Regional Geography

Review

1. Choose a region of Canada. (We have learned)

The Great Lakes.

2. Find a picture you like of this region.

3. Tell me about this region's climate, vegetation, topography. Use 5-8 sentences.

This region's climate is humid because of the presence of the Great Lakes.The Great Lakes tend to cool the temperature during the summer. But warmer in winter.There are many kind of trees in this region.Like spruce tree,oka tree,pine tree,cedar tree,maple tree...

4. Find a picture to show this region's climate. Be creative.

This is the change of The Great Lakes.

5. Find a picture to show this region's vegetation. Be creative.

6. Find a picture to show this region's topography. Be creative.(If you need help, find the information in your textbook)

The review sheet is going to be given to you by the end of this class!!

Test on Monday.~

Arctic.

1. Find a map that shows you the Arctic Region in Canada. Explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.

I can see the place that in the region.They are many region:Pelly bay.Cambridge bay.And some others.

2. Find a picture of the Arctic region you like or don't like. Explain what you see in 5 sentences!

I like this picture.Those are polar bear.I always want to see the lovely huge polar bear.I can see the snow on the ice.And the polar bears sit there cutely.

3. The Arctic region's climate has long, cold winters and short, cool summers! There is very little precipitation in this region. What would your life be like if you lived here? Explain in 5-8 sentences.

If I live there,I think I would not happy.Because the winter is long and cold.It would frozen my ears.But there is still a short summer.I could swim there.I would like to take an umbrella,to avoid the rain.I would take some food and snacks,to make my life there more interesting.May be in winter the violent wind would blow my house up.So I would build my house hard.

4. The Arctic region's vegetation include small shrubs, mosses and lichens.

a. Translate shrub into Chinese.

灌木。

b.Translate mosses into Chinese.

苔藓。

c.Translate lichens into Chinese.

地衣。

5. The Purple Saxifrage is a low-lying plant that grows in the Arctic region. Can you find a picture of this plant?

6. Trees cannot grown on tundra.

a. What is tundra? Translate into Chinese.

苔原。
b. Explain what is it in English in 2-3 sentences.

A vast treeless zone lying between the ice cap and the timberline of North America and Eurasia and having a permanently frozen subsoil.

7. Find a picture you like of the Arctic tundra. Post it! Explain what you like about it in 3-5 sentences.

I like this picture.Because the tundra looks so cool and large.It seems I can ly there for a whole day!!Or I could drive a car.I think no body could stop me there.

Western Cordillera Part 2

Let's continue with the Western Cordillera Region!

1. Find a picture of the Douglas Fir. Post it. Have you seen this tree?

Yes,I have ever seen it.

2. How can you remember what this tree looks like and it's name?

There is a tree outside our class.Every day I go there so I can see the tree.

3. Find a picture of Western Hemlock. Have you seen this tree before?

Yes.I've seen it before.

4. When you look at a Western Hemlook, what is special about this tree. Tell me 3 things about this tree?

1.Straight

2.High.

3.Always be green.

5. There are many mountains in this region. What do you think happens to the vegetation when we get higher up to the mountain? Can you guess?

I think When I get on the top of the mountain,I would feel nervous.May be I would suffercate.Because there is less air on the top of the mountain than land.

6. In the southern part of the Western Cordillera region, there is less rain. If there is less rain, do you think the great evergreen trees will grow?

Yes.Because the evergreen trees are adamant.At least there is much sunshine.So if there is no water,the trees would still grow well.

7. The largest trees in the world exist in this region. They can be found in the United States because this region is very long and goes all the way down into Canada's neighbor!!! These trees are called "Giant Sequoias".

a. Find a picture of a Giant Sequoia you like. Explain why you like or don't like it in 3-5 sentences.

I see the HUGE Giant Sequoia tree.The human being just like a ant under the tree.I like this picture.It isn't be puff.It is the real tree.

8. What did you learn today? Explain in 5-8 sentences. Be serious!!!!

The most impressed thing is the HUGE tree!!!It is so huge.I know 3 kinds of trees today. I know their names.I know 3 things about the WESTERN HEMLOCK.I thought I can see them in Canada.But also ion China.Except the last huge Giant Sequoia tree.

