November Journal Prompts
Week 1 Journal Prompt
Go to the website,
http://www.wcs.org/sw-high_tech_tools/landscapeecology/humanfootprintatlas.
Define “human footprint”.
To the left, click on “Atlas of the Human Footprint”.
Click on the words “North
America”. You will see a series of maps.
Click on the Mid Atlantic map.
Print out the map and tape of staple into your journal.
Circle on the map all the areas that are black.
Name these areas. You will need a map...try your planner.
Explain what the black means in relation to the areas that you just named.
What resource do all these areas have in common (and probably the reason why
they are now black in color)?
Week 2 Journal Prompt
Read the article, “Leak clears NA businesses” that appeared in the Sun
Chronicle online edition on 11/8/08.
http://www.thesunchronicle.com/articles/2008/11/08/news/3903262.txt
Read the Chemical Fact Sheet on Chlorine put out by the Wisconsin Dept. of
Health Services at
http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/eh/chemfs/fs/chlorine.htm
Create a flyer that could be sent to all residents living in the Wendy
Drive neighborhood concerning the things they should know about
chlorine.
To get a sense of what a flyer is all about, read the article on Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyer_(pamphlet)
Go to http://www.mybrochuremaker.com/ (This is Free.) Be sure to make a
“flyer” not a brochure. Or if you are having problems...use this SpringTime
Flyer Template
Print out your brochure (does not need to be in color) and attach it to your
journal.
Week 3 Journal Prompt
Go to the Why Files website, http://whyfiles.org/107flood/index.html
Begin reading…”Flood of Evidence”.
Answer the following questions in complete sentences into your journal.
Please remember that cheating/copying someone’s answers will result in a zero.
1. What was the percentage of trees removed from the
LimpopoRiver
watershed?
2. Explain the several roles that deforestation plays in the flooding equation?
3. What are the human actions that are causing lots of problems with uninsured
and insured victims of floods?
4. List the catastrophic floods in recent history.
5. What are the reasons mentioned that lead some to believe that floods are
not a natural event?
6. Which holds more water?
a. farms b.
grassland c.
forests
7. What can developers do to reduce the runoff in new communities?
8. Explain what is happening to the barrier wetlands on the
Mississippi River and why they are important.
9. Why is the Charles River in
Massachusetts considered a classic example of natural flood
control? What did the Army Corps of Engineers notice?
10. The entire concept of levees and dams refers to which ethic from Chapter
12?