2009年4月28日星期二

Regional Geography










Questions




1. Are there geographical regions in China or Korea? Explain in 3-5 sentences.
I don' t know China have how many region, but i know China have many wonderful region. Because China have these region can make China envioment to be good. so I hope theses rgion can make more.

2. Post 3 pictures of China's or Korea's regional geography. It can be photographs. Explain each picture in 5-8 sentences.


This picture from China Hangzhou. I been to this place befor. It is very famos in China because they have story of love, but is very sad for me.
This picture from China south region.I think was not beatiful beacuse the color was not green. but it i only found good picture from google.
3. What have you learned about regions so far? Explain in 5-8 sentences.

2009年4月27日星期一

Climate Continued!

After learning about the topography of this region, we are going to look at the climate and vegetation of this region.The climate of the Interior Plains is a continental climate. This means the temperature of this region is affected by this region's location in the heart or center of the continent.Since this region is in the center of the continent, it is far from the ocean. The ocean helps to keep a moderate climate. Without it, this region has a climate of extremes. It has long, hot summers and cold winters.
1a. Translate ocean into Chinese or Korean.
Ocean:海洋
1b. Which Canadian province is closest to the Pacific Ocean?
British columbia
1c. Which Canadian provinces is closest to the Atlantic Ocean?
Newfoundland and labrador
New Brunswick
Nova scotia
Prince Edward Island
2. Find a picture of the Pacific Ocean you like. Explain why you like it in 3-5 sentences.
Because sky was very blue, bule is my farvotie color.There are forests behind the ocean. and also the ocean water are very clean.
3. Find a picture of the Atlantic Ocean you like. Explain why you like it.in 3-5 sentences.
Because it is very big ocean, i think this ocean was not very clean.but it is only one are good. so i choose this one.
4. Why would the Interior Plains region's climate be affected by the ocean. What does the ocean do for the climate? Explain in 3-5sentences. Look at your past lesson.
Because I think ocean can make temperature goes down. every people like to living near the ocean. and alsothe air are better than city.
5. What continent is the Interior Plains region on? Explain in 3-5sentences.
The Interior Plains is a vast physiographic region that spreads across the Laurentian craton of North America.The Interior plains region of the United States and Canada falls within this area.
6. Where is the Interior Plains region on this continent? What provinces are in this region?
Interior plain in North America, also in Alberta provinces.
7. What did you learn today?
Today I learn Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean.These ocean are very near Canada, so it is very important to Canada.

2009年4月26日星期日

The Interior Plains - Climate

After learning about the topography of this region, we are going to look at the climate and vegetation of this region.The climate of the Interior Plains is a continental climate. This means the temperature of this region is affected by this region's location in the heart or center of the continent.


1. What is a continent? Find a picture of a continent. Post it here. Explain in 3-5 sentences what you see.

A continent is a large landmass defined by convention.
I see 7 seven continent at earth. also have different shape from continent.
2. Find a map of all the continents in the world. Post it here. Explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.

I see seven continent in the map. There are North America,South America,Africa,Europe,Asia,Australia and Antarctica.This old anicent map.
3. Can you list some continents in the world? Write as many as you can find.Since this region is in the center of the continent, it is far from the ocean. The ocean helps to keep a moderate climate. Without it, this region has a climate of extremes. It has long, hot summers and cold winters.
North America
South America
Africa
Europe
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
4. Translate the word "extreme" into Chinese or Korean.
extreme:极点 极度 极端
5. What did you learn today? How does this connect to the last lesson? Explain in 5-8 sentences.
Today I learn seven continent about earth.These continent are very important to world because if not have these continent, the world will very empty. and there have different shape and color. so we need to learn more about Canada and world.

2009年4月23日星期四

The Interior Plains - Topography

The Plains region is in between the Cordillera and the Great Canadian Shield. It is found in the Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Sometimes, people make the mistake of calling the Plains the Prairie Provinces or just the Prairies. The term prairie refers to the prairie grasses that grow wild in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The Interior Plains landscape includes much more than just the prairie grasslands.
1. Translate the word "prairie" into Chinese or Korean. Post it here.

prairie:草原 大草原 牧场
2.What provinces are in the Interior Plains Region?
Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba .
3. What does the landscape of the Interior Plains look like? Do a search and post 2 different pictures of this region. Explain what is in each picture in 3-5 sentences EACH. (2 pictures = 6-10 sentences)
these picture so beautiful, I think this region have many ocean. so this region was very important to Canada. Today i know Canada why has many people want to came.but this region was not very big i think, but it is popular to people. i choose these picture because i like the beach.I hope one day i can go there.
You'll find that this entire region is generally flat in elevation. In fact there are 3 flat levels of elevation and each level is lower as you move to the east. If you can picture 3 steps on stairs that descend, then you sort of get what it looks like. Furthermore, found within these 3 levels of flat elevation , you may find hills, escarpments (cliffs), low mountains, forests, wide river valleys and there are even sand dunes! This area of Canada obviously has a lot to offer Canadians and tourists.
4. Translate the word "elevation", "flat", "level" into Chinese or Korean. Post it here.