The Western Cordillera

THE WESTERN CORDILLERA

This is a mountain in The Western Cordillera Region!

1. Find a photograph of the Western Cordillera Region. Post it.

2. Find a map of The Western Cordillera region.Explain what you see in the map in 3-5 sentences.This region has range after range of mountains, separated by plateaus and valleys. The Rocky Mountains are the most easterly range of mountains in this region.

There are many region I can see.There is:Interior Plains,Great Lakes-St.Lawrence Lowlands,Atlantic&Gulf Region,Western Cordillera,Canadian Shield,Sub-Arctic,Plateau.

3. Find picture you like of the Rocky Mountains.Explain why you like it in 5-8 sentences.

I love this picture.Because the sky looks sooooo clean!!The mountain is very high,the white part on the top of the mountain,may be they are snow.It was so splendid.There is a wisp of gray cloud,it looks cool!!So the mountain must be very high.The picture everywhere is green,looks comfortable.

4. The Rocky Mountains are fold mountains.a. How are fold mountains made? Use your OWN words to explain this process.Go to this website to find the answer: http://library.thinkquest.org/17701/high/geofeatures/fefoldmt.html.What are some other examples of fold mountains?

I think fold mountains' form is cause of the earthquake,or something that in early years crush on the mountain.The earthquake occur so the mountains change into the crossbedding.The soil extrusion the sediment layers.So it forms a fold moutain.The layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock.

5. Find a photograph of another fold mountain in the world. Post it.Explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.

I can just see a large rock.May be it is a part of the fold mountain.There is moss on the rock.The sky is so blue that like a sea and near violent.

6. There are a lot of mountains in this region, would you want to live here?Tell me three reasons why or why not.

I don't want to live there.

#Because the moutains are so large that make me afraid.

#There is no semaphore.

#I will miss my mum and dad.

7. What did you learn today? Explain in 5-8 sentences.

I learned about the moutains.I know what is the FOLD MOUNTAINS is.I know how fold moutains' form.I know the regions there.And I knowthe region's name.

The Canadian Shield

The Canadian Shield

1. Find a map of this region. Which provinces are in this region

There are many province in this region:Quebec,Territories Nord-Quset.Almost the part of Ontario and almost part of Manitoba.

2. Translate erosion. What is erosion? Explain in your own words.

腐蚀。The wearing away of rocks and other deposits on the earth's surface by the action of water, ice, wind.Or the act or process of eroding or the state of being eroded.

3. Why do you think the climate of this region will vary? Explain in 3-5 sentences. Look at the map of this region and think about it.

I think it is because the region is so big thst the climate is vary.The north region is colder,so the soth region is warmer.I think this is the reason.

4. The vegetation of this region is mostly boreal forest. What is special about a boreal forest? Explainin 3-5 sentences.

I think the special of the boreal forest,is the shape of the trees.The boeal forest,every tree is very straight and high.

5. Find a picture of the Canadian Shield. Explain why you like this picture in 3-5 sentences.

I like this picture because I can see the straight and high trees.The big and grow the grass on the edge.I can see the moutain clearly.The blue sky and the white cloud make me comfortable.

6.There is a lot of mining in this area. The Canadian shield is sometimes called a "mineral storehouse" because it has a lot of valuable minerals like lead, copper, gold, zinc and nickel.

a. Find a picture of lead. Post it.

b. Find a picture of copper. Post it.

c. Find a picture of gold. Post it.

d. Find a picture of zinc. Post it.

e. Find a pciture of nickel. Post it

7. If you were the owner of a mining company, why would you want to come to this area? Tell me at least 2 reasons.

!Because there are many treasure~

!Because treasure can make you more money.

Regional Geography

1. Are there geographical regions in China or Korea? Explain in 3-5 sentences.

They are in China.Every where n China is a geographical regions.Like:Beijing,Hebei,Shanxi,Hainan.Sichuan..

2. Post 3 pictures of China's regional geography. It can be photographs. Explain each picture in 5-8 sentences.

Ts is Yunnan,this is the place that I want to go,always.I heard that the terraced field there is very beautiful.It has many colors.The color of the field,why it is coloful? I think it might be the sun or the forest.When the sun begin decline,the vivid sun color shot to the field,and the field would turn into red,orange.But bthe trees are green,so there are more green.I think.

