Loudspeakers make dead coral reefs sound healthy and fish swim to them  By Washington Post, adapted by Newsela staff Published 12/13/2019

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Interrelationships, Patterns and Trends, Spatial Significance

Inquiry: How might the fish help bring back the coral to life? What might be required to bring the coral back to life?

Activity: Gather data about coral bleaching and dead coral and create a spatial journal to show where coral is at risk. Collect data on the impacts of coral sounds have on fish. Conduct an issue analysis to understand the different views involved and devise a plan of action to help bring the coral back to life and communicate your results via story map.

United Nations: 
Shaping our future together

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Interrelationships













Inquiry: Why might the United Nations have taken down it's page regarding Rwanda down?
Why is Rwanda missing from the list of countries that the United Nations was involved in?

source: United Nations: Shaping Our Future Together under Preventing Genocide

Activity: Gather data on the Rwandan Genocide. Conduct an issue analysis to understand the stakeholders involved. Create a spatial journal of the stakeholders involved in the Genocide, including the United Nations. Create a story map and publish it on social media so that the World does not forget about Rwanda.

New map shows which parts of Canada lag on believing in climate change.

Concepts of Geographic Thinking:

Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends, Geographic Perspective

Inquiry: Why might different parts of Canada view Climate Change differently and how might these views be changed to represent the true threat of Climate Change?

Activity: Gather information on different industries in Canada. Collect data on impacts of Climate Change by region. Conduct and issue analysis to better understand the perspectives involved. Create an action plan that connects an communicates with people the importance of acting on climate change data via story map.

How Canada's electoral map changed after the vote

Concepts of Thinking: Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends, Geographic Perspective

Inquiry: How might Party representation change so that a positive impact on the environment can actually become a National concern? 

Activity: Examine the two maps to build an understanding of Environmental awareness and Political leaning. Gather evidence as to why the parties view the environment the way they do. Conduct an issue analysis of the stakeholders on the environment and map it out in a spatial journal. Develop a strategy that may help all parties get on board and realistically move Canada closer to dealing with the Global Warming issue and making a real impact and communicate via story map.

Canada’s Best Jobs 2018: The Top 25 Jobs In Canada MACLEANS

Inquiry: With Climate Change and other environmental issues at the forefront of Global issues why might Geography and Environmental Studies note be supported by the Ministry of Education and Boards of Education especially in Ontario?

Activity: Create a story map to communicate possible solution to help Boards and the Ministry understand how Geography and Environmental Education will help solve the problem of today and tomorrow.

Top 25 Jobs in Canada the following have direct connections to Geography 

1. Utilities Manager - Geography and Geographic Skills

5. Public administration director - Geographic Skills, Law

6. Health Care Manager - Geography and Geographic Skills

10. Marketing & Public Relations Manager - Geographic Skills

11. Air Traffic Controller: Geographic Skills

12. Statistician or Actuary - Geographic Skills

14. Pilot & Flying Instructor - Geography: GIS/GPS

17. Mining & Quarrying Supervisor - Geography

18. Specialized Engineer (e.g. agricultural or naval) - Geography

19. Computer Systems Manager - Geography - GIS

20. Construction Manager - Geographic Skills

21. Aerospace Engineer Geography - GIS/GPS

22. Economic Development Director Geographic Skills, Economics

 

Up to 800 forestry jobs lost as Teal-Jones halts harvesting in southwest B.C.Dirk Meissner · The Canadian Press · 

 

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Interrelationships, Geographic Perspective, Patterns and Trends, Spatial Significance

Inquiry:  How might the lumber industry improve its sustainability? How might this event impact other parts of Canada?

Activity: Gather data on the Canadian lumber. Create a Spatial Journal indicating where the lumber industry is located in Canada. Create a Story Map to outline what might happen the Canada's limber industry in the future and suggest ways to ensure its sustainability moving forward.

'We don't want to be the next cancer village': Canada's plastic recycling dumped and burned overseas Eric Szeto, Katie Pedersen, David Common and Luke Denne · CBC News · Posted: Sep 27, 2019

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Interrelationships

Inquiry: How might Countries better deal with their own waste so they do not need to ship it overseas. What might be needed for countries to take full responsibility of their waste and become more sustainable.

Activity: Gather data on where Canada sends its waste. Create a spatial journal identifying countries that receive Canada's waist. Are there an patterns that can be seen? Create a story map to communicate what might be a solution to Canada's plastic waste problems. How might Canada be called a world leader in plastic waste management?

Just one-third of the world's longest rivers remain free-flowing 

Geographic Concepts of Thinking: Interrelationship, Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends

Inquiry: How might  human interrelationship with the rivers impact sustainability?

