWacxa8sfk6iwLuYyJ/s1600/image014-763093.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrk7IF7Crcfg84vtW__RiBOwooquibat5ZidEy56q-6R1dCV10sS5gj2rz0JXLQ0CcatWl7nTkyUb3DoRE_DAe281PJGvclBc_elhicorcMSEG0sr41usAPwYUq9GWacxa8sfk6iwLuYyJ/s320/image014-763093.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5945050195196450498" /></a></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Typhoon Haiyan In Pictures<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The true devastation of Typhoon Haiyan has been revealed in a truly shocking series of photographs.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Global news agencies have been on the scene to capture the shocking images which are been shown around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">So far, up to 10,000 people are feared dead in the storm which has caused wide-spread destruction throughout the Philippines.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/11/typhoon-haiyan-in-picture_n_4253585.html"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/11/typhoon-haiyan-in-picture_n_4253585.html</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Philippines prepared for Typhoon Haiyan, but evacuation sites couldn’t withstand storm surges<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hours before Typhoon Haiyan hit, Philippine authorities moved 800,000 people to sturdy evacuation centers —<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3dgc"><span lang="EN-US">http://tiny.tw/3dgc</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Oxfam appeal: super typhoon Haiyan in Philippines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhj1wx0Hah8"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhj1wx0Hah8</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Typhoon prompts 'fast' by Philippines climate delegate<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The head of the Philippines delegation at UN climate talks in Poland has said he will stop eating until participants make "meaningful" progress.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24899647"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24899647</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Typhoon Haiyan: Philippines urges action to resolve climate talks deadlock<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Philippines government has firmly connected the super typhoon Haiyan with climate change, and urged governments meeting in Poland on Monday to take emergency action to resolve the deadlocked climate talks.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/11/typhoon-haiyan-philippines-climate-talks?CMP=twt_gu"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/nov/11/typhoon-haiyan-philippines-climate-talks?CMP=twt_gu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Videos show Typhoon Haiyan’s charge across Philippines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Typhoon Haiyan, or Yolanda as it is known locally, made its first landfall early Friday morning on Samar island in the central Philippines before charging westward across a number of other islands. Authorities estimate the death toll from the storm could reach 10,000 people<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/typhoon-haiyan/"><b><span lang="EN-US">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/typhoon-haiyan/</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Super Typhoon Haiyan: The Most Powerful Cyclone in History?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The eye of Super Typhoon Haiyan is a thing of terrible perfection: a gyre of furious thunderstorms anchoring one of the most powerful cyclones to ever menace the Pacific. One American meteorologist thinks it might be the most powerful in recorded history to hit land, although problems with measuring winds makes that unknown for now.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/11/stare-super-typhoon-haiyans-terrifying-eye/7524/"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/11/stare-super-typhoon-haiyans-terrifying-eye/7524/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Which Is It? Hurricane, Typhoon Or Tropical Cyclone?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">What's the difference between a hurricane, a typhoon and a cyclone? Nothing more than location<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/11/08/243980516/which-is-it-hurricane-typhoon-or-tropical-cyclone"><b><span lang="EN-US">http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/11/08/243980516/which-is-it-hurricane-typhoon-or-tropical-cyclone</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Monster Typhoon in the Philippines - it's not just our disaster – <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.candygourlay.com/2013/11/monster-typhoon-in-philippines-its-not.html"><b><span lang="EN-US">http://www.candygourlay.com/2013/11/monster-typhoon-in-philippines-its-not.html</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Here's how Filipinos abroad can help<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">#YolandaPH #Haiyan victims. #ReliefPH pic.twitter.com/YRJjH93TXw<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwuhexkez9MEbPCEegGVKD3YEYvrGRrvU5s1DU0OdkY1yfpCV1wGsD9j8kW6nreJrqx28MxTOmV1BTuAX0871rg7dP9K4DS7NI89wXoe9A1NEGRG46qyAaUUxhy_tIgoggrQ7bjNENJdv/s1600/image015-765243.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwuhexkez9MEbPCEegGVKD3YEYvrGRrvU5s1DU0OdkY1yfpCV1wGsD9j8kW6nreJrqx28MxTOmV1BTuAX0871rg7dP9K4DS7NI89wXoe9A1NEGRG46qyAaUUxhy_tIgoggrQ7bjNENJdv/s320/image015-765243.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5945050203962121522" /></a></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Once-Thriving City Is Reduced to Ruin in Philippines<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/12/world/asia/philippines-storm-surge-leaves-scenes-of-devastation.html?_r=0"><b><span lang="EN-US">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/12/world/asia/philippines-storm-surge-leaves-scenes-of-devastation.html?_r=0</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Weakened Typhoon Lands in Northeastern Vietnam<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2013/11/11/weakened-typhoon-lands-in-northeastern-vietnam/?mod=e2tw"><b><span lang="EN-US">http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2013/11/11/weakened-typhoon-lands-in-northeastern-vietnam/?mod=e2tw</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Useful @UNOCHA map show #Haiyan landfall and path taken so far:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8eRsfxw6iNYoRFIl1Hd4R3TNGt-hww5hKPumbMUhsjhGFN0i245uZK8o8nyxV0gBtrcLkWVmDreKT_A9pmmLYlFGNLA9Wr4yPLbFUemPmhcupaaeG1LbrPpAzpN7wbwfv9zO9-CUmnki/s1600/image016-767026.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS8eRsfxw6iNYoRFIl1Hd4R3TNGt-hww5hKPumbMUhsjhGFN0i245uZK8o8nyxV0gBtrcLkWVmDreKT_A9pmmLYlFGNLA9Wr4yPLbFUemPmhcupaaeG1LbrPpAzpN7wbwfv9zO9-CUmnki/s320/image016-767026.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5945050211475774562" /></a></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Storm-chaser says Yolanda was 'off the scale'<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">For professional storm-chaser James Reynolds, whose day job involves capturing typhoons, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions at heart-stoppingly close range, intense danger goes with the territory.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/334948/scitech/science/storm-chaser-says-yolanda-was-off-the-scale"><span lang="EN-US">http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/334948/scitech/science/storm-chaser-says-yolanda-was-off-the-scale</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Canada launches matching fund to help those impacted by Typhoon Haiyan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.international.gc.ca/media/dev/news-communiques/2013/11/10a.aspx?lang=eng"><b><span lang="EN-US">http://www.international.gc.ca/media/dev/news-communiques/2013/11/10a.aspx?lang=eng</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Best Resources For Learning About Typhoon Haiyan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Blogster who is collecting great educational info <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/11/08/the-best-resources-for-learning-about-typhoon-haiyan/#.UoDgpDcVjxM.twitter"><span lang="EN-US">http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/11/08/the-best-resources-for-learning-about-typhoon-haiyan/#.UoDgpDcVjxM.twitter</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Typhoon Haiyan Devastation: New Storm On Way<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://news.sky.com/story/1166758/typhoon-haiyan-devastation-new-storm-on-way"><b><span lang="EN-US">http://news.sky.com/story/1166758/typhoon-haiyan-devastation-new-storm-on-way</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Canadian charity works to help Typhoon Haiyan victims<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, a Canadian charity is rushing to help provide clean drinking water for those affected by the devastating storm.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/957574/canadian-charity-works-to-help-typhoon-haiyan-victims/"><b><span lang="EN-US">http://globalnews.ca/news/957574/canadian-charity-works-to-help-typhoon-haiyan-victims/</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">How do hurricanes form?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hurricanes are the most awesome, violent storms on Earth. People call these storms by other names, such as typhoons or cyclones, depending on where they occur. The scientific term for all these storms is tropical cyclone. Only tropical cyclones that form over the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific Ocean are called "hurricanes."Whatever they are called, tropical cyclones all form the same way<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/hurricanes/en/"><b><span lang="EN-US">http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/hurricanes/en/</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">9 Ways to Help Victims of Typhoon Haiyan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the Philippines on Friday, causing a 20-foot rise in sea waters and packing winds of up to 147 miles per hour. Authorities are calling it one the country's worst natural disasters on record.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://mashable.com/2013/11/10/help-victims-typhoon-haiyan/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-socmed-link"><span lang="EN-US">http://mashable.com/2013/11/10/help-victims-typhoon-haiyan/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-socmed-link</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Storm Trackers Plot Super Typhoon Haiyan's Next Steps<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Super Typhoon Haiyan roared through the Philippines with sustained winds up to 195 miles per hour, making it a candidate for the strongest storm ever observed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://mashable.com/2013/11/08/typhoon-haiyan-tracker/"><span lang="EN-US">http://mashable.com/2013/11/08/typhoon-haiyan-tracker/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Typhoon Haiyan. November 9. From the ISS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyTa0hiQey0pN2KBf8ZXZM0q4vZ_B5QrqLT4OEtO3HCCtW8CjygF71UMdTn1IPws6SUWN9dCHEgPz4blbG8G3kgkzSkA-RR1CO1FpRvNjIFe-LAWIEKdGs9sJmfLgsbQl1bmkjTaETk0H/s1600/image017-769248.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinyTa0hiQey0pN2KBf8ZXZM0q4vZ_B5QrqLT4OEtO3HCCtW8CjygF71UMdTn1IPws6SUWN9dCHEgPz4blbG8G3kgkzSkA-RR1CO1FpRvNjIFe-LAWIEKdGs9sJmfLgsbQl1bmkjTaETk0H/s320/image017-769248.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5945050220267477538" /></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mapping Disasters Like Typhoon Haiyan for First Responders<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">What may well be the largest and most powerful storm ever recorded — Typhoon Haiyan — is currently hitting the Philippines. But when disaster strikes, the internet can spring into action.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/11/mapping-typhoon-haiyan-response/"><b><span lang="EN-US">http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/11/mapping-typhoon-haiyan-response/</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Tracking Haiyan: NASA images from space capture scope of the storm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Read more: </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/tracking-haiyan-nasa-images-from-space-capture-scope-of-the-storm-1.1535598#ixzz2kMBDxZtq"><b><span lang="EN-US">http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/tracking-haiyan-nasa-images-from-space-capture-scope-of-the-storm-1.1535598#ixzz2kMBDxZtq</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Geography and Geotechnologies Instructional Leader<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Social World Studies and Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto District School Board<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">1 Civic Centre Court <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto , On ,M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Tel; (416) 394-7269<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Cell; (416) 576-4515<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Fax; (416) 394-6420<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63">http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/">http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">twitter @geogmark<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Blackadder ITC""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-73803548776215964212013-10-31T11:25:00.000-04:002013-10-31T11:26:32.983-04:00ArcGIS online training<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBP95qgbfWNRuOtvVJ76uzuyuIymT2ramr746CDqzzLWaWtgXrqEZ47VedPrrVDZjJKbP_pzZ3LYTQLa-s-1SGbUomEH4J7ik63_MEkcPqXEVgtie6ckYs3iv-YcsAV_A5wuYAhdK3aQ8y/s1600/image001-792983.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBP95qgbfWNRuOtvVJ76uzuyuIymT2ramr746CDqzzLWaWtgXrqEZ47VedPrrVDZjJKbP_pzZ3LYTQLa-s-1SGbUomEH4J7ik63_MEkcPqXEVgtie6ckYs3iv-YcsAV_A5wuYAhdK3aQ8y/s320/image001-792983.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5940941329540974018" /></a> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCh83uj7JnVGlReZ1MeqhxBYM0dj_5bpGXV5SzTA2iGGmZqY0teN6xBVGk7guFr9tJH6xeTwTPvJGj11dLZjvuSQdT6HoI6fkNE4d783WET5OGaRGGh_7Zx6gh7_Ntwu3zz_P99uZyjXE/s1600/image002-795884.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCh83uj7JnVGlReZ1MeqhxBYM0dj_5bpGXV5SzTA2iGGmZqY0teN6xBVGk7guFr9tJH6xeTwTPvJGj11dLZjvuSQdT6HoI6fkNE4d783WET5OGaRGGh_7Zx6gh7_Ntwu3zz_P99uZyjXE/s320/image002-795884.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5940941341087850482" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Professional E-Learning Opportunity (Provincial)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">ARCGIS online <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Learn how to use online mapping software to support your social studies or geography programs (recommended grades 6-12).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Our next Web seminar, <b>Using ArcGIS Online in Your Classroom</b>, will be hosted on Wednesday, November 6, 2013 from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time. For an overview of the Web seminar and to register, click here.