Transcript The Rocky Mountain Region

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The Rocky Mountain
Region
The Location of the Rocky Mountain Region
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Today’s ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Are…
What
are Geographic
Regions?
What
is the location of the
Rocky Mountain Region?
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What are Geographic Regions?
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Geography is the study of land.
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In geography, regions are areas broadly divided by physical
characteristics.
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…the Grassland Region
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What are Geographic Regions?
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For example, the Rocky Mountain Region…
looks very different from…
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the Grassland Region!
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What are Geographic Regions?
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Regions will have…
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Differences in WHEATHER! (Some places will be rainy, some
places will be sunny!)
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Differences in VEGETATION (Some places will have lots of
different types of grasses and others will have lots of
different types of trees!)
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Differences in ANIMAL LIFE (Some places will attract
gophers and others will attract moose!)
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Differences in LAND FORMS (Some places will have
Mountains and hills and others will be very flat!)
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What are Geographic Regions?
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Please take out your SS Journals…
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and record your name and date…
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and answer today’s first ESSENTIAL QUESTION with a
complete sentence or two…
What
are Geographic
Regions?
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You have 3 minutes and 3 students will be asked to share!
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What is the Location of the RMR?
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Let’s start by defining the 4 CARDINAL DIRECTIONS!
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The four main ones are NORTH, EAST, SOUTH &
WEST
The four minor ones are
NORTH EAST, SOUTH EAST,
SOUTH WEST, NOTH WEST.
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What is the Location of the RMR?
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North does not mean “UP” it means “closer to the North
Pole.”
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South does not mean “DOWN” it means “closer to the South
Pole.”
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What is the Location of the RMR?
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So…what is the location of the RMR?
The RMR is located in the
SOUTHWESTERN PART
OF ALBERTA.
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What is the Location of the RMR?
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Please take out your SS Journals…
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and record your name and date…
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and answer today’s second ESSENTIAL QUESTION with a
complete sentence or two…
What
is the location of the
Rocky Mountain Region?
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You have 2 minutes and 3 students will be asked to share!
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Thanks for listening!