elevation:标高 高地 海拔 提高
flat:平坦的
level:一级
5. How many levels of elevation is in this region?
3 level
6. What happens when you move to the east? What happens to the elevation?
There are 3 flat levels of elevation and each level is lower as you move to the east.
7. Find a picture of a sand dune. Post it here.
The human population tends to be greater in the southern region of the plains, but you'll also notice that town and cities generally are beside a water source like a lake or river. The Plains truly rely upon water, for the region's climate is generally dry. Water not only helps irrigate crops and livestock but it is also a source of transportation for our products, supplies, goods and services. In the past, these water routes were also major fur trading routes. These waterways also act as areas of recreation, tourism, as well, as resources like hydro-electricity for Canadians.
8. Translate the word "population" into Chinese or Korean.

population:人口
9. What do people live close to in this region? Why do they do that? Explain in 3-5 sentences.
because this region was very helpful to people. this place have many water , so people willbe very healthily.I think people will develop this region be good.
10. Why are water routes important to people? Explain in 3-5 sentences.
Because is very important to every one, people must every day to drink water.also the water can make people health. people don't want live in no water place.
11. What did you learn today? Explain in 5-8 sentences.
water is very important to every people, and living the place are very important people.Because if you place are very cold, hot, no tree, and also no water, you body will get hurt and you have big sick. choose the place are decision you can living the place long and helpful to you.so good place to live is usefully.

2009年4月22日星期三

Today's Short Lesson !!!!

1. What are the regions of Canada we have learned about?
We learn Canada of regions are St.Lawrence Lowland The Arctic Coastal Plains The Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowland .
2. Choose one region, and tell me how your life would be like in this region. Use 5-8 sentences.
My favorite is The Arcit Coastal Plain.Because they have many animal live there. my favortie animal is Lemming, so cute and lovely. my favorite flower is arctic cotton grass.Because is small and likely. and my favorite place is Northwest Territories because was very big and wonderful it. i will come this region to live.
3. Look at your older posts, what vocabulary words have I asked you to translate? List all of them here.
Lake Sturgeon:湖鲟
Saint:圣 圣人 圣徒
geese :鹅
Forest:森林
Coniferous: 结球果的, 松柏科的
deciduos:1.【生】(在某个生长期或季节)脱落的2.(每年)落叶的3.非永久的, 暂时的
Ocean current: 海流, 洋流
Plateau:高原
river valley:流域
fertile:肥沃
sedimentary rock:沉积岩

2009年4月21日星期二

St. Lawrence River


Questions




1. Find a map of the St. Lawrence River and post it. Explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.



I see long and big bright, it is very beatiful nightscape.And i see very cleanning river, behind the river is small buiding and bacrk forest. i like there.
2.Where is the St. Lawrence River in Canada? What provinces are around this river?



The St. Lawrence River of Canada very near Atlantic ocean, and also near Quebec, New Brunswick,Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador these provinces.

3. Inside this river, there are fish called Lake Sturgeon.

Translate "Lake Sturgeon" into Chinese or Korean.


Lake Sturgeon:湖鲟

4. Find a picture of Lake Sturgeon and post it. Explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.




I see very scary and dark fish, i don't want to eat this fish. The fish teeth was very sharp, and the color was very bad for me.I think this fish can eat meat, it was scared to me.

5. This river is very important to Canadian history because an explorer named "Jacques Cartier" wanted to use it to get to China! Find a picture of Jacques Cartier and post it here.



6. On St. Lawrence's Day in 1535, Jacques Cartier gave the saint's name to one small bay near the river's mouth, but by 1600, it was used to describe the entire river. Find a picture of Saint Laurence, the saint the river was named after. Post it and explain what you see in the picture using 3-5 sentences!


7. Translate "saint" into Chinese or Korean.

Saint:圣 圣人 圣徒
8. There are also lots of snow geese who come to the St. Lawrence River. Google a picture of this and post it here. Explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.



I see big and white geese,they was drink the water.It is very beautiful, i see them i was remember the princess.I hope i can have geese.
9. Translate "geese" into Chinese or Korean.
geese :鹅


10. What did you learn today? 3-5 sentences!
Today i learn the my place and animal of the St. Lawrence River.In this lesson, my favorite part is nightscrap.Because i like to look nightscrap, and the St. Lawrence River nightscrap was beatiful too.

