GeoInquiries

• 1- Distance and Scale

  Students will explore how not all distances are equally distant.

• 2- Understanding Globalization

  Students will investigate how connections are made across Earth, focusing on advancements in transportation and technology.

• 3- World Population

  Students explore the patterns of world population in terms of total population, arithmetic density, fertility, natural increase, and infant mortality.

• 4- USA Demographics

  Students will explore U.S. census data to see the spatial differences in the United States’ population.

• 5- You Claim It, You Name It!

  Students will learn about the variation of toponyms in different regions of the Americas.

• 6- Language and Religion

  Students will explore patterns of cultural diffusion through linguistic and religious data.

• 7- Sacred Place, Sacred Space

  Students will explore the location and distribution of religious world heritage sites around the world.

• 8- Migration, On the Move

  Students will use ArcGIS Online to evaluate migration at the global, regional, and local scales.

• 9- Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers

  This lesson focuses on the identification of major boundaries, borders, and barriers around the world.

• 10- Farming and the Rural Landscape

  This lesson focuses on the different types of use found in rural lands.

• 10- Farming and the Rural Landscape

  This lesson focuses on the different types of use found in rural lands.

• 11- Agricultural Patterns

  Students will explore global climatic datasets to analyze the factors that constrain and enable agricultural options.

• 12- The Human Development Index

  Students will explore the spatial patterns of the Human Development Index (HDI) to identify regional patterns and causal factors in the data.

• 13- Comparing Country Development

  Explore factors that define levels of development.

• 14- What’s the Range?

  Students will analyze how the market areas for specific chain stores change based on the type of store.

• 15- Urban Areas and Edge Cities

  Explore urban areas around the world, including their layout, size, and other factors.

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• 1- Time or Distance

  Students will discover how interstate highways affect the distance traveled in a given amount of time.

• 2- Language and Religion: The Diffusion of Islam

  Students will explore the diffusion of Islam using geospatial analysis tools.

• 3- Farming: Can You Believe It

  Students will compare the rural and urban land in the United States.

• 4- Urban Distribution and Density

  Students will explore the location and concentration of major urban areas throughout the world.

• 5- Range: Why Hexagons?

  Students will investigate the use of hexagons for analyzing distribution.

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