This is China's capital city.Named:beijing.This is The Great Wall.It has been a symbol of China.Look at the top of the great wall,there is a doll stand on there.It name is Huanhuan,It is Olympic's symbol.And there are lots of people,they must want to go to top of the Great wall,to see Huanhuan,I bet.

This is Hebei,my hometown.This is a kind of wall painting.It might be the anient people's work.Beautiful and full of culture.The men in the pictrue,They must be the ministers.They all listen to the great emperor

3. What have you learned about regions so far? Explain in 5-8 sentences.

I learned every region's cultrue and the symbol of the region.I know the three places,more clearly.They are:Yunnan,Hebei and Beijing.And I know what the meaning Regional Geography

Climate Continued!

After learning about the topography of this region, we are going to look at the climate and vegetation of this region.


1a. Translate ocean into Chinese.
海洋。

1b. Which Canadian province is closest to the Pacific Ocean?
British Coulumbia is closet to the Pacific Ocean.

1c. Which Canadian provinces is closest to the Atlantic Ocean?
Newfoundland and Labrador is the province which closet to the Atlantic Ocean.

2. Find a picture of the Pacific Ocean you like. Explain why you like it in 3-5 sentences.



I like this pictrue because the view is very beautiful and it looks comfortable.I can see the white sand,it must be very soft and I_ think it is a good thing to play on the beach.The sea is crystal blue,so I would like to go swimming.



3. Find a picture of the Atlantic Ocean you like. Explain why you like it.in 3-5 sentences.

I like this pictrue.Because I like the large waves.I would like to play in the large waves.I wouldn't afraid of it~

4. Why would the Interior Plains region's climate be affected by the ocean. What does the ocean do for the climate? Explain in 5-8 sentences. Look at your past lesson.
It is because of the current. The two lines of current,they blow the winds and the climate of there would be changing. But there is no any ocean there.So the rei=gion when it dry it'll be very dry.When it wet,It'll be very wet.

5. What continent is the Interior Plains region on? Explain in 3-5 sentences.
I think it is on North America.Because Canada is in North America.So the Interior Plains region is on North America.

6. Where is the Interior Plains region on this continent? What provinces are in this region?
They are in the more west.Monatana,North Dakota,South Dakota,Colorado.Oklahoma,Kansas,wyoming,Nebras.

7. What did you learn today?
I leaned about Interior Plainsregion's climate.I know the climate there i svery strange.And I know the oceans that closet the region.

The Interior Plains - Climate

REMEMBER TO USE COMPLETE SENTENCES TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

1. What is a continent? Find a picture of a continent. Post it here. Explain in 3-5 sentences what you see.

洲。

This continent is Australia.I see the provinces and territories.There is a way from Perth to Cape York.

2. Find a map of all the continents in the world. Post it here. Explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.

I can see the seven continenets..Other pictrues can not be figure out..

3. Can you list some continents in the world? Write as many as you can find.

Asia,North America,South America,Afica,Europe,Austria,

4. Translate the word "extreme" into Chines.

尽头的。

5. What did you learn today? How does this connect to the last lesson? Explain in 5-8 sentences.

I learned about The Seven Continents.I know their name and thier location.Especially Austria..I know how to say continent in English.At last I know today the computer is so weak and silly

The Interior Plains - Topography

The Interior Plains Region

1. Translate the word "prairie" into Chinese. Post it here.
草原。

2.What provinces are in the Interior Plains Region?

Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

3. What does the landscape of the Interior Plains look like? Do a search and post 2 different pictures of this region. Explain what is in each picture in 3-5 sentences EACH. (2 pictures = 6-10 sentences)

In the first pictrue there is a little house,may be that's a big house.It just far away from me.It's hide in the landscape.

The second pictrue,there is a small and secret path.There are also many trees and green plants.The path left its trace.It tell us the cars always get there.

4. Translate the word "elevation", "flat", "level" into Chinese or Korean. Post it here.

海拔

平原
水平线

5. How many levels of elevation is in this region?

There are 3 levels of elevation in this region.

