World Biomes and Vegetation Zones Day 1
Objective(s):
Given a chromebook with access to Google Docs, students will be able to build a biomes spreadsheet with various customized cells, rows and columns as well as placing and formatting text within each cell as it relates to the information presented in class.
Rationale: Understanding the various functions and features of a spreadsheet, will allow students to access the tool for data input. In addition, understanding the connection between latitude, rainfall, temperature and vegetation, will allow students to gain a better understanding of where various products are grown and developed.
Evidence: Being able to manipulate a spreadsheet and customize it to receive data and display it in a structured way, is a great example of how spreadsheets can be used to categorize and display data in a logic and visibly pleasing way.
Today's schedule
Your Columbian Exchange Paragraph should be uploaded at this point.
Part 4 - Columbian Exchange Effects Article - ( here ) (this is the last assignment for the Columbian Exchange)
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The columbian exchange led to massive plant interaction, and the subsequent loss of many native plants once new species were planted in their environment. Today we see access to many different plants and their products (fruits, vegetables, spices, wood products, etc) but access to these products was never available locally for people unless their town/country was a major player along trade routes. Isolated cultures were limited to the various plant diversity of their location. In the section we will look at what plants grew where and how that affected their cultural development.
Part 4 - Columbian Exchange Effects Article - ( here ) (this is the last assignment for the Columbian Exchange)
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We will start by building the Vegetation Zones spreadsheet and filling in the Low Latitude Climates
Skills to be learned today - ( here )
Skills to be learned today - ( here )
(print out maps (not the keys) and bring to class for next week)
MAPS - Here are the 3 World Climate maps - ( here )
Here are the keys for those maps - ( Vegetation Key ) ( Temperature Key ) ( Rainfall Key )
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BIOMES - (for next week)Part 1 - Chapter 16 reading on Biomes -( here ) answer each of the section reviews
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