Geography http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php en-AU http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Think Like A Geographer http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/think-like-a-geographer Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:01:00 +0000 MrNewman Biophysical Interactions 92@http://mrstevennewman.com/ <div class="videoblock"><object data="http://www.youtube.com/v/YIPcOSNwVjw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/YIPcOSNwVjw" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /></object></div> <div class="sharethis"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title : 'Think Like A Geographer', url : 'http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/think-like-a-geographer'}, { button: true } ) ; </script></div> <div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/think-like-a-geographer">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>

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]]> http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/think-like-a-geographer#comments http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=92 List of Questions every Geographer Should Be Asking http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/list-of-questions-every-geographer Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:32:00 +0000 MrNewman HSC Geography Prelim Geography Welcome Urban Places Urban Dynamics World Cities Mega Cities Ecosystems at risk People and Economic Activity Biophysical Interactions SGP Global Challenges Population Geography Cultural Integration Natural Resources Skills Year 7 and 8 Year 9 and 10 91@http://mrstevennewman.com/ I looked at this many years ago and still think it relevant now. Might make a poster of this and put it up in my classroom! <blockquote>The set of questions that Slater suggests should be in every geography inventory include the following: <ul> <li>Where is it? </li> <li>Where does it occur? </li> <li>What is there? </li> <li>Why is it there? </li> <li>Why is it not elsewhere? </li> <li>What could be there? </li> <li>Could it be elsewhere? </li> <li>How much is there at that location? </li> <li>Why is it there rather than anywhere else? </li> <li>How far does it extend already? </li> <li>Why does it take a particular form or structure that it has? </li> <li>Is there regularity in its distribution? </li> <li>What is the nature of that regularity?</li> <li>Why should the spatial distributional pattern exhibit regularity? </li> <li>Where is it in relation to others of the same kind? </li> <li>What kind of distribution does it make? </li> <li>Is it found throughout the world? </li> <li>Is it universal? </li> <li>Where are its limits? </li> <li>What are the nature of those limits? </li> <li>Why do those limits constrain its distribution? </li> <li>What else is there spatially associated with that phenomenon? </li> <li>Do these things usually occur together in the same places?</li> <li>Why should they be spatially associated? </li> <li>Is it linked to other things? </li> <li>Has it always been there? </li> <li>When did it first emerge or become obvious? </li> <li>How has it changed spatially (through time)? </li> <li>What factors have influenced its spread? </li> <li>Why has it spread or diffused in this particular way? </li> <li>What geographic factors have constrained its spread?</li></ul> </blockquote> <strong>Source:</strong> Timothy L. Nyerges and Reginald G. Golledge, NCGIA Core Curriculum in GIS, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, University of California, Santa Barbara, Unit 007, <a href="http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u007/u007_f.html">http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u007/u007_f.html</a>, posted November 12, 1997. <div class="sharethis"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title : 'List of Questions every Geographer Should Be Asking', url : 'http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/list-of-questions-every-geographer'}, { button: true } ) ; </script></div> <div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/list-of-questions-every-geographer">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> The set of questions that Slater suggests should be in every geography inventory include the following:
  • Where is it?
  • Where does it occur?
  • What is there?
  • Why is it there?
  • Why is it not elsewhere?
  • What could be there?
  • Could it be elsewhere?
  • How much is there at that location?
  • Why is it there rather than anywhere else?
  • How far does it extend already?
  • Why does it take a particular form or structure that it has?
  • Is there regularity in its distribution?
  • What is the nature of that regularity?
  • Why should the spatial distributional pattern exhibit regularity?
  • Where is it in relation to others of the same kind?
  • What kind of distribution does it make?
  • Is it found throughout the world?
  • Is it universal?
  • Where are its limits?
  • What are the nature of those limits?
  • Why do those limits constrain its distribution?
  • What else is there spatially associated with that phenomenon?
  • Do these things usually occur together in the same places?
  • Why should they be spatially associated?
  • Is it linked to other things?
  • Has it always been there?
  • When did it first emerge or become obvious?
  • How has it changed spatially (through time)?
  • What factors have influenced its spread?
  • Why has it spread or diffused in this particular way?
  • What geographic factors have constrained its spread?
Source: Timothy L. Nyerges and Reginald G. Golledge, NCGIA Core Curriculum in GIS, National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, University of California, Santa Barbara, Unit 007, http://www.ncgia.ucsb.edu/giscc/units/u007/u007_f.html, posted November 12, 1997.