Activity: Gather information on the the world largest rivers and human population to create a spatial journal. Examine how humans are using the water. How might spatial significance impact how the water is used? Collect information on the stakeholders using the issues analysis. How might the stakeholders perspective influence sustainability of the river? From the geographic perspective develop a plan that may lead to better interaction along the river so that human activity is actually sustainable. Create a story map to communicate a possible solution.

Do we treat our soil like dirt? The effects of soil erosion  By Dennis Dimick, National Geographic, adapted by Newsela staff

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Interrelationships, Spatial Significance

Inquiry: How might soil erosion impact different communities?  

Activity: Gather data on contributing factors that may cause soil erosion. Create a spatial journal to record where the different types of factors might be found. Evaluate some methods that may reduce soil erosion and where they may work best, add this information to the spatial journal. Develop an action plan that might be useful in a community and communicate results via story map.

Sustainable fishing 

By National Geographic, adapted by Newsela staff

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Interrelationships, Patterns and Trends, 

Inquiry: How might fish stocks be protected so future generations have access to this resource?

Activity: Gather data on overfishing. Conduct an issue analysis to understand of geographic perspective of the stakeholders. Review sustainable fishing practices and create a spatial journal to show where they are. Develop a plan that might work better for the Canadian fishing industry and communicate via story map.

Life at the Arctic floe edge

Canadian Geographic By Susan Nerberg March 27, 2019

Geographic Concepts of Thinking: Interrelationships, Patterns and Trends, Geographic Perspective

Inquiry: How might climate change impact the Arctic floe edge and the ecosystems in this region?

Activity: Gather data on Arctic floe edge, polar ice packs and related elements. Create a spatial journal of the different situations in the Arctic floe edge. Conduct an issue analysis to get an understanding of the different perspectives in the region. Develop an action plan from the data and communicate via story map.

What it’s like to raise children in the world’s most polluted capital 

Annabelle Timsit, Reporter, Early Childhood Development, Quartz

Geographic Concepts of Thinking: Interrelationships, Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends

Inquiry: How might this situation be made better for the people of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, the world’s coldest capital city and one of its most polluted.

Activity: Determine the factors that have contributed to this situation. Create a spatial journal to show where the other most polluted places are found and observe for patterns that may emerge. Are there any trends that can be found? Conduct and issue analysis to develop an action plan that can address this situation so the residents may live with clean air. Communicate action plan via story map.

Drilling down into petroleum's impact on life on Earth

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Spatial Significance, Interrelationships

Inquiry: How might a movement away from oil impact regions of the world?

Activity: Create a spatial journal of oil producing countries/regions of the world. Conduct an issue analysis to determine the stakeholders perspective of oil and how oil may impact the environment and the economy. Evaluate the issue from a Geographic Perspective to determine a course of action and communicate this via story map.

WTTC: Travel and Tourism is Zambia’s 2018 fastest-growing national economic sector, Global Travel Industry News

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Geographic Perspective, Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends

Concepts: How might this increase in Tourism to Zambia impact their population?

Activity: Gather and organize (code) data on Zambia's tourism industry.  Conduct an issue analysis to determine the perspectives of stakeholders.  Create a spatial journal of the information where some impacts may be found. Create a story map to help communicate the result and suggest some changes that might be made so more of the population can benefit from this industry.

The Biggest Eruption of 2018 Was Not Where You Think NASA

Concepts of Geographic Thinking: Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends

Inquiry: Why might the release of Sulphur Dioxide  into the atmosphere from a volcanic eruption be of concern?

Activity: Collect data on the impacts of sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere. Determine the connection between sulphur dioxide release and spatial significance by creating a spatial journal of volcano type and amount of sulphur dioxide release and observe for any patterns and trends. From a geographic perspective, how might these events, the release of sulphur dioxide into the environment, be of concern to stakeholders? Conduct an issue analysis to gain perspective and develop an action plan to deal with these types of events and communicate the results as a story map.

A bold new plan to tackle climate change ignores economic orthodoxy.
The Economist  
Business and financFeb 5th 2019

Concepts of Geographic Thinking:  Geographic Perspective,
Interrelationship, Spatial Significance

Inquiry: How might `going green`impact  the US economy and economies of the world? Why are Canadians not wanting to "Go Green"? How might this view be changed?

Activity: Gather information on the environmental and economic impacts of "going green". Conduct an issue analysis to determine the values and beliefs of different stakeholders in going green discussion. Create a spatial journal that reflects the research of the different places that are going green. Develop a plan to help pursued other stakeholders that going green might be beneficial to them and their people and communicate via story map.