Bonus


1. Why would the river be named after a saint who doesn't live in North America?
i think this person was very important to this country, or he make good happen to people, and people want remenber him, so make this river to his named.




2. Do people like to live along the river? Why? Explain in 3-5 sentences.
some people like live because the river place people think was very beatiful. and some people think libe in the river was very dangers. i think i want live near the river because the air was good.


3. Is there a river in China that is similar in importance to Chinese history? What is it? Post a picture of this river and tell me the name.

yes, it is yellow river.

2009年4月19日星期日

VEGETATION of the Great Lakes-St.Lawrence Lowland Region


1. What is the word for vegetation in Chinese or Korean. Translate and put it here.
vegetation:【植】生长; 发育; [集合词]植物, 植被, 植生, 草木
单调贫乏的生活
医】赘生物, 增殖体
2. There are a lot of broad-leafed forests in this region. What do these forests look like? Find a picture, post it and explain it in 3-5 sentence. What do you see?
I see many tree are living together, the Leaves are connect each other. so big, but not very beatiful.
3. What does a broad-leaf look like? Post a picture and explain what you think "broad" means.
i think the mean is big and ugly described the thing.
4. There are maple trees in this region. Find a picture of a maple tree. Post it.

5. What is the Chinese or Korean word for maple trees?
Maple tree :枫树
6. There are beech trees as well. Find a picture of a beech tree. Post it.


7. What is the Chinese or Korean word for beech trees?
Beech tree:山毛榉
8. There are also Hickory trees in this region. Find a picture of a hickory tree. Post it.


9. What is the Chinese or Korean word for hickory tree?
Hickory tree:山核桃树
10. In other places of the region, the vegetation is a mixed forest. It has a mix of both decidous and coniferous trees, such as maple, beech, oak, ash, and birch, along with spruce, fir, pine and cedar. Find a picture of a mixed forest. Post it! Explain what "mixed" means!

I think the mean is something make together to object.

11. Find a picture of an oak tree.Find a picture. Post it.



12. What is the Chinese or Korean word for it?
Oak tree:橡树


13. What is a spruce tree. Find a picture. Post it.




14. What is the Chinese or Korean word for it?
Spruce tree:云杉树

15. Find a picture of a pine tree. Post it.







16. What is the Chinese or Korean word for it?
Pine tree:松树
17. What is a cedar tree? Find a picture. Post it.



18. What is the Chinese or Korean word for it?
Cedar tree:雪松树


19. What did you learn from this lesson? Explain in 8-12 sentences.
i learn many tree about Canada. so wonderful, there tree are the best tree in the world. and i like the color of the tree.and also the shape i was very like it.

Bonus

20. What is your favorite tree? Why? Explain in 5 -8 sentences
my favorite tree is oak tree. becauses it was very big and wonderful. and the color i also like it, i my house have many oak tree.

2009年4月14日星期二

The Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowland Continued... !!!

This Region's Climate
The climate is essentially a humid continental climate.It is humid because of the presence of the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes tend to cool the temperature during the summer. By storing heat, the Great Lakes warm the surrounding areas in winter. Winters vary from cool to cold, and summers from warm to hot.

Question
1. Translate the word humid into Chinese or Korean. Post it here.
Humid:湿的, 湿气重
2. What does humid mean? Explain in your own words using 3-5 sentences.
weather was very d

3. How can the Great Lakes cool the temperature during the summer? What do you think happens?
may be many people wil came there, and to swim in the beach.


4. Find a photograph of Lake Michigan. Explain what you see in the picture using 3-5 sentences.
i see the blueful beach,



5. Find a photograph of Lake Superior. Explain what you see in the picture using 3-5 sentences.



6. Find a photograph of Lake Erie. Explain what you see in the picture using 3-5 sentences.


i see big sea, and have lot of sand. near the sea is the forest, many are visit the forest. i like there.
7. Find a photograph of Lake Huron. Explain what you see in the picture using 3-5 sentences.




8. Find a photograph of Lake Ontario. Explain what you see in the picture using 3-5 sentences.Did you know the Great Lakes can be remembered by the word "home"? H is for? O is for? M is for? E is for? S is for?
i see blue sky, shnny sun, one boy, silver sea.
9. Why is this region a good place for agriculture? Tell me three reasons and explain in 5-8 sentences.




10. What did you learn today? Explain in 5-8 sentences.
Today i learn many Lakes about Canada, it is very beatiful, i these Lakes was very important to Canada. i very like Ontario Lake because have moutain, river, forest and beach. it is good place to live.

