Welcome to Geography 12. Please read the important instructions below. If you have any questions, please contact your assigned teacher.
Course Components:
This course is broken up into 6 units. Inside each unit are several lessons with assignments.
Unit |
Lessons |
Unit I: Geography Themes and Skills |
Lesson 1-1: Major Themes of Geography
Lesson 1-2: Environment and the 4 Spheres
Lesson 1-3: Geographical Movements
Lesson 1-4: Basic Mapping Skills
Lesson 1-5: Advanced Mapping Skills
Lesson 1-6: Geography and Technology |
Unit II: The Restless Earth |
Lesson 2-1: Earth's Structure
Lesson 2-2: Plate Movement and Boundaries
Lesson 2-3: Earthquakes, Faulting and Folding
Lesson 2-4: Volcanoes |
Unit III: Gradational Processes |
Lesson 3-1: Weathering and Erosion
Lesson 3-2: Rivers
Lesson 3-3: Glaciers
Lesson 3-4: Deserts
Lesson 3-5: Coastal Landscapes
Lesson 3-6: Gradational Processes and Humans |
Unit IV: Weather and Climate |
Lesson 4-1: Weather
Lesson 4-2: Clouds and Precipitation
Lesson 4-3: Air Movement
Lesson 4-4: Weather Maps
Lesson 4-5: Extreme Weather
Lesson 4-6: Climate |
Unit V: Biomes |
Lesson 5-1: Vegetation and Soil Types
Lesson 5-2: Biomes of the World
Lesson 5-3: Biomes and Humans |
Unit VI: Resources and Environmental Sustainability |
Lesson 6-1: Sustainability and Resource Use |
What You Need:
You will need the following:
- a computer that is a few years old or less with high speed internet access,
- Google Earth installed on your computer,
- an internet browser (firefox, safari or internet explorer recommended, avoid using google chrome browser),
- Adobe PDF reader installed (most computers have this),
- a scientific calculator and ruler,
- a binder and paper (alternately, you could take notes on your computer)
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