Overview You will collaborate with your peers using this Canvas discussion board to formulate geographic research questions and hypotheses about geography patterns and processes. This assignment addresses Learning Outcome SLO 3 & Student Performance Objective SPO 6. See the syllabus for definitions and details.   Directions For your Initial Post due by Sunday at 11:59 PM PST (5 points): Post a reply to this discussion […]

 Scenario You are the City Manager for the City of Phoenix, Arizona and your educational background is in Geography, with an emphasis on human-environment interactions. You have been tasked by the Mayor’s Office to create an updated water management plan for the City of Phoenix that spans 2020-2040. The Mayor is specifically interested in how future projections of increased population will impact the water security […]

  Overview You will collaborate with your peers using this Canvas discussion board to formulate geographic research questions and hypotheses about geography patterns and processes. This assignment addresses Learning Outcome SLO 3 & Student Performance Objective SPO 6. See the syllabus for definitions and details.   Directions For your Initial Post due by Sunday at 11:59 PM PST (5 points): Post a reply to this discussion […]

  Why do scientists consider the plate tectonic theory as a “unifying theory”? Check these “reply” samples to see how the best reply gets evaluated.  Rubric: Examine the discussion question carefully, discussing in reference to on-line sources, cited references accordingly. [6 pts] Reply to another student (at least one) in class discussing their views and make comments on their replies. [4 pts] another student’s replies […]

  This Homework is on asylum and refugee seekers. Address the following: Briefly define what asylum is and describe the history behind it. What are some of the issues involved in asking for and granting asylum to refugees? Give one recent example of a group of people seeking asylum and the issues they encountered. Which countries of the world have accepted the most asylum seekers […]

  Population pyramids are useful visual tools for demonstrating a country’s current and future population issues. Try to choose a country that has not been chosen by one your classmates and search the Internet to find the population pyramid for that country. Describe the population pyramid to your classmates using terminology from your textbook. What are some population issues that the country is facing or […]

  We discuss migration this week. It is likely that your family has migrated at some point in the past. Do some family ancestry research and tell your classmates if your family moved from one country to another in your family’s history. If you are unsure of your family’s background, choose a historic migration wave to the United States. Describe some of the likely push […]

 In this lab, we’ll focus on tree rings and their uses in reconstructing the streamflow of rivers to model past activity. Specifically, we can collect tree rings from a region and evaluate how current streamflow compares to streamflow of the past. The ability to place current hydrology of a region within the context of long-term hydrologic activity is exceptionally powerful in discussions of things like […]

In the preface “Time Talks, With an Accent” the author describes his reasons of writing the book, as well as he shares his plans about future careers, his interest, and ideas about time geography. In the first chapter “Tempo: Speed of Life” special attention is paid to what tempo is, its core elements, economic well-being and what may happen beyond the tempo. In the second […]