6. What happens when you move to the east? What happens to the elevation?

You may find hills, escarpments (cliffs), low mountains, forests, wide river valleys and there are even sand dunes!

7. Find a picture of a sand dune. Post it here.

8. Translate the word "population" into Chinese.

人口

9. What do people live close to in this region? Why do they do that? Explain in 3-5 sentences.

They live in the southern region of the plains.Because the place helps them to water the crops,

10. Why are water routes important to people? Explain in 3-5 sentences.

Because in the past, these water routes were also major fur trading routes. These waterways also act as areas of recreation, tourism, as well, as resources like hydro-electricity for Canadians.

11. What did you learn today? Explain in 5-8 sentences.

Today I've learned about the region-The interior Plains' Topography.The region is in Alberta,Saskatchewan,Manitoba.The forest in this region is very fertile.

Today's Short Lesson

Let's think about what we have learned!
1. What are the regions of Canada we have learned about?
St. Lawrence River:The Great Lakes.The Arctic Coastal Plains,and Appalachian Region.

2. Choose one region, and tell me how your life would be like in this region. Use 5-8 sentences.
I'd love to go to The Great Lakes.Because I think there is so beautiful,and there are many kind of wild animals.I love animals.I love the colorful forests,the waterfall.And many kind of trees.I think I can go under the tree have a good sleep.

3. Look at your older posts, what vocabulary words have I asked you to translate? List all of them here.
"Lake Sturgeon"
鲟鱼。
"saint"
geese
鹅
maple trees
枫树
beech trees?
山毛榉
hickory tree
山核桃树
mixed
混合
oak tree
橡树
spruce tree
云杉
pine tree
松树
cedar tree
雪松
humid
潮湿
escarpment
悬崖
glaciation
冰川作用
Forest:
森林
Coniferous
针叶树
Deciduous
灌木
ocean curren
海洋流向
plateau
高原
fertile
盛产
river valley
河谷
sedimentary rock
沉积岩
region
地区
geography
地理
province
省
mountain
山
topograghy
地形
climate
气候
vegetation
植被

St. Lawrence River

St. Lawrence River

1. Find a map of the St. Lawrence River and post it. Explain what you see.

2.Where is the St. Lawrence River in Canada? What provinces are around this river?

It's south in Canada.Ontario is around this river.

3. Inside this river, there are fish called Lake Sturgeon. Translate "Lake Sturgeon" into Chinese.

鲟鱼。

4. Find a picture of Lake Sturgeon and post it. Explain what you see.

I can see nothing ,excapt a large fish named

Lake Sturgeon.

5. This river is very important to Canadian history because an explorer named "Jacques Cartier" wanted to use it to get to China! Find a picture of Jacques Cartier and post it.

6. On St. Lawrence's Day in 1535, Jacques Cartier gave the saint's name to one small bay near the river's mouth, but by 1600, it was used to describe the entire river. Find a picture of Saint Laurence, the saint the river was named after. Post it and explain what you see in the picture using 3-5 sentences!

I see the beautiful sunset.But I can't see the sun,may be it has gone.But I still can see the colorful clouds.It name is:altocumulus undulatus.The cloud's colors are gray,red,orange and yellow.And look at the coast,there is a flag and a boat.

7. Translate "saint" into Chinese or Korean.

圣。

8. There are also lots of snow geese who come to the St. Lawrence River. Google a picture of this and post it here. Explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.

I see two snow geese in the white clean snow.Their mouse is deep red.Their feet are vivid.Their necks are straight and white. There is a little bit black color in the end.

9. Translate "geese" into Chinese or Korean.

鹅。
10. What did you learn today? 3-5 sentences!

I learned about St.Lawrence River's animal,the snow geese are beautiful.And this river 's location.I've got a map of there.I know this place's inventor is Jacques Cartier.

The Great Lakes-St.Lawrence Lowland Region Part III

VEGETATION of the Great Lakes-St.Lawrence Lowland Region

1. What is the word for vegetation in Chinese?//

植被。

2. There are a lot of broad-leafed forests in this region. What do these forests look like? Find a picture, post it and explain it.