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.esri.ca/en/content/arcgis-online-1">http://www.esri.ca/en/content/arcgis-online-1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Have you created <b>GIS teaching resources</b>? Send them to the listserv to share with the K-12 community or suggest resources you would like to see created.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">(All Ontario publicly funded schools have access to private accounts for their classes)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">How to set up your Account <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Setting up Ontario subscription student accounts through the ArcGIS: <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vM1YIoto-J2fTRulBacqHl-ykwiUr457DeogbiWeueQ/edit#IYf"> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vM1YIoto-J2fTRulBacqHl-ykwiUr457DeogbiWeueQ/edit#IYf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Geography and Geotechnologies Instructional Leader<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Social World Studies and Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto District School Board<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">1 Civic Centre Court <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto , On ,M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Tel; (416) 394-7269<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Cell; (416) 576-4515<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Fax; (416) 394-6420<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63">http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/">http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">twitter @geogmark<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Blackadder ITC""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-82778783172179406232013-10-28T15:41:00.000-04:002013-10-28T15:42:44.517-04:00November Missive<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiV2VFy-RlVmusafped6LB60uZz8R0VQVubq-6AQjOJNuh2hOsmG5IzYeYyDheVClhG2hvyAxEkgfnOd9dT9QXxDHy57r_kmGEtFSE-H80Iz013rrNxNb1QV6m11WkXi0EwArNKDrhisph/s1600/image001-764518.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiV2VFy-RlVmusafped6LB60uZz8R0VQVubq-6AQjOJNuh2hOsmG5IzYeYyDheVClhG2hvyAxEkgfnOd9dT9QXxDHy57r_kmGEtFSE-H80Iz013rrNxNb1QV6m11WkXi0EwArNKDrhisph/s320/image001-764518.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5939894094645724434" /></a> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhap0_J4WX8hxCltS1fm8FbfB7SEgyQAwcZV9wKpkvI792Upy8ao7dkHg37xUWMal2GCC1AKOYqKIyVPdUZ-XUk6t8o2W5mAYhCdQcbIOxBJwr2_RGvuXdKZWcXwpn2JzqYbODuEC1YIRO8/s1600/image002-766951.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhap0_J4WX8hxCltS1fm8FbfB7SEgyQAwcZV9wKpkvI792Upy8ao7dkHg37xUWMal2GCC1AKOYqKIyVPdUZ-XUk6t8o2W5mAYhCdQcbIOxBJwr2_RGvuXdKZWcXwpn2JzqYbODuEC1YIRO8/s320/image002-766951.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5939894102790096402" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Good Day Geographers!!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I feel I have been falling down on my distillation of geographic information, and teaching strategies. However the revised curriculum and the associated rollout is and will continue to be all encompassing. However, embracing the changed curriculum seems to be a very positive experience for the majority of teachers both at the elementary level and also in Grade 9 . We are still waiting on the 11 & 12, however we will probably not see it until into the spring. With respect to implementation the stance of TDSB and a number of other boards is that elementary implementation is an expectation this year and in grade 9 this year you should be trying some aspects of the new curriculum. Consider it as a time to try and experiment, especially when it comes to inquiry and concepts of Geographic thinking. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In order to support these I have put together a number of current resources that have come from various Twitter feeds and other sources. I would like to thank all of those educators that have sent in various suggestions for resources and other teaching strategies to help in the implementation of the revised Ontario Geography curricula .<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Remember the best source of Geography PD is happening this weekend in Waterloo. <b>The OAGEE annual conference “GEO 2.0”</b> Please come and join us. <a href="http://oagee.org/"> http://oagee.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Here are a few minds on, strategies and resources<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Interactive: The price of passage<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Almost 35,000 people have reached the shores of Italy and Malta in 2013 and two-thirds have filed for asylum. <i>Neat interactive resource for migration and refugee units</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3cU4">http://tiny.tw/3cU4</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Pipeline map: Have there been any incidents near you?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">From small to large-scale spills to fires, explosions and worker deaths. Great topical resource from the CBC.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/pipeline-incidents/">http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/pipeline-incidents/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">What Do We Know -- And Not Know -- About Fracking?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Fracking is in the headlines a lot these days, and everyone has an opinion about it. But how much do we really know for certain about the oil and gas extraction technique and its health effects? And how do we find out the truth among all the shouted opinions? To help cut through the static, several scientists have put together a multidisciplinary session on fracking and health at the meeting of The Geological Society of America (GSA) in Denver on Sunday<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131027185202.htm#.Um3A3m3x690.twitter">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131027185202.htm#.Um3A3m3x690.twitter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Why Should I Care About Geography?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Nice little video to show a parents night or for a minds on<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl8OOIxKYk8&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl8OOIxKYk8&feature=youtu.be</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">There’s a quiet revolution taking place in Indian manufacturing<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Interesting take on India’s manufacturing.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3cUa">http://tiny.tw/3cUa</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Great Circle Mapper<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Great Circle Mapper allows travelers to visualize a flight path on a Google Map and calculate the great circle distance in nautical miles and kilometers.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Users can select two or more airports anywhere in the world and view the great circle flight path between the selected airports. You can then view the estimated flight time by choosing an aircraft type or entering the cruising speed.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Great Circle Mapper includes an API that allows developers to return air route calculations and a range of information about individual airports around the world<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.ca/2013/10/the-great-circle-mapper.html?spref=tw">http://googlemapsmania.blogspot.ca/2013/10/the-great-circle-mapper.html?spref=tw</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">With more smokers than the population of the US, China tries to cut down<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">China has one of the world’s highest rates of smoking, with about 320 million people—a fourth of the world’s population of smokers, and more than the US population—lighting up daily. But officials may be getting more serious about helping the country kick its nicotine habit. Increasing concerns over public health and a change in leadership could go a long way in overturning the deeply entrenched role cigarettes play in Chinese business and politics, according to a recent analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3cUb">http://tiny.tw/3cUb</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">No, Bike Lanes Don't Hurt Retail Business<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">City retailers tend to overestimate the importance of parking to their business. They fail to see the many downsides of free parking (congestion and low shopper turnover, among them). They believe more people arrive at the store by car than actually do. They may not even realize that while driving customers spend more per visit, non-drivers spend as much or more in the long term.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Great use of statistics and Graphs <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://m.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/09/no-bike-lanes-dont-hurt-retail-business/6833/">http://m.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2013/09/no-bike-lanes-dont-hurt-retail-business/6833/</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">How 5 Countries Could Become 14<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Slowly, the map of the Middle East could be redrawn. <i>Great participatory Problem Based learning exercise for world issues students<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/29/sunday-review/how-5-countries-could-become-14.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/09/29/sunday-review/how-5-countries-could-become-14.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">10 Team-Building Games That Promote Critical Thinking<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Students must be engaged and cooperation must be practiced, and often. The following team-building games can promote cooperation and communication, help establish a positive classroom environment and — most importantly — provide a fun, much-needed reprieve from routine<b><u>.<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/10-team-building-games-that-promote-critical-thinking/"><span style="text-decoration:none">http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/10-team-building-games-that-promote-critical-thinking/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Health of oceans 'declining fast'<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The health of the world’s oceans is deteriorating even faster than had previously been thought, a report says.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24369244">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24369244</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">China's geomatics industry output estimated at US$42bn<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The annual total output value of China's geomatics industry is estimated to reach 260 billion yuan (US$42 billion) by the end of the year, up 30% from last year, a government statement said on Wednesday.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The geomatics industry has expanded rapidly in the past several years in China, marked by great technological advances and service expansion, according to the Ministry of Land and Resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Citing officials with the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation, the ministry statement said China's geomatics industry involves more than 23,000 organizations and 400,000 employees.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The statement forecast the sector to grow at an average rate of 20% for the next couple of years, with total annual output likely to reach 500 billion yuan (US$81.7 billion) by 2015 and 1 trillion yuan (US$163.3 billion) by 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130919000107&cid=1102">http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20130919000107&cid=1102</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Parkdale schools mourn deported Roma students<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Interesting take on Immigration and refugee policies<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/education/2013/10/06/parkdale_schools_mourn_deported_roma_students.html">http://www.thestar.com/yourtoronto/education/2013/10/06/parkdale_schools_mourn_deported_roma_students.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">World Bank Says Sub-Saharan African Tourism Key for Jobs<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Sub-Saharan Africa has the world’s fastest-growing tourism industry as the continent attracts hotel investments to cater for foreign visitors and African travelers with rising incomes, according to the World Bank. <i>Interesting take on tourism and economics</i><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3cUc">http://tiny.tw/3cUc</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Venice's Gradual Sinking Charted by Satellites<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A new study using modern satellite data has shown the amount that Venice is sinking with an unprecedented level of resolution, allowing scientists to tease apart the influence of natural causes of the sinking, due to compaction of the sediments on which the city is built, versus man-made ones, such as building restoration. <i>Great Use and application of Satellite photography<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3cUd">http://tiny.tw/3cUd</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Data shows ‘lots’ of people live in New Zealand after census workers get sick of counting<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Census data released by Statistics New Zealand today has shown that the country’s population has increased by an uncertain amount to “lots”, but says it will not be issuing an exact figure, as its employees got bored counting. <i>There can be humour in data<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.thecivilian.co.nz/data-shows-lots-of-people-live-in-new-zealand-after-census-workers-get-sick-of-counting/">http://www.thecivilian.co.nz/data-shows-lots-of-people-live-in-new-zealand-after-census-workers-get-sick-of-counting/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Parag Khanna: Mapping the future of countries<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Interesting TED talk—Check out the comments section –with leadership will drive interesting World Issues class<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/parag_khanna_maps_the_future_of_countries.html">http://www.ted.com/talks/parag_khanna_maps_the_future_of_countries.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A World Without Water<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This is in other places but well done albeit long – good to be chunked and discussed<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egtKx24dat8&feature=youtube_gdata_player">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egtKx24dat8&feature=youtube_gdata_player</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Why girls are more at risk during natural disasters<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">A Plan International report analyzes discrimination against girls in times of flood, hurricane, earthquake and drought — their vulnerability to rape, prostitution and child marriage.Why girls are more at risk during natural disasters<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://vanweringh.sharedby.co/dtHPWe"><span style="text-decoration:none">http://vanweringh.sharedby.co/dtHPWe</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Typhoon, Hurricane, Cyclone: What's the Difference?