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]]> http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/list-of-questions-every-geographer#comments http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=91 Global Environments- Biomes http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/global-environments-biomes Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:31:00 +0000 MrNewman Biophysical Interactions Year 7 and 8 84@http://mrstevennewman.com/ <p>This is a little Flash Learning Object I've put together. I'd be interested in some feedback on how to improve it so you teachers can use it better. I've rushed the information and images. So, if anyone has better info, please send it my way and I'll fix it up.</p> <p>Link: <a href="http://www.mrstevennewman.com/geo/Biomes2.html" target="_blank">Biomes Map</a></p> <div class="sharethis"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title : 'Global Environments- Biomes', url : 'http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/global-environments-biomes'}, { button: true } ) ; </script></div> <div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/global-environments-biomes">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> This is a little Flash Learning Object I've put together. I'd be interested in some feedback on how to improve it so you teachers can use it better. I've rushed the information and images. So, if anyone has better info, please send it my way and I'll fix it up.

Link: Biomes Map

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]]> http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/global-environments-biomes#comments http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=84 Ecosystems at Risk Case Studies http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/ecosystems-at-risk-case-studies Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:03:00 +0000 MrNewman HSC Geography Ecosystems at risk 85@http://mrstevennewman.com/ <p><a href="http://www.mrstevennewman.com/geo/index.html">http://www.mrstevennewman.com/geo/index.html</a></p>Here is a website that I compiled on the run that summarise three Ecosystems at Risk case studies. I found resources all over the place and put it together. Please let me know if you know the source of the info so I can reference them properly throughout. Click <a href="http://www.mrstevennewman.com/geo/index.html">Here</a> to go to the site. <div class="sharethis"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title : 'Ecosystems at Risk Case Studies', url : 'http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/ecosystems-at-risk-case-studies'}, { button: true } ) ; </script></div> <div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/ecosystems-at-risk-case-studies">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> http://www.mrstevennewman.com/geo/index.html

Here is a website that I compiled on the run that summarise three Ecosystems at Risk case studies. I found resources all over the place and put it together. Please let me know if you know the source of the info so I can reference them properly throughout. Click Here to go to the site.

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]]> http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/ecosystems-at-risk-case-studies#comments http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=85 Utility Values of Ecosystems http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/utility-values-of-ecosystems Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:40:01 +0000 MrNewman HSC Geography Ecosystems at risk 80@http://mrstevennewman.com/ <p>Here is a link from New Sceintist which summarises the economic value of ecosystems globally,&#160; <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19578-how-much-would-you-pay-for-planet-earth.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&amp;nsref=online-news">How Much Would You Pay For Planet Earth?</a></p> <p>Here is a snippet from the article:</p> <div class="artbx bxbg"> <h3 id="bxdn19578B1"></h3> <blockquote> <h3 id="bxdn19578B1">The cash value of Earth's biomes</h3> <p>Values are in dollars per hectare per year. The range represents the different values of biomes of each type around the world, with the top end of each range corresponding to prime locations (Source: TEEB)</p> <p><em>Coral reefs (tropical and subtropical)</em>: $14 - $1,195,000</p> <p>Key values: tourism, storm protection, fish nurseries</p> <p><em>Coastal wetlands</em>: $2000 - $215,000</p> <p>Key values: waste purification, fish nurseries, storm protection</p> <p><em>Other coastal systems</em>: $248 - $80,000</p> <p>Key values: tourism, fish nurseries</p> <p><em>Inland wetlands</em>: $1000 - $45,000</p> <p>Key values: natural water reservoirs, waste treatment</p> <p><em>Rivers and lakes</em>: $1800 - $13,000</p> <p>Key values: water supply, waste treatment, tourism</p> <p><em>Tropical forests</em>: $91 - $23,000</p> <p>Key values: climate regulation, gene banks (for medicinal plants, for example), erosion prevention</p> <p><em>Temperate and boreal forests</em>: $30 - $4900</p> <p>Key values: Food, gene banks, watershed protection</p> <p><em>Woodlands</em>: $16 - $2000<strong> </strong></p> <p>Key values: timber and other forest products, waste treatment</p> <p><em>Grasslands</em>: $300 - $3100</p> <p>Key values: climate regulation, watershed protection</p> </blockquote> <br /> <p>&#160;</p> </div> <div class="sharethis"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title : 'Utility Values of Ecosystems', url : 'http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/utility-values-of-ecosystems'}, { button: true } ) ; </script></div> <div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/utility-values-of-ecosystems">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Here is a link from New Sceintist which summarises the economic value of ecosystems globally,  How Much Would You Pay For Planet Earth?

