• Geography: Themes of Georgrapgic Inquiry
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/document/curricul/social/social.html#themes
  The Ontario Curriculum, Grade 7
  
  
• MET sample unit- Themes of geographic inquiry
  http://www.enoreo.on.ca/met_update/rtf/inquiry/INQUIRY.html
  Lesson plan and student hand-outs.
  
  
  

• The Sun Times Global/Sun Temperature Project
  http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/tempproj/
  To collaborate with schools throughout the world in determining how the average daily temperature and hours of sunlight in a specific location are affected by how close that location is to the equator.
  
  
• Five Themes of Geography
  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/themes.html
  The five themes explained briefly with classroom activity suggestions.
  
  
• Great Lakes Basin Waters
  http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/mnr/water/greatlakes/index.html
  Drafts of the Great Lakes Charter Annex agreements were released for public consultation. Read about the proposals made for the use of this shared resource among Ontario, Quebec and the eight Great Lakes States: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
  • Great Lakes Basin Map
    
    
• Tropical Rainforest a Disappearing Treasure
  http://www.si.edu/sites/educate/troprain/start.htm
  Lesson plans and links to the use of the rainforest.
  • Items from home that come from the tropical rainforest
    
     
• Deforestation and Development in Amazonia
  http://www.nasm.edu/ceps/research/AMAZON/amazon.html
  A look at man's influence along the Amazon River.
  
   
• Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration
  http://www.oilspill.state.ak.us/
  Explanations of the state of the ecosystem and marine life of Alaska 10 years after the oils spill.
  
  
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Pat Elliott, Library Specialist
Friday July 22, 2005 1:32 PM