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://tiny.tw/3cUe"><span style="text-decoration:none">http://tiny.tw/3cUe</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Top 15 Hottest Careers for College Grads<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">How many use Spatial technologies?<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://networkedblogs.com/Qhw6F">http://networkedblogs.com/Qhw6F</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Every Country In The World Is Really Good At Something (INFOGRAPHIC)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Which country in the world has the most deaths by lawnmower? The longest marriages? The most shark attacks?—<i>fun annotated Map</i><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/21/map-of-the-world_n_4136888.html?ncid=wsc-ukhf-news-image">http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/21/map-of-the-world_n_4136888.html?ncid=wsc-ukhf-news-image</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:29.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Central Park as you've never seen it before<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:29.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">This incredible interactive panorama that lets you fly through Manhattan from your sofa<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Unique image was created from panoramic pictures of New York electronically stitched together<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Sergey Semenov, the Russian amateur photographer who created it, this week won a major photography prize for the incredible image<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Image is just one of several incredible panoramic images to triumph at the Pano Awards for panoramic photography<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2260276/New-York-youve-seen-Incredible-interactive-panorama-lets-zoom.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2260276/New-York-youve-seen-Incredible-interactive-panorama-lets-zoom.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">HOW CAN GEOGRAPHY LITERACY BE SO BAD AT THE AGE OF GOOGLE EARTH?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">National Geographic calls Geography Literacy: “the ability to use geographic understanding and geographic reasoning to make far-reaching decisions”.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Many of the familiar arguments but it just helps to re-enforce it<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://pickmeuptonic.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/how-can-geography-literacy-be-still-so-bad-at-the-age-of-google-earth/">http://pickmeuptonic.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/how-can-geography-literacy-be-still-so-bad-at-the-age-of-google-earth/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Take enviro lessons from First Nations, Suzuki says<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Obsession with economic development will lead to a “dead end” for the planet, and First Nations people can help educate others about sustainability, environmentalist David Suzuki told a group of First Nations leaders.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Take+enviro+lessons+from+First+Nations+Suzuki+says/9074534/story.html">http://www.thestarphoenix.com/life/Take+enviro+lessons+from+First+Nations+Suzuki+says/9074534/story.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart (humour -I Guess?)<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blhumor13.htm?r=9F&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=alew">http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blhumor13.htm?r=9F&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=alew</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">What Can Google Do With Geography?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Google and geographers explain how geography combined to technology is beneficial to us. If you want to know more about geography and visualization technology - See more at: <a href="http://skytoearth.com/cartography/goolgle_geography/#sthash.Iys0Qpjs.dpuf"> http://skytoearth.com/cartography/goolgle_geography/#sthash.Iys0Qpjs.dpuf</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Read more GIS and mapping articles<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Daily Diets of Different Nations, Squeezed Into One Awesome Chart<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">What world cultures consume the most meat and eggs? Where are people more likely to munch on "starchy roots"?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The answers to these questions can all be found in this crazy visualization, which shows the daily diets of different cultures in a way that wouldn't look out of place in a modern-art museum. The impressive graphic was whipped up by Knoema, an open-data platform with physical headquarters in Washington, D.C., using information released in 2010 by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. Countries are ranked according to 2009 gross national income per capita, with First World powers like the United States and The Netherlands stacked near the top.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/10/visualizing-what-world-eats/7143/">http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2013/10/visualizing-what-world-eats/7143/</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The Importance of Spatial Thinking Now<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In its 375 years, Harvard has only ever eliminated one entire academic program. If you had to guess, what program do you think that was and when was it killed off?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The answer: Harvard eradicated its Geography Department in the 1940s, and many universities followed suit<i>.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Great article on the rational of geography and spatial skills from a very reputable source <o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/09/teaching-and-learning-visualiz/">http://blogs.hbr.org/2013/09/teaching-and-learning-visualiz/</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Maptia?<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Maptia is a beautiful way to tell stories about places. It is a new platform designed for thoughtful, inspiring stories that make us want to get out there and explore the world, and each story has its own unique map- <i> their words but it is an interesting Spatial Blog<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="https://medium.com/maptia-see-the-world/d3f170761d95">https://medium.com/maptia-see-the-world/d3f170761d95</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hamilton City set to release 34 sets of geographic data<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">But that's about to change. The city has identified 34 data sets it plans on releasing within weeks — including information that pinpoints locations of parks and parking lots, rivers and bikeways, hospitals and cemeteries. (See thespec.com for the complete list.)All of what's being released in this first round is GIS data (Geographic Information Systems), which is useful for mapping information, but more data is on its way, according to the city's Mike Kirkopoulos<b><u>.<o:p></o:p></u></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.thespec.com/news-story/4133196-city-set-to-release-34-sets-of-geographic-data/">http://www.thespec.com/news-story/4133196-city-set-to-release-34-sets-of-geographic-data/</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">8 of the World's Most Endangered Places<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Ranking the world's most endangered places isn't easy. Humans have encroached upon nearly every habitat on the planet, and climate change threatens places from coastlines to glaciers worldwide. <i>A great minds on for grade 7 and other classes<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:115%"> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.livescience.com/29569-8-of-the-worlds-most-endangered-places.html">http://www.livescience.com/29569-8-of-the-worlds-most-endangered-places.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Geography and Geotechnologies Instructional Leader<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Social World Studies and Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto District School Board<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">1 Civic Centre Court <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto , On ,M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Tel; (416) 394-7269<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Cell; (416) 576-4515<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Fax; (416) 394-6420<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63">http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/">http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">twitter @geogmark<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Blackadder ITC""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-3836361544901222842013-10-16T09:30:00.000-04:002013-10-16T09:32:34.947-04:00Spatial Technologies workshop for Teachers - this weekend<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21wyxMUQPS8FfyRooZ3GfuBO766N83x7-oi-kBKMEMUnf8cHfoHZnYYzy_9radPDsUYaN36xdGKLk48q2EU_g0tN_-hqAjXdOBUoVc1NWziEJy9JUpk-GK1YQtq3aFFTbQlCjGzFll618/s1600/image001-754948.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21wyxMUQPS8FfyRooZ3GfuBO766N83x7-oi-kBKMEMUnf8cHfoHZnYYzy_9radPDsUYaN36xdGKLk48q2EU_g0tN_-hqAjXdOBUoVc1NWziEJy9JUpk-GK1YQtq3aFFTbQlCjGzFll618/s320/image001-754948.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5935345682715455474" /></a> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoTVsULUFMmP8gVQcGPMbdbtdh98eRW4CRIU_jiQvuFjqyfbhLzR78PKGybWRQA3kgo6E2zmEqCH8nWKVAuufWVIG4IX9xo9YBytNjrUeDW9hyYOZCxNyZsKiNOWFbwqu3uzpBE3DnqKR/s1600/image002-757170.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBoTVsULUFMmP8gVQcGPMbdbtdh98eRW4CRIU_jiQvuFjqyfbhLzR78PKGybWRQA3kgo6E2zmEqCH8nWKVAuufWVIG4IX9xo9YBytNjrUeDW9hyYOZCxNyZsKiNOWFbwqu3uzpBE3DnqKR/s320/image002-757170.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5935345688721233298" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">An Exciting Opportunity: THIS WEEKEND<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">There are a few spaces available for this weekend’s “ Certification Training in Spatial Technologies (GIS/GPS) for teachers”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">This is an intensive training workshop for both Beginning and experienced teachers that would like to hone their classroom skills and strategies using an array of spatial skills and competencies. This program is normally just open to OISE pre-service teachers but this year there are a few space available to others. They will be available on a first come basis . <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Software used :<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Google Earth <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">ArcGIS<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:51.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"> <![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">ArcGIS online <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Methods & Strategies <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">How to teach with Spatial technologies <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Lab and classroom techniques<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Data collection and storage<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Lesson packs <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Assessment <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Focus on Inquiry and new Canadian & World Studies curricula ( useful for grade 6-12 teachers of geography and other subjects , science ,history & business )<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Cost ; <b>$125.00 for 15 plus house of certification training</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Location OISE<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Times Friday - October 18 – 6-9;30 <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> Saturday – October 19- 9-3;30<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> Sunday - October 20 10-3-30<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Please contact Mark Lowry with interest or questions . <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Registration will be taken on a first come first serve basis <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Cheers Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Geography and Geotechnologies Instructional Leader<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Social World Studies and Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto District School Board<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">1 Civic Centre Court <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto , On ,M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Tel; 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color: #000000; font-size: 16px"> <hr tabindex="-1"> <div id="divRpF686773" style="direction: ltr;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Lowry, Mark<br> <b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 23, 2013 5:05 PM<br> <b>To:</b> Akerman, Sonia; Al-Khatib, Rami; Alves, Jennifer; Andrachuk, Kevin; Andrews, Debbie; Andrews, Jeffrey; Anghelache, Vasilica; Anthony, Michael; Antolin, Linda; Aranha, Paul; Argyrou, Nektaria; Arsu, Bahar; Attardi, Franca; Bagnoli, Lisa; Bahl, Atul; 'Bailey, Brent'; Bain, Christine; Baiyewu, Dayo; Baker, Patricia; Baker, Whitney; Baksh, Darren; Baksi, Gregory; Banhan, Peter; Barker, Brad; Barker, Quincy; Baweja, Pino; Bayley, Joan; Beattie, Robin; Beckford, Beverley; Bediako-Amoah, Nana; Beebakhee, Ken; Beresford, Jessica; Bhandarkar, Safia; Bhopalsingh, Danielle; Blackwood, Bernice; Blake, Jillian; Blanchard, Catherine; Blattberg, Brian; Blesa-Novati, Erica; Bodor, Thomas; Bojarska, Malgorzata; Bourgeois, Olivia; Boyd, Jennifer; Boylan, Tasha; Branda, Jane; 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Singroy, Michelle; Sinnott, Lee; Sissakis, Nick; Skariah, Jasmine; Sliwinski, Vanessa; Smith, Kerstin; Sneyd, Sandra; Sohm, Jennifer; Sompaseuth, Bounkeut; Song, Lisa; Sparks, Jamie; Spiegel, Richard; Sriranganathan, Rajakumar; Stam, Oscar; Stark, Shannon; Stavrou, Lucas; Steele, Brenda; Stefanec, Elizabeth; Steger, Helmut; Stelling, Karen; Stephens, John; 'Stephenson, Penelope'; Stevenson, Byron; Stewart, Jennifer; Stirling, Val; Strike-Teal, Lynne; Sud, Samira; Sura, Geoffrey; swsh department; Szczepanik, Tedd; Taborek, Brian; Tait, Brendon; Takopoulos, George; Tang, Jessica; Tantsef, Jennifer; Tatsiopoulos, John; Tavares, Carlos; Taylor, Scott; Teodosio, Lisa; Tharmarajah, Risha; Theofilaktidis-Haros, Gina; Thorpe-Taylor, Verel; Tomlinson, Bethany; Tony Mendes; Toogood, Shirley; Topyurek, Elif; Tran, Mary; Tranah, Adrienne; Tsai, Ken; Tsang, Cindy; Tsanos, Dimitra; Tse, Simon; Tsoy, Doris; Tsukada, Anne; Tucci, Tim; Tutchener, Judy; Tychie, David; Tzafaridis, Tina; Ugalde, Gerry; Umholtz, Elan; Van Bemmel, Boudewyn; Vavougios, Nicholas; Venianakis, Kali; Vetsis, Evelyn; Viger, Marika; Voight, Peter; Vujacic, Steven; Vujacic, Sylvia; Wadden, Jane; Waldie, Brent; Walters, Jason; Watt, Edward; Weaver, Robert; Weber, Maria; Weingarten, Lisa; Weismiller, Rhiannon; Wells, Stephen; Whetter, Lisa; Whitfield, Kyle; Whitlock, Alexander; Wilcox, Brett; Wilkins, Lynn; Wilkinson, Michelle; Williams, Elizabeth; Willson, Melanie; Wilson, Cheryl; Wilson, Garey; Wintjes, Luke; Wong, Ling; Wong, Moira; Woodbine James, Tellece; Woodley, Michelle; Woodwal, Kanwaljit; Wray, Enid; Yasi, Nadia; Yeung, Shawna; Young, Stephen; Zboralski, Alex; Zelenka, Tibor; Zubrisky, Bernadette<br> <b>Subject:</b> First communication<br> </font><br> </div> <div></div> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-gIHPe5Nm9fIFRDS-3fTukujKAo0W0SNES4ssLU6RzW3kW1aqE_VY3-GbY2q3mCqCethYMDdX34kZe4UO-QQgA43HKE1o0OoyCLkgGEyGDYmwOmvYETxjU1_bQyDCmoKAcboWEGwlnoG/s1600/image001-760804.