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Physical Geography Scrapbook Assignment

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Purpose:
Due to the development of technology and worldwide communication networks, we have access to information about natural and human caused events that influence physical geography. The "Physical Geography Scrapbook Assignment " will help you develop your research, observation and reporting skills. The analysis portion of this project will develop your critiquing and communication skills. You will also discover that the media will only focus on a specific event or issue for a period of time due to the short attention span of the general media consumers. For issues that are ongoing such as deforestation, ozone layer depletion, global warming and water pollution you may have to research Internet web sites to find current data if newspapers don't mention these issues.

Task:
1. Purchase or create a scrapbook or duotang folder with at least 25 pages. Create a title page that reads "Physical Geography Scrapbook" and includes your name plus your teacher's name.

2. Every week, scan newspapers, magazines and web sites for physical geography issues, events, discoveries, disasters or problems. Collect at least ten (10) articles and mount each of them onto a separate page. You may cut the article into strips so that the text and photo fits on the page(s). You may also use two (2) television news reports or documentaries. Make jot notes about the program. Note the date, channel, program name and television network in your summary.

3. For each article write a caption that includes the media source title, story title, date and page. Include a brief summary that clearly states an analysis of the physical geography situation, discovery, disaster or problem. Your summary should include who? what? where? when? and why?

4. Please refer to the expectations from the "Physical Geography Scrapbook Assignment Marking Rubric" as your work on this project.

Due Dates:
_______________________ ___/20 marks
Show Scrapbook and Title page and your captions for two articles

_______________________ ___/84 marks
Hand in your finished Scrapbook

Media Sources:
The following media sources are provided to help you with your research.

Magazines

Canada

Macleans Magazine

United States

National Geographic

Newspapers

Africa

Independent News from South Africa The Post from Zambia Africa Somalia News Find newspapers for other countries in this region here.

Asia	Afghanistan Newspapers India Newspapers Find newspapers for other countries in this region here.

 

Australia

All of Australia's Newspapers Post Newspaper from Perth The Sydney Morning Herald

Canada

All of Canada's Newspapers The Globe and Mail from Toronto The National Post from Toronto, Ontario Nunatsiaq News from Iqaluit, Nunavut Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario The Toronto Star from Toronto, Ontario The Vancouver Sun from Vancouver, British Columbia

Caribbean

Jamaica Observer Daily Gleaner from Jamaica Find newspapers for other countries in this region here.

Europe

England Newspapers Norway Newspapers Russia Newspapers Scotland Newspapers Turkey Newspapers Ukraine Newspapers Find newspapers for other countries in this region here.

Japan

All of Japan's Newspapers Asahi Newspaper from Tokyo, Japan

South America

Brazil Newspapers Chile Newspapers Venezuela Newspapers Find newspapers for other countries in this region here.

South Pacific

Fiji Live Find newspapers for other countries in this region here.

Middle East

Egypt Newspapers Israel Newspapers Palestine Newspapers Saudi Arabia Newspapers Find newspapers for other countries in this region here.

United States

All of United States' Newspapers The Dallas Observer The Los Angeles Times The New York Times The Seattle Times The Tampa Tribune

Environment News Internet Portals

CNN: Cable News Network Deforestation Causes Deforestation in the Brazilian Rainforest EarthquakeNews.com Ecology News Environment Canada Green Lane Federation of Ontario Naturalists FEMA: Emergency Management News for the United States FEMA: Flood Watch for the United States GlobalWarming.com GreenPeace Hurricane News International Hurricane Center in Florida Nature Conservancy International Nature Conservancy of Canada Nature News Nuclear Waste Polar Ice Cap News Pollution.com Renewable Energy Sierra Club Volcanoes of Canada Volcanoes in Alaska Volcanoes this Week Volcano Watch from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Volcano Watch Satellite Images Weather Around the World Weather Channel Weather in Great Britain World Wildlife Fund

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