1. The world’s natural environment
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To make your expedition findings public, make digital format presentations in groups, with the information you have collected.
Choose a program that you are familiar with and try to be original when you present your work. If you have a class blog, upload
your presentations so that as many people as possible can see the world!
Communication and publication
Follow these steps to successfully complete your expedition:
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Collect information about the geographic units.
– With the map in front of you, identify what units the line goes through.
– Find out the most relevant natural facts about each unit: relief, climate,
hydrography, vegetation and fauna.
– Find out if there are any people famous for discovering things related to
your route.
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Look for photos of the geographic units.
– Choose photos of the most characteristic landscapes for each geographic
unit: prairies, mountain ranges, rivers and lakes.
– Try to point out the most remarkable facts about each of them: mountain
peaks, trees or animals of the region and so on.
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Give a description of the route and of each unit.
– To do this, you must follow the suggested route and choose the most
relevant elements in each geographic unit.
– You can include possible natural hazards that might appear on different
points of the route.
– Write a summary of the whole region, relating the units, so that others can
appreciate your general knowledge and the overall vision of a geographer.
Final task
1.
How does geography, as a science, help us to know the world? What arguments would you use to encourage
someone who is interested in it?
2.
What is the work of a geographer?
3.
Using the expeditions of the other groups, describe the natural units of each continent and name the elements
that you have found interesting.
4.
In this task, you have found out about people who have become famous because of their geographic discoveries.
Name some of them and what they discovered.
5.
What actions can be carried out to prevent the possible effects of a natural hazard on those people who live in
the area of the route you studied?
6.
Which of the expeditions did you like the best and why?
7.
What was your role in the group work? What did you contribute?
8.
What did you learn doing this task?
SELF-ASSESSMENT
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