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD-gIHPe5Nm9fIFRDS-3fTukujKAo0W0SNES4ssLU6RzW3kW1aqE_VY3-GbY2q3mCqCethYMDdX34kZe4UO-QQgA43HKE1o0OoyCLkgGEyGDYmwOmvYETxjU1_bQyDCmoKAcboWEGwlnoG/s320/image001-760804.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5929424664938770050" /></a> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#993300"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaU_q4DXM8iX9fq6jtARJ5NK589Q0AskV9Qd8MUcL4HWrBNTXlehbbMlv8HTP3HIZW101OG0o_yvCtmZi43pPys-cw2wCBaJ-z3h9uRXVgG6Rpajw8eGOfDQxh0OikMKGZoC0OunYDJjHp/s1600/image002-768202.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaU_q4DXM8iX9fq6jtARJ5NK589Q0AskV9Qd8MUcL4HWrBNTXlehbbMlv8HTP3HIZW101OG0o_yvCtmZi43pPys-cw2wCBaJ-z3h9uRXVgG6Rpajw8eGOfDQxh0OikMKGZoC0OunYDJjHp/s320/image002-768202.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5929424694629307698" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Welcome Back Geographers:</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The first order of business is to pass this on to any Geography teachers in your departments or if you have changed schools please let me know so you can be on this blast. </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> I am sure for most of you if feels as if you have been back for a great deal of time even though it is still September. I have had a few e-mails wondering if they had missed any specific missives since the year has started. Don't worry as this is the first to be sent out. There have been and will continue to be many changes through this year so staying on top is a challenge for all.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">What is at the top of everyone's mind is the revised curriculum and what it means to us all?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Revised Social Studies, History, Geography 1-8 and the Revised Canadian and World Studies curricula</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">You will notice that I have not included the Revised Social Science and Humanities which is also out however information will be forth coming through Laura Featherstone the Instructional Leader in SWSH for the Humanities.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">SSHG 1-8</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> is now out and full implementation in TDSB is expected this year. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/sshg18curr2013.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/sshg18curr2013.pdf</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">It is important that all Geography teachers peruse this document as the main foci of Inquiry and concepts of Geographical thinking are consistent throughout. Also it must be stressed that the grade 7and 8 course are on World Geography and not Canadian. This is important as there is a misconception that students entering Grade 9 have a breadth of knowledge about Canada and the reality is there focus of Canadian regional and Political Geography is Grade 4. However Students from grade 1-to Grade 12 are expected to not just learn about Geography but to DO Geography. This is especially evident in the <b>Geographic thinking Concepts which are</b> (from 7-12):</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Spatial Significance</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">1- Identify where places are (located)? on the earth's surfaces based on natural and/or human characteristics (What Is Where?)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">2- Determine the unique characteristics of places (Why There?)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">3- Analyse the importance of the spatial distribution of people, plants, animals, resources and earth's physical processes (Why Care?)</span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="638" valign="top" style="width:6.65in; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Patterns and Trends</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">1- Identify characteristics that are similar and repeat within and between places or regions (What Is Where?)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">2. Determine if these characteristics repeat over time (What is Where?)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">3- Analyse why characteristics are similarities and/or repeat (Why There?)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">4. Determine the importance of why the characteristics are similar and/or repeat (Why Care?)</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="638" valign="top" style="width:6.65in; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Interrelationships</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">1. Identify where human and/or natural characteristics and processes interact or connect within and between each other (What Is Where?)<b></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">2. Determine how the connections interact to form a system (Why There?)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">3- Analyse the impact of an event, process or development on the natural characteristics, natural processes and human activities that occur through the system<b> </b>(Why Care?)</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="638" valign="top" style="width:6.65in; padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Geographic Perspective</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">1. Identify the<b> </b>environmental, economic, political and/or social context of a geographic issue, event, development or phenomena (What is Where?)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">2. Determine the potential stakeholders and their points of view that should be considered in the analysis of a geographic issue, event, development or phenomena (What is Where?)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">3. Analyse the multiple points of view of the geographic issue, event, development or phenomena considering applicable environmental, economic, political and/or social lenses (Why There? Why Care?)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">4. Create a response and/or plan of action for an issue, event development or phenomena, based on an analysis using the geographic lenses (environmental, economic, political and/or social) and multiple points of view (What is Where? Why there? Why Care?)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The other focus of all the new curricula is the Inquiry strand. Regardless of the grade you are teaching you will find similarities and consistencies throughout.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Grade 9 Academic and Applied (CGC1D and CGC1P) have just been released. </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/canworld.html" target="_blank">http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/canworld.html</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Though you are not mandated to fully implement it until fall 2014 it is strongly encouraged that you start to incorporate the inquiry and concepts of geographical thinking into your work for this year. I have attached the two documents for you to work through.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Another interesting wrinkle that will help to support and identify the importance of Geography in the curriculum is the new Spatial strand and continuum ( see pages 28 and 163 in the 9&10 doc and 24 & 192 in the 1-8 doc) To quote the ministry doc directly:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Spatial skills underpin spatial literacy, enabling students to develop and communicate a sense of place. Map, globe, and graphing skills help students visualize and make meaning of spatial data. These skills help students understand how data relating to three-dimensional spaces can be represented on two-dimensional surfaces. Although students learn spatial skills in social studies and geography, they apply them, in conjunction with the concepts of disciplinary thinking, in all three subjects in the social studies, history, and geography curriculum, and in Canadian and world studies as well. In addition, students may apply these skills in everyday contexts and in other subjects.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">SSHG revised curriculum 2013 page 24</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">In other words there is identification that Geography and spatial skills and tools are used in all CWS courses. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">We need to start thinking of Geography as not just a subject but as a skill set that is transferable to other courses and areas</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">In order to support teachers in the new curriculum the SWSH instructional leaders have been running workshops for 1-8 throughout the spring and also again in the fall. The ministry has not done the roll out for the 9& 10 but as soon as they do theirs we can then star with Board initiated ones. However because of the need we are running a Professional learning experience on Applied Geography that will focus on the revised curriculum and also identify other strategies as well. This will take place on October 21 and should be up on Key to Learn in the very near future.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The roll of Spatial Technologies in the revised curriculum:</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">In this revised curriculum Spatial Technologies is not an add on or optional activity. It is mentioned over 14 times including being recognized as one of the goals of Geography, through the achievement chart and finally identified in the spatial continuum as a specific are of all subjects under CWS. Students will start using various forms of spatial technologies in grade 4 and will continue to apply them throughout their educational careers. We will be focusing on three different Spatial and Visual technology platforms in TDSB and throughout the province. These are ArcGIS 10.1 which is ministry licensed and can be installed on home computers. Google Earth which should be installed on all TDSB computers (contact the help desk if not) and ArcGIS online which is a web based type of ArcGIS. Any of the new notebooks which are in a number of your schools have ArcGIS 10.1 and Google earth installed on them . If you do not have ArcGIS 10.1 on your computers in your school/lab please contact the help desk to be upgraded. ESRI has created a number of activities for 10.1 which can be obtained from their website. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">OAGEE and The Toronto District School Board are creating a number of resources to support the new curriculum from Grade 7-12.</span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">A "what is where, why there , & why Care poster that will demonstrate what the success criteria of the Geography Thinking Concepts will look like – to be distributed during and after the OAGEE conference</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Activities for grades 7,8, 7 9 to support the inquiry and the Thinking Concepts - – to be distributed during and after the OAGEE conference</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Spatial Skill Strand supports – 1-8 – </span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">It is important to become an OAGEE member as there will be many OAGEE supports over the next year- contact Ewan Geddes or Paul Hackl for more info – you can get department memberships</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">In order to support teachers in the board we will be running "<b>Using Geotechnologies (Geo-Visual and Geo-Analytical) in Geographic Inquiry, Geography Grade 7-12</b> "Professional learning opportunity which is a a 4-session module to train and support curriculum using geotechnologies to enhance the geographic inquiry process. Particular attention will be placed on teaching/learning strategies, classroom techniques, planning, and assessment as, for, and of learning. Register on Key to learn as of September 26<sup>th</sup>. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Other opportunities for and professional learning experiences:</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">OAGEE Conference</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvBKSV_h6TTea4w6HB3f76KTvicoxt_bdONg_7X6i0KHBi-ZRQovW23rKT9Dyb10Bq1MXAj9ATLF0VFacv8kk_Mh-iXZyrhEacCaCKStU4ymFibddar84UglJ7NFg_16AFbSdSACvJ0UQ/s1600/image003-770067.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidvBKSV_h6TTea4w6HB3f76KTvicoxt_bdONg_7X6i0KHBi-ZRQovW23rKT9Dyb10Bq1MXAj9ATLF0VFacv8kk_Mh-iXZyrhEacCaCKStU4ymFibddar84UglJ7NFg_16AFbSdSACvJ0UQ/s320/image003-770067.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5929424703417435330" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12-PU-756oaG6U9eKOFeGGflWPxLg6rziLczali0I-g6slrpf1PRdZpraNllNaf4QGz7XbW4hu8dJ76Hgvz3Tm0YsstVDH_vjsNi24t9gF4J95wuHjFp8xNcypItc-BtQKkiLvWcK0_2J/s1600/image004-771986.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh12-PU-756oaG6U9eKOFeGGflWPxLg6rziLczali0I-g6slrpf1PRdZpraNllNaf4QGz7XbW4hu8dJ76Hgvz3Tm0YsstVDH_vjsNi24t9gF4J95wuHjFp8xNcypItc-BtQKkiLvWcK0_2J/s320/image004-771986.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5929424714999413634" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Ontario Association of Geographic and Environmental Education</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">2013 Fall Conference<br> November 1 & 2 <br> Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Ontario </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">. This is a conference rich in workshops including … NEW curriculum for Geography in Ontario: Ministry of Education Workshops, Physical Geography: Extreme weather! Geology! Arctic Environments & Sustainability Development. Please go to </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://oagee.org/conferences" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US">http://oagee.org/conferences</span></a></span><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">GIS in Education Conference 2013 (Free to Educators location Hart house U.of T.)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKxE7v6_pqjdqS2vHMIXITfey1NVGwgCgDBZiOxIVZvUsDPd8NoEmGeUr7LMt1nvv0K60I-H4f9BsNSWzrvyGZgF-TkokNcA9voV-V3uUn_h6grgcMurQL5CDKuLRfeWBzoRppM9uJFNX/s1600/image005-773624.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaKxE7v6_pqjdqS2vHMIXITfey1NVGwgCgDBZiOxIVZvUsDPd8NoEmGeUr7LMt1nvv0K60I-H4f9BsNSWzrvyGZgF-TkokNcA9voV-V3uUn_h6grgcMurQL5CDKuLRfeWBzoRppM9uJFNX/s320/image005-773624.