Most of the broad-leafed trees are green.Green is the common color.The trunks are very straight and gray. But there are many different color of the broad-leafed trees.There's yellow,red,orange.They are so beautiful.When it is fall,I think the trees will turn it color to yellow.

3. What does a broad-leaf look like? Post a picture and explain what you think "broad" means.

It looks like a green frog... .Broad means:having relatively great breadth or width.

4. There are maple trees in this region. Find a picture of a maple tree.

5. What is the Chinese word for maple trees?

枫树。

6. There are beech trees as well. Find a picture of a beech tree.

7. What is the Chinese or Korean word for beech trees?

山毛榉.

8. There are also Hickory trees in this region. Find a picture of a hickory tree.

9. What is the Chinese or Korean word for hickory tree?

山核桃树。

10. In other places of the region, the vegetation is a mixed forest. It has a mix of both decidous and coniferous trees, such as maple, beech, oak, ash, and birch, along with spruce, fir, pine and cedar. Find a picture of a mixed forest. Post it! Explain what "mixed" means!

混合

11. Find a picture of an oak tree.Find a picture. Post it.

12. What is the Chinese or Korean word for it?

橡树。

13. What is a spruce tree. Find a picture.

14. What is the Chinese or Korean word for it?

云杉。

15. Find a picture of a pine tree.

16. What is the Chinese or Korean word for it?

松树。

17. What is a cedar tree? Find a picture.

18. What is the Chinese or Korean word for it?

雪松。

19. What did you learn from this lesson? Explain in 8-12 sentences.

I 've learned many kind of trees.That can make me know more about Canada's vegetation. I can know the English about the various trees.I can see their shape.And I bet that when I see them I can figure them out!They are so beautiful and colorful,I think there must be many bird's nest inside.Tree makes our environment cleaner.We should protect them well.

The Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowland Continued...

This Region's Climate
1. Translate the word humid
湿的。

2. What does humid mean? Explain in your own words using 3-5 sentences.
It can be a kind of weather.It's wet and cold.Or wet and warm.Same as moist;damp.

3. How can the Great Lakes cool the temperature during the summer? What do you think happens?
The Great Lakes tend to cool the temperature during the summer.I think it's cool.

4. Find a photograph of Lake Michigan. Explain what you see.I see four people walking on the shore.The man turn back to see the dove that flying in the sky. Look at the land,there are lots of building,some of them are very high,and theothers are lower.


5. Find a photograph of Lake Superior. Explain what you see.
I see the huge rocks.There's big hole,it's so large that I can though it to see another mountain.There are many trees grows on the rocks on each mountain.The mountain's color is very beautiful,yellow and white and a little gray.

6. Find a photograph of Lake Erie. Explain what you see.

I can see the sunset,it's very beautiful,the sun is still shining,reflected back the bright sunlight.I can see the sail boat faraway,it's too small to compare with the sea and the sun.But I don't know what the gray thing like a large piece of cloud is..

7. Find a photograph of Lake Huron. Explain what you see.

I can see the large,white lighthouse,stand in the green forest. The sea looks turbulent and dark.May be it is very high.The blue sky,there's no clouds.

8. Find a photograph of Lake Ontario. Explain what you see.

This is a special pictrue.Every where is snow.we can't see the great sun, but we still can see the sunshine.There is a fence,abig rock.The sky is almost purple.The cloud is very thin.

Did you know the Great Lakes can be remembered by the word "home"? H is for? O is for? M is for? E is for? S is for?

H for LAke Huron,O for Lake Ontario,M for Michigan.E is for LAke Erie.S is for Superior

9. Why is this region a good place for agriculture? Tell me three reasons and explain.

I think this region is a good place for agriculture.Because the climate would be very comfortabale for the plants and the emblement.The air is very clean and there is no rubbish.There has enough water,enough soil and fresh air.//.

10. What did you learn today? Explain in 5-8 sentences:

I learned about The great Lakes-St.Lawerence Lowland.This place's climate.I learned the five big lakes.

They are:Lake Ontario.Lake Huron.Lake Erie.Lake Superior.and Lake Michigan.I know about these place's climate,vegetation...