Grade 7 Geography - Geographic Inquiry
Activity 1: Location/Place: Do You Know Where You Are?
How Far Is It? This service uses data from the
US Census and a supplementary list of cities around the world to find the latitude and
longitude of two places, and then calculates the distance between them (as the crow
flies). It also provides a map showing the two places.
CIA World Factbook
Activity 2: Location/Place: Where in the World?
Researching locations of events
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Natural Disasters
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Math
Hunt Game - Natural Disasters "From
fountains of lava to waves 100 feet high, planet Earth has more than its share
of surprises. So join me, Webster, as we travel around the World Wide Web and
brave some of the worst recorded disasters of all time. At each stop on our
Hunt, we'll use the facts we find to solve a math question. Every question is
worth 20 points. Sound intriguing? Then grab your survival kit and let's
go!"
Savage Earth - earthquakes,
volcanoes, tsunamis
Recent
World Earthquake Map
Volcano World
Exploring Earth Hazards
The WWW Tsunami Information
Resource
Tornado Project Online
Canadian Avalanche Association Homepage
Global Fire Monitoring
Earthweek - A Diary of the Planet
Satellite Images of
Environmental Change
Activity 4: Region: A Hard Rock Region
Rock Map
Discover How Rocks Are
Formed
Activity 5: Region: Watch Out! It's Tornado Time
Tornado Map of North America
Tornado Project Online
Activity 7: Interaction: Building a Road/Highway
Maintenance
Considerations in Highway Design - from the Road Engineering Journal
Quantifying the Impacts
of Road Construction on Wetlands Loss - from the Road Engineering Journal
Study Shows Problem of
Vehicle-Wildlife Collisions Increasing - from the Road Engineering Journal
Activity 10: Environment: Are You a Survivor?
What's It Like Where You Live?
Biomes Around the World: Rainforests, Tundra, Taiga, Desert, Temperate, Grasslands
Activity 11: Environment: Get Ready! Here Comes
Nature!
The Weather Channel
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Activity 12: Environment: Are You Environmentally
Friendly?
The Earth Times Daily Web
Edition
Environmental Organization Web Directory
Yahoo!:
Environment and Nature
Activity 14: Are You A Life-Saver?
Red River Rising: Manitoba Floods - from CBC Archives