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5929424719690671298" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">In the spirit of fostering collaboration within the Canadian GIS education and research community, Esri Canada, in partnership with the University of Toronto, invites you to attend a one day conference hosted at the University of Toronto. The day will consist of a plenary address; paper sessions focused on GIS in research, GIS in higher education instruction, and GIS use at the K-12 level; a series of lightning talks, technical workshops and a roundtable discussion. The day will also feature a display of posters submitted by students, including submissions for this year's Young Esri Canada Scholar award.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">- See more at: <a href="http://www.esri.ca/en/content/gis-education-conference-2013-toronto#sthash.k9v8wcEh.dpuf" target="_blank"> http://www.esri.ca/en/content/gis-education-conference-2013-toronto#sthash.k9v8wcEh.dpuf</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Some resources to get us started and invigorated</span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">If you're a visual learner like myself, then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to do just that.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Hopefully some of these maps will surprise you and you'll learn something new. A few are important to know, some interpret and display data in a beautiful or creative way, and a few may even make you chuckle or shake your head.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">If you enjoy this collection of maps, the Sifter highly recommends the <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/" target="_blank">r/MapPorn</a> sub reddit. You should also check out<a href="http://chartsbin.com/" target="_blank">ChartsBin.com</a>. There were also fantastic posts on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/maps-that-explain-the-world-2013-2?op=1" target="_blank">Business Insider</a> and <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/fun-maps-they-didnt-teach-you-in-school/" target="_blank">Bored Panda</a> earlier this year that are worth checking out. Enjoy!</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/" target="_blank">http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/</a></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">An eagle, fitted with a camera, flies over the Alps. Incredible</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=G3QrhdfLCO8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=G3QrhdfLCO8</a></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">8 Mind-Bending Facts To Make You A Geography Expert</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">What if sunrise was at 10am? These geography factoids are simply astonishing. Use at your discretion</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/video/andrewilnyckyj/8-mind-bending-facts-to-make-you-a-geography-expert" target="_blank">http://www.buzzfeed.com/video/andrewilnyckyj/8-mind-bending-facts-to-make-you-a-geography-expert</a></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Fifty Most Populous Refugee Camps</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees administers camps sheltering a vast population of displaced people. These largest camps together house nearly two million people. Great </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Example of ESRI Story Maps <a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2013/refugee-camps/" target="_blank">http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2013/refugee-camps/</a></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Mapping children's chances</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The biggest ever global picture of children's well-being, education and family life has been assembled into a series of maps by the University of California, Los Angeles. "When you look at a map, everyone's eyes go straight to where they live," says Dr Jody Heymann, director of the university's World Policy Analysis Centre. In the US, they might be surprised to see how unusual it is not to have a statutory right to maternity pay. Source: The maps are produced by UCLA's World Policy Analysis Centre, Adult Labour Database <a href="http://www.childrenschances.org" target="_blank">www.childrenschances.org</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22688596" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22688596</a></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">How to survive a zombie apocalypse? Learn geography</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Zombie-based learning teaches geography skills against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse. Great for Middle School</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.kplu.org/post/how-survive-zombie-apocalypse-learn-geography#.UcYXWL8vJHg.twitter" target="_blank">http://www.kplu.org/post/how-survive-zombie-apocalypse-learn-geography#.UcYXWL8vJHg.twitter</a></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">18 Google Earth & Maps Lessons for K-12</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Richard Byrne short presentation on using Google Maps and Google Earth across multiple grades and content areas. Collection of resources.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <a href="http://bit.uz/xik" target="_blank">http://bit.uz/xik</a></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Top 6 iPad apps for Geography</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Some of the best use I've seen of apps on the iPad is where teachers have engaged students using apps in conjunction with others. Filming activities, recording audio, adding the media to Keynote and annotating, demonstrating learning – that said, there are some great subject specific apps out there and in this post I'll cover some of the apps available for the Humanities subject Geography.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://ictevangelist.com/top-6-ipad-apps-for-geography/" target="_blank">http://ictevangelist.com/top-6-ipad-apps-for-geography/</a></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">What Did the Continents Look Like Millions of Years Ago?</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">An artist-geologist renders the history of the Earth with maps.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/what-did-the-continents-look-like-millions-of-years-ago/279892/" target="_blank">http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/what-did-the-continents-look-like-millions-of-years-ago/279892/</a></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Human role in warming 'more certain' - UN climate chief</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Scientists are more certain than ever that greenhouse gases from human activities are heating the planet, the head of the UN's climate panel says.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24204323" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24204323</a></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Child labour falls by a third to 168 million, says ILO</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The number of child workers worldwide has dropped by a third over the past 13 years, according to a report from the International Labour Organisation. But campaigners say that protecting children from hazardous work and long hours remains a major challenge, with families in poor countries such as Bangladesh heavily reliant on the income they get from sending children to work.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/sep/23/child-labour-falls-third-168-million" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/sep/23/child-labour-falls-third-168-million</a></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">42 amazing maps - great enthusiasm and interesting facts and insights in this video</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The map, as an innovation, is extremely important. Simply constructing a useful representation of our world onto a piece of paper (or clay or vellum or whatever) vastly increased the capabilities of humankind. But we continue to add and alter this medium, in ways that allow for greater understanding of our world and even of ourselves<b>.</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dldHalRY-hY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dldHalRY-hY</a></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">So in this video I talk about 42 maps that are really amazing. <br> <br> Resources that were very helpful included:<br> <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/mapporn" title="http://www.reddit.com/r/mapporn" target="_blank">http://www.reddit.com/r/mapporn</a><br> <a href="http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html" title="http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html</a><br> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/amazing_maps" title="http://www.twitter.com/amazing_maps" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/amazing_maps</a><br> <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/maplab/" title="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/maplab/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/map...</a><br> And this story is just AMAZING<br> <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/jerry-gretzinger-map-ukrania/" title="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/jerry-gretzinger-map-ukrania/" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/201...</a></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Five key questions about climate facing the IPCC</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Environment correspondent Matt McGrath looks at five critical questions now facing the Nobel prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as it prepares to present its latest report in Stockholm later this week<b>.</b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24085062" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24085062</a></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">When's a Hurricane not a Tornado? - Earth Juice (Ep 42) - Earth Unplugged</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Chris reveals that Hurricane Humberto, the first of this season, has finally formed in the Atlantic and answers the questions 'when does a storm becomes a hurricane?' and 'how do they differ from tornados, typhoons and cyclones'?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knpy8OzEny8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knpy8OzEny8</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Sources / further info:<br> HURRICAN HUMBERTO <br> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/hurricane-humberto-gabrielle-weather-us" title="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/hurricane-humberto-gabrielle-weather-us" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013...</a><br> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HURRICANS/TORNDOS/TYPHOONS/CYCLONES<br> <a href="http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html" title="http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html" target="_blank">http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cy...</a><br> <a href="http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/tornadohurricane.html" title="http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/tornadohurricane.html" target="_blank">http://www.geography.learnontheintern...</a><br> WHAT IS A HURRICANE?<br> <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/what-are-hurricanes-k4.html" title="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/what-are-hurricanes-k4.html" target="_blank">http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstude...</a> STILLS Hurricane satellite images courtesy of NASA. <br> ubscribe to Earth Unplugged -<a href="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=earthunpluggedtv" title="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=earthunpluggedtv" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...</a><br> Join the Earth Unplugged community:<br> Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/EarthUnplugged" title="http://www.facebook.com/EarthUnplugged" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/EarthUnplugged</a> <br> Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/earthunplugged" title="http://www.twitter.com/earthunplugged" target="_blank">http://www.twitter.com/earthunplugged</a><br> Google+: <a href="http://goo.gl/RKq6q" title="http://goo.gl/RKq6q" target="_blank">http://goo.gl/RKq6q</a> <br> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/EarthUnpluggedTV" title="http://www.youtube.com/user/EarthUnpluggedTV" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/user/EarthUnpl...</a><br> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=earthunpluggedtv" title="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=earthunpluggedtv" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...</a><br> Earth Juice is your weekly guide to what discoveries are making our planet cooler. Chris Howard takes us on a whistle-stop tour of global discoveries from all corners of the world. Let's juice!<br> Have a look at this, for more information on the hurricane scale:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E...</a><br> This is a channel from BBC Worldwide who help fund new BBC programmes.</span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">There is no population explosion on this planet</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Our population problem isn't too many humans on the planet, but too few owning too much of it</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/22/no-population-explosion-too-few-owning-too-much" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/22/no-population-explosion-too-few-owning-too-much</a></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">How many more must die for Qatar's World Cup?</span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">n hosting the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Fifa is choosing to ignore the abuse of migrant workers</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/21/qatar-human-rights-sport-cohen" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/21/qatar-human-rights-sport-cohen</a></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">China's Wide And Growing Wealth Gap- great photos</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">China has 2.7 million U.S.-dollar millionaires and 251 billionaires, according to "The Hurun Report," a financial publication. But the UN states that 13 percent of the country's 1.3 billion people live on less than $1.25 per day. The Chinese government has pledged to double household incomes over the next decade in a bid to close the country's wealth gap. which is now so wide that it threatens social stability.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.rferl.org/media/photogallery/25099872.html" target="_blank">http://www.rferl.org/media/photogallery/25099872.html</a></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">5 unconventional maps to get lost in</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">From the earliest days of human exploration we've made progressively more accurate and sophisticated maps. Maps help us find our way around the world we live in. Maps help us get to our destination. Maps keep us from becoming lost.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">But what if you have no destination? What if becoming lost is the point? Well, there's a map for that. Lots of them, actually.