Geography of Aids

December 1, 1009:
World AIDS day


SEE>>>>>>>
PBS:FRONTLINE program



THE AGE OF AIDS...excellent informative website from PBS:Frontline.

www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/aids/

This 2006 website is loaded with lots of information about the worldwide AIDS epidemic: Country and global maps/statistics, online video segments of the entire program discussing AIDS information, AIDS timeline, interviews, discussion groups, & a Reality Check Quiz. (above map not from PBS site)

LESSSON PLANS FROM NGS XPEDITIONS WEBSITE:
AIDS in Africa I: ThevScope of the problem (for grades 9-12)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g912/africaaidsI.html
AIDS in Africa II: More than Sympathy (for grades 9-12)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/01/g912/africaaidsII.html
A Geographic Prospective of Africa (for grades 9-12)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/18/g912/gpafrica4.html

"The World in a Candy Bar" lesson plan

REPOSTING>>>>>>>>>>>>> turn your students' Halloween chocolate treats into a world geography lesson...............

"The World in a Candy Bar" lesson plan!

This is another great lesson plan, used to show how "Geography Rules!"..even when determining the ingredients of a chocolate candy bar. This would be a great lesson during Geography Awareness Week: Mapping the Americas, because so many of the ingredients that make "good ole U.S.A. candy bars" come from so many other countries -- particularly from the Americas. (click on lesson plans to enlarge).

Another great "geography of chocolate" lesson plan from the Hawaii Geography Alliance:

http://www.hawaii.edu/hga/ASGI99/joy.html

For 09 Geography Awareness Week "Mapping Europe", explore the European chocolate connections:

http://www.cocoatree.org

http://europeforvisitors.com/europe/articles/chocolate_museums.htm

http://aphrodite-chocolates.co.uk/history_chocolate.htm#CHOCOLATE

GREAT Pumpkin!!!!

REPOSTING..perfect way to use those pumpkins...carve them into world GLOBES!!!

It's that time of the year when pumpkins of all shapes and SIZES are plentiful. Instead of carving your pumpkins into ghouls and scary creatures for Halloween...think GLOBALLY...and turn your pumpkins into World globes! Challenge your students--have a contest--to see who can make the most accurate "pumpkin globe"!

Pumpkins arounnd the world:

http://www.pumpkinnook.com//commune/world.htm

To see a "Pumpkin Globe" lesson plans:

http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/resources/1994/pumpkin.htm

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSHalloweenContinentsAndOceansOnPumpkinGlobe3.htm

http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/689.html/

Great Geography Lesson Plans Collection

Check out GENI'S (Geography Educators' Network of Indiana) webpage for their collection of many, FABULOUS, geography lessons!

http://www.iupui.edu/~geni/

Geography lesson in a Drift Bottle

"The Voyage of Daisy's Bottle" is a great story by Paul Harvey from DESTINY...And a great geography lesson!!

Discover the voyage of a drift bottle from England to U.S.A. as you follow geography clues from the story and marking the journey on an World Ocean Currents map. (double click on images to enlarge)

Pizza Hut's Book IT! GeoReader list

I have been going through files and have found some really great resources from bygone years. Years ago, Pizza Hut's "Book It!" reading incentive program, produced a list of recommended geography literature. The program was called The GeoReader & GeoReader II, and it was author by James Goodman, Dept of Geography@ University of Oklahoma. List of books are suggested from each continent and have suggested activities for each title of book! I scanned the pages of suggested books for Canada, U.S.A. & Latin America for use with the GAW theme of Mapping the Americas.The book titles and activities are based on The Five Themes of Geography. The scanned pages are attached. (Double click on pages below to enlarge.)

"The World on a String: an activity"

I dusted off an old, but classic geography lesson that has been oh so useful for me in the classroom and for geography workshops lessons over the years. It is called "The World on a String: An Activity" and it is a very hands-on activity demonstrating the interconnectedness of countries.(Click on lesson to enlarge)
Sharing also two similar activities at the following links:
www.iupui.edu/~geni (click on "lesson plans" and scroll to the bottom)
(Thank you, Hilary Steinhardt, GENI Director, Indianna!)

http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Geography/GGR0041.html

Geography Awareness Week: Mapping the America's, art activities

I get a newsletter from Crayola.com. It always has great multi-cultural art activities w/lesson plans! The newsletter I just received has art ideas to Celebrate the ethnic diversity and cultures of Latin America during Geography Awareness Week with the following links : October 12 is Día de la Raza, Columbus Day, and Native American Day.

(Aztec mosaic face masks) http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/aztec-mosaic-mask-lesson-plan/

(MAPPING WORLD EXPLORERS) http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/mapping-world-explorers-lesson-plan/

(Carib basket making) http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/reeds-and-rainwater-make-baskets-lesson-plan/

(building historical voyage displays in a bottle) http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/voyages-in-a-bottle-lesson-plan/

(floating gardens of Mexico City) http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/floating-gardens-of-mexico-city-lesson-plan/

(Mexican - Huichol - masks) http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/mexican-masks-lesson-plan/

(under the Aztec sun) http://www.crayola.com/lesson-plans/detail/under-the-aztec-sun-lesson-plan/

THANK YOU CRAYOLA.COM!!!!!!!

How to track a hurricane, lesson plans

It's hurricane season in the America's, and what better way to see "Geography in Action!" than by mapping/tracking hurricanes.

Get those maps out and track Hurricane Ike with great lesson plans and activities from Education World's website:

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson076.shtmls.

This is the latest MSNBC interactive website with videos, slideshow, storm tracker data about Hurricane Ike:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26591317/

Latest alerts + satellite data from NOAA hurricane center:

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/