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Grade 7, Geography Std 12.2: Predicting the future spatial organization of Earth if present conditions and patterns of consumption, problem-solving innovations, production, and rates of population growth and decline continue.

Lesson Plans: GIS: Helping to Save the African Wild There are approximately 6 billion people on our planet, and that number is growing! Population growth not only affects humans, it threatens plants and animals that rely on the same resources as humans (food, land, and water). In this lesson, students will learn about a geographic tool known as GIS, and about how it is assisting the conservation efforts of ecologically minded individuals such as Dr. Michael Fay and the environmentalists at the Wildlife Conservation Society. Planning a New Town In this lesson students will make decisions about buildings, businesses, services, and housing areas to include in the development of a new town. Oil: The Problem or Solution to the World's Economic Future This lesson requires students to analyze maps and charts in determining the distribution of oil on the Earth's surface and the economic impact oil transportation networks have on the rest of the world's economy. "Ad-ing" to Geography Students should be able to classify several economic activities and to analyze these spatial patterns. They will use advertisements for contemporary products to explore economic and geographic concepts presented in the lesson.

Resources: PCL Map Room A collection of more than 250,000 maps. The Geography of Economic Activities A site that provides in-depth analysis of major industries. Teachers may want to use this information to show students relationships with manufacturing and where the distribution of natural resources are located. Maps This site has more than 1,000 links to electronic map resources and 180 map collections. Perhaps this site is the most extensive grouping of maps on the Web. The USGS (United States Geological Survey) This site contains satellite images of environmental change (this site includes satellite imagery on urban areas, agriculture, deserts, and many other types of regions on earth).
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