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://blog.ted.com/2013/09/18/5-maps-to-get-lost-in/" target="_blank">http://blog.ted.com/2013/09/18/5-maps-to-get-lost-in/</a></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The Best View of the Grand Canyon</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Scientists still don't entirely comprehend the 1.5 billion year history of the Grand Canyon; it's a story of erosion that has created one of the most breathtaking sites in America. Amazing photography</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/video/titles/19985/the-best-view-of-the-grand-canyon" target="_blank">http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/video/titles/19985/the-best-view-of-the-grand-canyon</a></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Human Footprint Interactive</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Great interactive activity especially for grade 7&8</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Did you know that during the course of your lifetime you will eat about 12,000 oranges? These oranges will travel a total of about 23 million miles to reach your fruit bowl or glass of OJ. Shipping fruit takes energy. Energy comes from fuel. Everything that you eat (bread), use (newspapers), and do (take showers) has an impact on the world. This impact is called your human footprint. While there's no need to swear off oranges, and, please, don't stop bathing, this interactive will help you learn about how you live and the impact it will have over your lifetime</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/human-footprint-interactive/?ar_a=1" target="_blank">http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/human-footprint-interactive/?ar_a=1</a></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Here's Where You're Most Likely to Die From Air Pollution</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Where on earth are you most likely to die early from air pollution? NASA provides the answer with this mortally serious view of the planet, and it is: lots of places.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/09/heres-where-youre-most-likely-die-air-pollution/6946/" target="_blank">http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/09/heres-where-youre-most-likely-die-air-pollution/6946/</a></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">INSIDE THE COLORADO DELUGE</span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">How much rain fell on the Front Range, and how historic was it?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/10250/inside-colorado-deluge" target="_blank">http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/10250/inside-colorado-deluge</a></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Toronto in photos from the 1850s to the 1990s</span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Although anything but comprehensive, the point of the decade-by-decade historical Toronto photo posts we've run over the last few months was to offer a glimpse of the various developments and transformations of a city that's often accused of having a troubled relationship with its past.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">As easy as it is to navigate from one decade to another, it thus seemed to make sense to gather some of the best images from the series into one big post that illustrates Toronto's growth over the time period in question. As far a selection criteria goes, I've been anything but scientific. Limited to photos that appeared in the original posts (with a few exceptions), I've selected three to six images from each decade that either mark the arrival of significant buildings/structures, establish what Toronto looked like in general at the time (survey style skyline shots), or that are particularly compelling on a visual level.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">So that's it for these particular posts. But we'll continue to feature our <a href="http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/02/nostalgia_tripping_the_university_college_fire_of_1890/" target="_blank">Nostalgia Tripping</a> articles and to examine Toronto's past via more specific offerings like <a href="http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/02/a_visual_history_of_yonge_and_queen_/" target="_blank">visual histories of important intersections</a> and buildings.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/02/toronto_in_photos_from_the_1850s_to_the_1990s/" target="_blank">http://www.blogto.com/city/2011/02/toronto_in_photos_from_the_1850s_to_the_1990s/</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"">Mark Lowry</span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span 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lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-70765806823252256992013-09-30T09:47:00.000-04:002013-09-30T09:48:05.668-04:00Grade 9 Applied geography and Revised curiculum workshop module <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjq3x3ILJJfYAHUYJsmCYhv9-mzeUkbjSBHU4W7qEb5V-xpzcqVB6ZtpO3D8RZUZw7FUKa2JJUZghLA6l2Q02_StxOau0UOtq1jo1-G49GRHqZb4TvJv01eHBCmXKL2sGd0pTTA3J8OLN/s1600/image001-785669.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZjq3x3ILJJfYAHUYJsmCYhv9-mzeUkbjSBHU4W7qEb5V-xpzcqVB6ZtpO3D8RZUZw7FUKa2JJUZghLA6l2Q02_StxOau0UOtq1jo1-G49GRHqZb4TvJv01eHBCmXKL2sGd0pTTA3J8OLN/s320/image001-785669.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5929412317010258626" /></a> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHylXMdRqq9VcxZiM0DVv_8mW_JvjPzcTSBAau2OW905yeMZgoprKd2yjtqLDFpuMXDfltwL5lw1bWcvzB199d9Dx5Fcx1E6nX-GJKEF4sdZpypBPD9XHJWtnlY2d2ZU3oByMsOV-73rl/s1600/image002-788128.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHylXMdRqq9VcxZiM0DVv_8mW_JvjPzcTSBAau2OW905yeMZgoprKd2yjtqLDFpuMXDfltwL5lw1bWcvzB199d9Dx5Fcx1E6nX-GJKEF4sdZpypBPD9XHJWtnlY2d2ZU3oByMsOV-73rl/s320/image002-788128.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5929412325149645634" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Geography Applied Module for 3 days over the school year, <b>Day 1, October 21 at John Polyani Rm 133</b><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">This module will support for teachers of Grade 9 Applied Geography who are interested in working towards the Revised curriculum. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Teachers must <b>commit to attending all 3 days and sharing and providing feedback</b> as to how they have incorporated their learning into their practice. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Schools will cover day 2<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Description<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">1 Full Day (October 21): will introduce the literacy & numeracy frameworks (Ministry of Education) Geographical Thinking Concepts, Assessment for/as learning and Differentiated Instruction plus application of a range of special technologies Day 2- Full Day (November TBD) Exploration Classrooms (3 different locations) to be led by teacher co-facilitators. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Schools must cover the cost of Day 2<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Day 3 Full Day (February TBD)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> sharing of learning and best practices and next steps. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Ongoing– online conferencing, reference materials & school visits, as per requests<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Follow-up –Conduct a needs assessment with the teachers to determine opportunity gaps and next steps<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Target Audience & maximum size: 20 Grade 9 CGC1P classroom teachers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Location: online, school sites and John Polyani<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">To r</span> <span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">egister:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://zweblms/keytoLearnStaff/Register/index.asp?courseid=514543">http://zweblms/keytoLearnStaff/Register/index.asp?courseid=514543</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Geography and Geotechnologies Instructional Leader<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Social World Studies and Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto District School Board<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">1 Civic Centre Court <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto , On ,M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Tel; (416) 394-7269<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Cell; (416) 576-4515<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Fax; (416) 394-6420<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63">http://tdsbweb/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=63&menuid=63&pageid=63</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/">http://geographysites.blogspot.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">twitter @geogmark<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Blackadder ITC""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </div> Mark lowryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10723269939581305284noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6168718871564639876.post-89597708054461417542013-09-24T09:49:00.001-04:002013-09-24T09:49:51.645-04:00Spatial Professional learning opportunity<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0px7ako9eKnnaEiw-bk1aXeRKF2PutPoTokkTLu6GahppSgSyXHOTBPc-Q55BmHjWGlXlVSKinQiGP_dUaHf6iN30oMBtMPDFUB1rvt8F3V6sZks7IrOjXCrktDUXujggga2HPVJVMtL/s1600/image001-791645.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0px7ako9eKnnaEiw-bk1aXeRKF2PutPoTokkTLu6GahppSgSyXHOTBPc-Q55BmHjWGlXlVSKinQiGP_dUaHf6iN30oMBtMPDFUB1rvt8F3V6sZks7IrOjXCrktDUXujggga2HPVJVMtL/s320/image001-791645.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5927186263947868370" /></a> <div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#993300"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMWFQDTLhfJ2MNLT80vs76bGdqp1GS75BOY68VPZDx0vjiUYe9xJGgkU6lZSU6it5OVxDSh1Gohbutl8hXw7Qf0ulZDTukTVOTVrOgebPBdFNPGKJ09OJa7aKZu201q9s-Oshyphenhyphen4aRGKSn/s1600/image002-794150.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzMWFQDTLhfJ2MNLT80vs76bGdqp1GS75BOY68VPZDx0vjiUYe9xJGgkU6lZSU6it5OVxDSh1Gohbutl8hXw7Qf0ulZDTukTVOTVrOgebPBdFNPGKJ09OJa7aKZu201q9s-Oshyphenhyphen4aRGKSn/s320/image002-794150.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5927186271199169314" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="785" style="width:588.75pt"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Using Spatial Technologies (geo-visual and Geo-analytical) in Geographic inquiry Geography Gr7-12 </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Use the following link to register<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://zweblms/keytoLearnStaff/Register/index.asp?courseid=514397">http://zweblms/keytoLearnStaff/Register/index.asp?courseid=514397</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Grade 7-12 Geography teachers are invited to a 4 session module to train, and support the revised curriculum, using spatial technologies to enhance the geographic Inquiry process. Particular attention will be placed on teaching /learning strategies, classroom techniques ,planning ,and assessment as , for ,and of learning. <br> <br> <b>Session 1 & 2</b> Nov.12, 13 - location TBA <br> (there is an expectation that teachers commit to the entire cycle of sessions) <br> <br> The First two sessions will include: <br> • Training in a range of geo-visual and geo -analytical tools including ArcGIS, ARCGIS online and Google Earth <br> • Explore various planning and Teaching learning strategies to support effective geographic Inquiry <br> • Deconstruct effective lessons and begin to co-plan specific lessons <br> • Use field studies including GPS and Geographic inquiry methods <br> <br> <b>Session 3</b> will consist of participation in exploration classrooms or guided inquiry –based learning for teachers to implement the geographic inquiry and spatial technological skills with their students. <br> Teachers will be expected to collaboratively and co-operatively reflect on the exploration classroom visits and consider how to modify their own lessons and activities to integrate geotechnologies and geographic inquiry. Ongoing online conferencing module reference materials, access to online training as per site licenses, and coaching by SWSH instructional leaders will be available as teachers return to their classes to implement the strategies and unit plans that have be co-developed. <br> <br> <b>Session 4 Debrief and Consolidation</b>: Sharing of evidence based practices, successes, obstacles , student stories, images, re-tooling the online conference for a wider audience participation , as an exemplar for replicable practice. <br> <br> Teaching and Learning will pay for <b>two days of release</b> and the School or Teacher (jeli days) will pay for <b>2 day</b>. Space is limited to 20 participants. Please register on Key to Learn. After registration you will receive an email with your release code and further details<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Bradley Hand ITC"">Mark Lowry<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Geography and Geotechnologies Instructional Leader<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Social World Studies and Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto District School Board<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">1 Civic Centre Court <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Toronto , On ,M9C 2B3<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Demi Cond","sans-serif"">Tel; 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I have had a few e-mails wondering if they had missed any specific missives since the year has started. Don’t worry as this is the first to be sent out. There have been and will continue to be many changes through this year so staying on top is a challenge for all.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">What is at the top of everyone’s mind is the revised curriculum and what it means to us all?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Revised Social Studies, History, Geography 1-8 and the Revised Canadian and World Studies curricula<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">You will notice that I have not included the Revised Social Science and Humanities which is also out however information will be forth coming through Laura Featherstone the Instructional Leader in SWSH for the Humanities.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">SSHG 1-8</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> is now out and full implementation in TDSB is expected this year. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/sshg18curr2013.pdf">http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/sshg18curr2013.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">It is important that all Geography teachers peruse this document as the main foci of Inquiry and concepts of Geographical thinking are consistent throughout. Also it must be stressed that the grade 7and 8 course are on World Geography and not Canadian. This is important as there is a misconception that students entering Grade 9 have a breadth of knowledge about Canada and the reality is there focus of Canadian regional and Political Geography is Grade 4. However Students from grade 1-to Grade 12 are expected to not just learn about Geography but to DO Geography. This is especially evident in the <b>Geographic thinking Concepts which are</b> (from 7-12):<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Spatial Significance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">1- Identify where places are (located)? on the earth’s surfaces based on natural and/or human characteristics (What Is Where?