Here is a snippet from the article:

The cash value of Earth's biomes

Values are in dollars per hectare per year. The range represents the different values of biomes of each type around the world, with the top end of each range corresponding to prime locations (Source: TEEB)

Coral reefs (tropical and subtropical): $14 - $1,195,000

Key values: tourism, storm protection, fish nurseries

Coastal wetlands: $2000 - $215,000

Key values: waste purification, fish nurseries, storm protection

Other coastal systems: $248 - $80,000

Key values: tourism, fish nurseries

Inland wetlands: $1000 - $45,000

Key values: natural water reservoirs, waste treatment

Rivers and lakes: $1800 - $13,000

Key values: water supply, waste treatment, tourism

Tropical forests: $91 - $23,000

Key values: climate regulation, gene banks (for medicinal plants, for example), erosion prevention

Temperate and boreal forests: $30 - $4900

Key values: Food, gene banks, watershed protection

Woodlands: $16 - $2000

Key values: timber and other forest products, waste treatment

Grasslands: $300 - $3100

Key values: climate regulation, watershed protection


 

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]]> http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/utility-values-of-ecosystems#comments http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=80 Numaps http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/numaps Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:13:17 +0000 MrNewman HSC Geography Prelim Geography Population Geography Skills 79@http://mrstevennewman.com/ <p>I'm in love with this resource that a friend of mine told me about. He's an engineer for a water board and he uses the info in his job.&#160; For those of you who want to use GIS in the classroom (where someone else loaded up data), go to&#160; <a href="http://viewer.numaps.com.au/">http://viewer.numaps.com.au/</a></p> <div class="sharethis"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title : 'Numaps', url : 'http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/numaps'}, { button: true } ) ; </script></div> <div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/numaps">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> I'm in love with this resource that a friend of mine told me about. He's an engineer for a water board and he uses the info in his job.  For those of you who want to use GIS in the classroom (where someone else loaded up data), go to  http://viewer.numaps.com.au/

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]]> http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/numaps#comments http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=79 Ecosystems at Risk Case Study- Coastal Sand Dunes http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/ecosystems-at-risk-case-study-coastal-sand-dunes Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:22:21 +0000 MrNewman HSC Geography Ecosystems at risk 76@http://mrstevennewman.com/ <p>Click <a href="http://www.mrstevennewman.com/geo/Stockton/Home/index.html">HERE</a> to access a &#160;web based Case Study &#160;on Coastal Sand Dunes I compiled.&#160; It should be working on IE and Safari now, let me know!&#160;You can also download the booklet that goes with this case study &#160;below.</p> <p>I recomend you Download <a href="http://www.mozilla.org">Mozilla Firefox</a> anyway as it is agreat browser and it's free!&#160;If you want, you can download <a href="http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable">Mozilla Firefox Portable </a> from Portable apps so you can carry it on your flash drive.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <div class="sharethis"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title : 'Ecosystems at Risk Case Study- Coastal Sand Dunes', url : 'http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/ecosystems-at-risk-case-study-coastal-sand-dunes'}, { button: true } ) ; </script></div> <div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/ecosystems-at-risk-case-study-coastal-sand-dunes">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div> Click HERE to access a  web based Case Study  on Coastal Sand Dunes I compiled.  It should be working on IE and Safari now, let me know! You can also download the booklet that goes with this case study  below.

I recomend you Download Mozilla Firefox anyway as it is agreat browser and it's free! If you want, you can download Mozilla Firefox Portable from Portable apps so you can carry it on your flash drive.

 

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]]> http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/ecosystems-at-risk-case-study-coastal-sand-dunes#comments http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php?tempskin=_rss2&disp=comments&p=76 Refugees- Types of Population Movements http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/refugees-types-of-population-movements Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:45:40 +0000 MrNewman Prelim Geography Global Challenges Population Geography 72@http://mrstevennewman.com/ So, apparently "boat people"/ refugees is a serious political issue in Australia. If we were to believe the politicians and the media, Australia is currently being "invaded". Here are a couple of interesting tid bits that might put things into perspective. <ul> <li><a href="http://www.asrc.org.au/media/documents/myth-busters.pdf">Asylum Seeker Fact Sheet</a></li> <li>Also, this little graphic might challenge the idea that we are experincing a full scale invasion.</li> </ul> <div class="image_block"><a href="http://mrstevennewman.com/media/blogs/geog/anxiety.jpg"><img src="http://mrstevennewman.com/media/blogs/geog/anxiety.jpg" alt="" title="" width="455" height="814" /></a></div> source: <a href="http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/06/boat-people-this-is-what-you-are-anxious-about/?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CrikeyDaily+%28Crikey+Daily%29&amp;utm_content=Twitter">Crikey</a> <div class="sharethis"> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title : 'Refugees- Types of Population Movements', url : 'http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/refugees-types-of-population-movements'}, { button: true } ) ; </script></div> <div class="item_footer"><p><small><a href="http://mrstevennewman.com/blog2.php/refugees-types-of-population-movements">Original post</a> blogged on <a href="http://b2evolution.net/">b2evolution</a>.</small></p></div>
  • Asylum Seeker Fact Sheet
  • Also, this little graphic might challenge the idea that we are experincing a full scale invasion.
    • source: Crikey

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