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- | ==Looking at Maps -- Due Sunday March 5, 5pm== | + | ==Looking at Maps -- Due Sunday March 5, 5pm== |
Using the online map source from '''National Geographic''', found at | Using the online map source from '''National Geographic''', found at | ||
[http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/conservationmaps.html MapMachine]. | [http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/conservationmaps.html MapMachine]. | ||
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===''Click'' "Major Habitat types"=== | ===''Click'' "Major Habitat types"=== | ||
- | ====1) Do these major ecosystems of the world match what you have already learned so far about biomes?==== | + | ====1) Do these major ecosystems of the world match what you have already learned so far about biomes?==== |
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+ | ====2) What does ''National Geographic'' call these regions? What region(s) are in Southern Illinois?==== | ||
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===''Click'' "Vegetation"=== | ===''Click'' "Vegetation"=== | ||
- | ====3) What vegetation types are in Southern Illinois?==== | + | ====3) What vegetation types are in Southern Illinois?==== |
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===''Click'' "Natural Landscapes"=== | ===''Click'' "Natural Landscapes"=== | ||
- | ====4) What landscape types are in Southern Illinois?==== | + | ====4) What landscape types are in Southern Illinois?==== |
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===''Click'' "Soil Types"=== | ===''Click'' "Soil Types"=== | ||
- | ====5) What soil types are in Southern Illinois?==== | + | ====5) What soil types are in Southern Illinois?==== |
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===''Click'' "Population Density"=== | ===''Click'' "Population Density"=== | ||
- | ====6) What are the population densities in Southern Illinois?==== | + | ====6) What are the population densities in Southern Illinois?==== |
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- | ==== | + | ====7) What are the population densities in the Everglades region?==== |
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- | ====9) How do each of these poulation densities compare? Do you think they correctly depict the poulations in those areas?==== | + | |
- | + | ====8) What are the population densities Near New Orleans?==== | |
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+ | ====9) How do each of these poulation densities compare? Do you think they correctly depict the poulations in those areas?==== | ||
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===''Click'' "Flood Regions"=== | ===''Click'' "Flood Regions"=== | ||
- | ====10) Near New Orleans, compare this map to the population densities and explain what you find.==== | + | ====10) Near New Orleans, compare this map to the population densities and explain what you find.==== |
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+ | ====11) Overview: Pick a region-Southern Illinois, New Orleans, or Everglades and discuss the possible problems of assigning a single zone type to each of these smaller regions by comparing each of the map types above.==== | ||
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