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">2- Determine the unique characteristics of places (Why There?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">3- Analyse the importance of the spatial distribution of people, plants, animals, resources and earth’s physical processes (Why Care?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="638" valign="top" style="width:6.65in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Patterns and Trends<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">1- Identify characteristics that are similar and repeat within and between places or regions (What Is Where?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">2. Determine if these characteristics repeat over time (What is Where?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">3- Analyse why characteristics are similarities and/or repeat (Why There?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">4. Determine the importance of why the characteristics are similar and/or repeat (Why Care?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="638" valign="top" style="width:6.65in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Interrelationships<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">1. Identify where human and/or natural characteristics and processes interact or connect within and between each other (What Is Where?)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">2. Determine how the connections interact to form a system (Why There?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">3- Analyse the impact of an event, process or development on the natural characteristics, natural processes and human activities that occur through the system<b> </b>(Why Care?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="638" valign="top" style="width:6.65in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Geographic Perspective<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">1. Identify the<b> </b>environmental, economic, political and/or social context of a geographic issue, event, development or phenomena (What is Where?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">2. Determine the potential stakeholders and their points of view that should be considered in the analysis of a geographic issue, event, development or phenomena (What is Where?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">3. Analyse the multiple points of view of the geographic issue, event, development or phenomena considering applicable environmental, economic, political and/or social lenses (Why There? Why Care?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">4. Create a response and/or plan of action for an issue, event development or phenomena, based on an analysis using the geographic lenses (environmental, economic, political and/or social) and multiple points of view (What is Where? Why there? Why Care?)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The other focus of all the new curricula is the Inquiry strand. Regardless of the grade you are teaching you will find similarities and consistencies throughout.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Grade 9 Academic and Applied (CGC1D and CGC1P) have just been released. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/canworld.html">http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/canworld.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Though you are not mandated to fully implement it until fall 2014 it is strongly encouraged that you start to incorporate the inquiry and concepts of geographical thinking into your work for this year. I have attached the two documents for you to work through.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Another interesting wrinkle that will help to support and identify the importance of Geography in the curriculum is the new Spatial strand and continuum ( see pages 28 and 163 in the 9&10 doc and 24 & 192 in the 1-8 doc) To quote the ministry doc directly:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Spatial skills underpin spatial literacy, enabling students to develop and communicate a sense of place. Map, globe, and graphing skills help students visualize and make meaning of spatial data. These skills help students understand how data relating to three-dimensional spaces can be represented on two-dimensional surfaces. Although students learn spatial skills in social studies and geography, they apply them, in conjunction with the concepts of disciplinary thinking, in all three subjects in the social studies, history, and geography curriculum, and in Canadian and world studies as well. In addition, students may apply these skills in everyday contexts and in other subjects.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">SSHG revised curriculum 2013 page 24<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">In other words there is identification that Geography and spatial skills and tools are used in all CWS courses. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:11.25pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">We need to start thinking of Geography as not just a subject but as a skill set that is transferable to other courses and areas<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">In order to support teachers in the new curriculum the SWSH instructional leaders have been running workshops for 1-8 throughout the spring and also again in the fall. The ministry has not done the roll out for the 9& 10 but as soon as they do theirs we can then star with Board initiated ones. However because of the need we are running a Professional learning experience on Applied Geography that will focus on the revised curriculum and also identify other strategies as well. This will take place on October 21 and should be up on Key to Learn in the very near future.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The roll of Spatial Technologies in the revised curriculum:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">In this revised curriculum Spatial Technologies is not an add on or optional activity. It is mentioned over 14 times including being recognized as one of the goals of Geography, through the achievement chart and finally identified in the spatial continuum as a specific are of all subjects under CWS. Students will start using various forms of spatial technologies in grade 4 and will continue to apply them throughout their educational careers. We will be focusing on three different Spatial and Visual technology platforms in TDSB and throughout the province. These are ArcGIS 10.1 which is ministry licensed and can be installed on home computers. Google Earth which should be installed on all TDSB computers (contact the help desk if not) and ArcGIS online which is a web based type of ArcGIS. Any of the new notebooks which are in a number of your schools have ArcGIS 10.1 and Google earth installed on them . If you do not have ArcGIS 10.1 on your computers in your school/lab please contact the help desk to be upgraded. ESRI has created a number of activities for 10.1 which can be obtained from their website. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">OAGEE and The Toronto District School Board are creating a number of resources to support the new curriculum from Grade 7-12.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">A “what is where, why there , & why Care poster that will demonstrate what the success criteria of the Geography Thinking Concepts will look like – to be distributed during and after the OAGEE conference<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Activities for grades 7,8, 7 9 to support the inquiry and the Thinking Concepts - – to be distributed during and after the OAGEE conference<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Spatial Skill Strand supports – 1-8 – <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">It is important to become an OAGEE member as there will be many OAGEE supports over the next year- contact Ewan Geddes or Paul Hackl for more info – you can get department memberships<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">In order to support teachers in the board we will be running “<b>Using Geotechnologies (Geo-Visual and Geo-Analytical) in Geographic Inquiry, Geography Grade 7-12</b> “Professional learning opportunity which is a a 4-session module to train and support curriculum using geotechnologies to enhance the geographic inquiry process. Particular attention will be placed on teaching/learning strategies, classroom techniques, planning, and assessment as, for, and of learning. Register on Key to learn as of September 26<sup>th</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Other opportunities for and professional learning experiences:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">OAGEE Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmfZcPxya0BVfR2TG6WntRSIjeR82F5oTJBBxmBaHrA-KsIoJYj-Q5WC8h8bZpzoDG2s073cZfrOrsx6VWX5_f1oblroTNO7wP1twh5akmnSsJlffWxalwSft9Tumahk6iru8vh8iqWcy/s1600/image003-723508.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDmfZcPxya0BVfR2TG6WntRSIjeR82F5oTJBBxmBaHrA-KsIoJYj-Q5WC8h8bZpzoDG2s073cZfrOrsx6VWX5_f1oblroTNO7wP1twh5akmnSsJlffWxalwSft9Tumahk6iru8vh8iqWcy/s320/image003-723508.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5926927407045914226" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-C7VFoaj8ZlsMomDH3TrLFSy3FdJ8IvGMta403a-B_HLumoHa07agNal8XYFDFkek3jg1LTOONmkh1T-KGf8Y6hwtxbqEMrzwxkDK61GuXUGx-txYQv5PuxBD35adXVdjbFD5wLLvyp96/s1600/image004-725305.png"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-C7VFoaj8ZlsMomDH3TrLFSy3FdJ8IvGMta403a-B_HLumoHa07agNal8XYFDFkek3jg1LTOONmkh1T-KGf8Y6hwtxbqEMrzwxkDK61GuXUGx-txYQv5PuxBD35adXVdjbFD5wLLvyp96/s320/image004-725305.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5926927416879244402" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Ontario Association of Geographic and Environmental Education<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">2013 Fall Conference<br> November 1 & 2 <br> Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Ontario <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">. This is a conference rich in workshops including … NEW curriculum for Geography in Ontario: Ministry of Education Workshops, Physical Geography: Extreme weather! Geology! Arctic Environments & Sustainability Development. Please go to </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://oagee.org/conferences"><span lang="EN-US">http://oagee.org/conferences</span></a></span><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">GIS in Education Conference 2013 (Free to Educators location Hart house U.of T.)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWcru3m_hT6jLdUzsBbUfV8Y9_wvqVPyPiDyfTBrulIBS44jwP3zkKk-_4B34sYI64kBWJ8I_yBhYPzyHB7uzu89FasUIso6VdhJm3PyH5uIPZLc5nZA7qlYD0HYU3iVpwd5S7VYRJCCm/s1600/image005-727030.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWcru3m_hT6jLdUzsBbUfV8Y9_wvqVPyPiDyfTBrulIBS44jwP3zkKk-_4B34sYI64kBWJ8I_yBhYPzyHB7uzu89FasUIso6VdhJm3PyH5uIPZLc5nZA7qlYD0HYU3iVpwd5S7VYRJCCm/s320/image005-727030.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5926927425495063506" /></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">In the spirit of fostering collaboration within the Canadian GIS education and research community, Esri Canada, in partnership with the University of Toronto, invites you to attend a one day conference hosted at the University of Toronto. The day will consist of a plenary address; paper sessions focused on GIS in research, GIS in higher education instruction, and GIS use at the K-12 level; a series of lightning talks, technical workshops and a roundtable discussion. The day will also feature a display of posters submitted by students, including submissions for this year's Young Esri Canada Scholar award.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">- See more at: <a href="http://www.esri.ca/en/content/gis-education-conference-2013-toronto#sthash.k9v8wcEh.dpuf"> http://www.esri.ca/en/content/gis-education-conference-2013-toronto#sthash.k9v8wcEh.dpuf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Some resources to get us started and invigorated<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">If you’re a visual learner like myself, then you know maps, charts and infographics can really help bring data and information to life. Maps can make a point resonate with readers and this collection aims to do just that.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Hopefully some of these maps will surprise you and you’ll learn something new. A few are important to know, some interpret and display data in a beautiful or creative way, and a few may even make you chuckle or shake your head.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">If you enjoy this collection of maps, the Sifter highly recommends the <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/">r/MapPorn</a> sub reddit. You should also check out<a href="http://chartsbin.com/">ChartsBin.com</a>. There were also fantastic posts on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/maps-that-explain-the-world-2013-2?op=1">Business Insider</a> and <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/fun-maps-they-didnt-teach-you-in-school/">Bored Panda</a> earlier this year that are worth checking out. Enjoy!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/">http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">An eagle, fitted with a camera, flies over the Alps. Incredible<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=G3QrhdfLCO8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=G3QrhdfLCO8</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">8 Mind-Bending Facts To Make You A Geography Expert</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">What if sunrise was at 10am? These geography factoids are simply astonishing. Use at your discretion<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/video/andrewilnyckyj/8-mind-bending-facts-to-make-you-a-geography-expert">http://www.buzzfeed.com/video/andrewilnyckyj/8-mind-bending-facts-to-make-you-a-geography-expert</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Fifty Most Populous Refugee Camps<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees administers camps sheltering a vast population of displaced people. These largest camps together house nearly two million people. Great <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Example of ESRI Story Maps <a href="http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2013/refugee-camps/">http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2013/refugee-camps/</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Mapping children's chances<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The biggest ever global picture of children’s well-being, education and family life has been assembled into a series of maps by the University of California, Los Angeles. "When you look at a map, everyone's eyes go straight to where they live," says Dr Jody Heymann, director of the university's World Policy Analysis Centre. In the US, they might be surprised to see how unusual it is not to have a statutory right to maternity pay. Source: The maps are produced by UCLA's World Policy Analysis Centre, Adult Labour Database <a href="http://www.childrenschances.org">www.childrenschances.