Themes of Geographic InquiryP lace and Location

R egionI nteractionM ovement

E nvironment  

EXPECTATIONS• Demonstrate an understanding of geographic

inquiry• Use the five themes of geography

(location/place, region, movement, environment, and interaction)

BIG IDEAS

Location and PlaceCommunityInteraction

Statement Agree /Disagree

Theme 1: Place/LocationThe words place and location mean the same thing.

Theme 2: Movement The journey of an orange from Florida to Ontario has no effect on the environment or people.

Theme 3: RegionGeographers study the Earth by looking at patterns such as landforms or climate.

Theme: 4 4: EnvironmentOnly 5 percent of all water on Earth Is fresh water

Theme 5: Interaction“If all the people disappeared today, the Earth would start improving tomorrow”. David Suzuki

Anticipation Guide

Ice-Breaking Activities

Brainstorm songs that have to do with location and place(Think pair and share)

We build special buildings on sites for specific reasons. Identify three qualities of your school’s site that make it a good place for a school.

Sketch your mental map of the school grounds. Include some map essentials like a title, direction, legend and appropriate labels.

Important Ideas Details

Place • Physical characteristics are natural or human –made features.

• Human characteristics include: language, culture, politics, religion, etc.

Location

Movement

• Absolute location-exact; can be pinpointed on a map

• Relative location- describes one place in relation to another.

• Flow of people from one location to another

• People move for a variety of reasons, such as visiting, travel, immigration;

• Flow of products from one location to another;

• Goods are moved using systems such as roads, highways, air travel

• Flow of information from one location to another;

• Information is communicated using satellite, telephone, internet, television.

Vocabulary

There are several political regions in Canada. Name the political regions you live in.

Region

1. Physical regions

2. Desert regions

3. Landform regions

4. Climate, Vegetation, and Soil Regions

5. Human Regions

6. Time Zone Regions

7. Functional Regions

8. Canada’s Ecozones

9. Drainage Basins in North America (see Pg. 31, Physical Geography

10.Forest regions

Different Regions

Canada’s physiographic regions are very diversified.

Why do you think Canada’s marine eco-zones are so important to us and the world.

Physiographic Regions of Canada