Bonus
1. Why do you think people would want to live in this region? Explain in 5-8 sentences.

2009年4月12日星期日

The Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowland !!!!

Questions

The Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowland is the smallest geographical region in Canada. It includes the triangle formed by Lakes Huron, Ontario, and Erie.

1. Find a picture of this region. Post it and explain what you see in the picture in 3-5 sentences




I see in this picture. there was have many different kind of shape.and the river have many grass.


TOPOGRAPHY

The region contains several escarpments.


2. Translate the word escarpment into Chinese or Korean.

escarpment:悬崖
3. What is escarpment? Use 3 sentences to explain what it is.

1. a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion2. a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification

4. Find a picture of the Niagara Escarpment in this region.


5. The topography of the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowland has a rolling landscape made by glaciation. Find a picture of a rolling landscape (it does not have to be in this region) and explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.
I see many grass on the ground, have three horses in there. also there have many tree, it is good place to live.

6. What is glaciation? Translate into Chinese or Korean.
glaciation:冰川


7. Explain in English 3-5 sentences. What is glaciation?
The condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action2. the process of covering the earth with glaciers or masses of ice, and have different bear living in the glaciation. glaciation weather are very cold, no more people want to live there.

9. Find a picture of glaciation. Explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.
so many ice in the mountain, have different shape of ice, but i feel was very cold about the weather.

10. There are also flat plains in this region. What do flat plains look like? Find a picture and explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.

i like flat plains it is very beautiful, this place are very greenly, but no horses, and also the weather was very bad.

11. There are also deep river valleys. What do they look like? Find a picture and explain what you see in 3-5 sentences.
The river valley was very big, the top on the mountain have many cloud,and also have river.The river shape was different, also the mountain was greenly and straight.

12. Find a picture of the Great Lakes. Explain what you see in the picture in 3-5 sentences.
i see the earth ,Great Lake are behind the Ontario, and shape are look like eggplant or vegetable.


13. What is the name of each Great Lake?



14. What did you learn about the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Lowland region.
I learn so many beautiful place in the Great Lakes-St.Lawrence Lowland region, some of place it is good for live for example rolling landscape is best place to live. and also i learn the 5 Great Lake of Canada.

Bonus
1 . How do you think glaciation changed the way land looks today? Explain in 3-5 sentences.

2009年4月8日星期三

The Arctic Coastal Plains


The Arctic Coastal Plains is another region of Canada.
The region in Canada is in the north so this area has cold and snowy winters. It is different from the Appalachian Region. The Yukon Territories, Northwest Territories and Nunavut have a little bit of this region
!
Questions:1. From the website, what animals are found in this region? List three animals
.
1.arctic hare 2.seals 3.lemming

2. Find a picture for one animal in this region. Choose one from Question 1.

lemming


3. What kind of vegetation is found in this region? List three plants.

1.arctic cotton grass 2.lichen 3.poppies

4. Find a picture for one plant in this region. Choose one from Question 3.

arctic cotton grass


5. Is this region different from the Appalachian region? Tell me one thing that is different.

There have different kind of flower, beautiful than the Appalachian region.

6. Find a picture of the Yukon Territories.
7. Find a picture of Nunavut.

8. Find a picture of the Northwest Territories.



9. How would you feel if you had to live in this region? (3-5 sentences)

If i live in this region , i will very happy. Because there have many beautiful flowers, i can buy house from mountain. Also i will take my family to came to this region.

10. If you had to go to the Arctic Coastal Plains, what would you bring with you?

Frist I will bring money , prety cloth, about region book, cell, notebook to study, and pet.

Bonus

1. Why is learning about different regions in Canada important?
Because Canada is very beatiful place to live, so Candian people try they best to protect they country, and Canada is my family best way to live, the region is very inportant to Canada.

2009年4月6日星期一

Learning !!!


1.Write 5-8 sentences on what you have learned in this class.
I learn so many things about Canada, first day Ms Chan teach we us about Canada flag,and also teach we us what is provinces, how many provinces does Canada have?..... we make PPT about provinces-Newfoundland and Labrador and share each of classmate to watch, and we make a blog, we do homework on the blog, so interesting, i have lot of time didn't writething on the blog, on blog i know special thing, for example Winnie pooh, is in my child year old favourite book, but i don't know winne is Canada symbol,and also we study gergophy about Canada, i know region, mountain, topography, clmate, river, coal, oil, plateau............ . it's not hard for me!!!!
2. Give yourself a mark out of 10. How much have you worked in class? Do you try your best?
I give my mark 9/10, i work soso, but i try doing beat!!!