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22688596">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22688596</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">How to survive a zombie apocalypse? Learn geography<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Zombie-based learning teaches geography skills against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse. Great for Middle School<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.kplu.org/post/how-survive-zombie-apocalypse-learn-geography#.UcYXWL8vJHg.twitter">http://www.kplu.org/post/how-survive-zombie-apocalypse-learn-geography#.UcYXWL8vJHg.twitter</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">18 Google Earth & Maps Lessons for K-12<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Richard Byrne short presentation on using Google Maps and Google Earth across multiple grades and content areas. Collection of resources.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> <a href="http://bit.uz/xik">http://bit.uz/xik</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Top 6 iPad apps for Geography<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Some of the best use I’ve seen of apps on the iPad is where teachers have engaged students using apps in conjunction with others. Filming activities, recording audio, adding the media to Keynote and annotating, demonstrating learning – that said, there are some great subject specific apps out there and in this post I’ll cover some of the apps available for the Humanities subject Geography.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://ictevangelist.com/top-6-ipad-apps-for-geography/">http://ictevangelist.com/top-6-ipad-apps-for-geography/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">What Did the Continents Look Like Millions of Years Ago?<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">An artist-geologist renders the history of the Earth with maps.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/what-did-the-continents-look-like-millions-of-years-ago/279892/">http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/what-did-the-continents-look-like-millions-of-years-ago/279892/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Human role in warming 'more certain' - UN climate chief<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Scientists are more certain than ever that greenhouse gases from human activities are heating the planet, the head of the UN's climate panel says.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24204323">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24204323</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Child labour falls by a third to 168 million, says ILO<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The number of child workers worldwide has dropped by a third over the past 13 years, according to a report from the International Labour Organisation. But campaigners say that protecting children from hazardous work and long hours remains a major challenge, with families in poor countries such as Bangladesh heavily reliant on the income they get from sending children to work.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/sep/23/child-labour-falls-third-168-million">http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2013/sep/23/child-labour-falls-third-168-million</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">42 amazing maps - great enthusiasm and interesting facts and insights in this video<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The map, as an innovation, is extremely important. Simply constructing a useful representation of our world onto a piece of paper (or clay or vellum or whatever) vastly increased the capabilities of humankind. But we continue to add and alter this medium, in ways that allow for greater understanding of our world and even of ourselves<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dldHalRY-hY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dldHalRY-hY</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">So in this video I talk about 42 maps that are really amazing. <br> <br> Resources that were very helpful included:<br> <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/mapporn" target="_blank" title="http://www.reddit.com/r/mapporn">http://www.reddit.com/r/mapporn</a><br> <a href="http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html" target="_blank" title="http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html">http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html</a><br> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/amazing_maps" target="_blank" title="http://www.twitter.com/amazing_maps">http://www.twitter.com/amazing_maps</a><br> <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/maplab/" target="_blank" title="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/maplab/">http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/map...</a><br> And this story is just AMAZING<br> <a href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/jerry-gretzinger-map-ukrania/" target="_blank" title="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/09/jerry-gretzinger-map-ukrania/">http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/201...</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Five key questions about climate facing the IPCC<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""> </span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Environment correspondent Matt McGrath looks at five critical questions now facing the Nobel prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as it prepares to present its latest report in Stockholm later this week<b>.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24085062">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24085062</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">When's a Hurricane not a Tornado? - Earth Juice (Ep 42) - Earth Unplugged<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Chris reveals that Hurricane Humberto, the first of this season, has finally formed in the Atlantic and answers the questions 'when does a storm becomes a hurricane?' and 'how do they differ from tornados, typhoons and cyclones'?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knpy8OzEny8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Knpy8OzEny8</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Sources / further info:<br> HURRICAN HUMBERTO <br> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/hurricane-humberto-gabrielle-weather-us" target="_blank" title="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/hurricane-humberto-gabrielle-weather-us">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013...</a><br> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HURRICANS/TORNDOS/TYPHOONS/CYCLONES<br> <a href="http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html" target="_blank" title="http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cyclone.html">http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/cy...</a><br> <a href="http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/tornadohurricane.html" target="_blank" title="http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/topics/tornadohurricane.html">http://www.geography.learnontheintern...</a><br> WHAT IS A HURRICANE?<br> <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/what-are-hurricanes-k4.html" target="_blank" title="http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/what-are-hurricanes-k4.html">http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstude...</a> STILLS Hurricane satellite images courtesy of NASA. <br> ubscribe to Earth Unplugged -<a href="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=earthunpluggedtv" target="_blank" title="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=earthunpluggedtv">http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...</a><br> Join the Earth Unplugged community:<br> Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/EarthUnplugged" target="_blank" title="http://www.facebook.com/EarthUnplugged">http://www.facebook.com/EarthUnplugged</a> <br> Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/earthunplugged" target="_blank" title="http://www.twitter.com/earthunplugged">http://www.twitter.com/earthunplugged</a><br> Google+: <a href="http://goo.gl/RKq6q" target="_blank" title="http://goo.gl/RKq6q">http://goo.gl/RKq6q</a> <br> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/EarthUnpluggedTV" target="_blank" title="http://www.youtube.com/user/EarthUnpluggedTV">http://www.youtube.com/user/EarthUnpl...</a><br> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=earthunpluggedtv" target="_blank" title="http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=earthunpluggedtv">http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...</a><br> Earth Juice is your weekly guide to what discoveries are making our planet cooler. Chris Howard takes us on a whistle-stop tour of global discoveries from all corners of the world. Let's juice!<br> Have a look at this, for more information on the hurricane scale:<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E2%80%93Simpson_hurricane_wind_scale">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffir%E...</a><br> This is a channel from BBC Worldwide who help fund new BBC programmes.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">There is no population explosion on this planet<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Our population problem isn't too many humans on the planet, but too few owning too much of it<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/22/no-population-explosion-too-few-owning-too-much">http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/22/no-population-explosion-too-few-owning-too-much</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">How many more must die for Qatar's World Cup?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">n hosting the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Fifa is choosing to ignore the abuse of migrant workers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/21/qatar-human-rights-sport-cohen">http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/21/qatar-human-rights-sport-cohen</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">China's Wide And Growing Wealth Gap- great photos<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">China has 2.7 million U.S.-dollar millionaires and 251 billionaires, according to "The Hurun Report," a financial publication. But the UN states that 13 percent of the country's 1.3 billion people live on less than $1.25 per day. The Chinese government has pledged to double household incomes over the next decade in a bid to close the country's wealth gap. which is now so wide that it threatens social stability.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.rferl.org/media/photogallery/25099872.html">http://www.rferl.org/media/photogallery/25099872.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">5 unconventional maps to get lost in<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">From the earliest days of human exploration we’ve made progressively more accurate and sophisticated maps. Maps help us find our way around the world we live in. Maps help us get to our destination. Maps keep us from becoming lost.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">But what if you have no destination? What if becoming lost is the point? Well, there’s a map for that. Lots of them, actually.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://blog.ted.com/2013/09/18/5-maps-to-get-lost-in/">http://blog.ted.com/2013/09/18/5-maps-to-get-lost-in/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">The Best View of the Grand Canyon<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Scientists still don't entirely comprehend the 1.5 billion year history of the Grand Canyon; it's a story of erosion that has created one of the most breathtaking sites in America. Amazing photography<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/video/titles/19985/the-best-view-of-the-grand-canyon">http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/sc/web/video/titles/19985/the-best-view-of-the-grand-canyon</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Human Footprint Interactive<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Great interactive activity especially for grade 7&8<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Did you know that during the course of your lifetime you will eat about 12,000 oranges? These oranges will travel a total of about 23 million miles to reach your fruit bowl or glass of OJ. Shipping fruit takes energy. Energy comes from fuel. Everything that you eat (bread), use (newspapers), and do (take showers) has an impact on the world. This impact is called your human footprint. While there's no need to swear off oranges, and, please, don't stop bathing, this interactive will help you learn about how you live and the impact it will have over your lifetime<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/human-footprint-interactive/?ar_a=1">http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/human-footprint-interactive/?ar_a=1</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Here's Where You're Most Likely to Die From Air Pollution<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Where on earth are you most likely to die early from air pollution? NASA provides the answer with this mortally serious view of the planet, and it is: lots of places.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/09/heres-where-youre-most-likely-die-air-pollution/6946/">http://www.theatlanticcities.com/technology/2013/09/heres-where-youre-most-likely-die-air-pollution/6946/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">INSIDE THE COLORADO DELUGE<o:p></o:p></span></b></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">How much rain fell on the Front Range, and how historic was it?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><a href="http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/10250/inside-colorado-deluge">http://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/opinion/10250/inside-colorado-deluge</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul type="disc"> <li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Toronto in photos from the 1850s to the 1990s<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Although anything but comprehensive, the point of the decade-by-decade historical Toronto photo posts we've run over the last few months was to offer a glimpse of the various developments and transformations of a city that's often accused of having a troubled relationship with its past.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">As easy as it is to navigate from one decade to another, it thus seemed to make sense to gather some of the best images from the series into one big post that illustrates Toronto's growth over the time period in question. As far a selection criteria goes, I've been anything but scientific. Limited to photos that appeared in the original posts (with a few exceptions), I've selected three to six images from each decade that either mark the arrival of significant buildings/structures, establish what Toronto looked like in general at the time (survey style skyline shots), or that are particularly compelling on a visual level.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">So that's it for these particular posts. 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