A Message From Mother Nature

• The main point of the article is telling the information about climate change and the global warming.
• Vocabulary:

1. Intensity     : Extreme power, degree, amount or force
2. Perception : The ability of seeing, hearing or understanding
3. Evidence    : The information that provides the reasons to prove something
4. Link           : The connection beetween people or things

• The difference between climate and weather is a measure of time. Weather is the status of the atmosphere for a short period of time of a place. Climate is the pattern of weather and it exists for a long period.
• Examples : 

1. Torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan caused the worst flooding in decades, killing more than 1500 people and uprooting millions.
2. A record-breaking heat wave along with a record-breaking drought destroyed millions of acres of wheat and sparked wildfires in Russia.
3. Flooding in New England, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma. A record-breaking heat wave baked the entire eastern part of the country.

• Experience that i've had with extreme weather : Once my region was flooded after a torrential rain. It was flooding everywhere. Water was constantly increasing because the rain kept falling. Water couldn't discharge down the drain, it was choked up, because there were many rubbish flew into the drain. Water came into many houses and it made the traffic jam.
• The word "perception" mean the knowledge gained by perceiving. It is an ability of understanding about something.
•   My perception of global climate change : The climate change is caused by burning fossel fuels and releasing greenhouse gases. The climate is changing everyday. The Earth temperature has been increasing about 1.4 degrees when human started to release enormous amounts of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. There is a link between climate change and the global warming. Therefore, the global warming can be blamed for that.

                

The story of my imaginary world : BREADLAND

      In 1200, an imaginary place was formed. Its name was Breadland, and it was surrounded by a big ocean called Milk. There were only three countries in Breadland. Chapati was the largest country, and it was created into a weird shape. There were many Milk rivers in Breadland. Those rivers were very important because people needed them. Therefore, they built houses and lived beside the rivers.
      In 1255, gold was dicovered in Wheat, one of  the cities in Chapati, which were 60 degrees of longitude and 60 degrees of latitude. All of the countries in Breadland were all hot and rainy, except Rye. The weather in Rye was different from other countries in Breadland because it was very cold. That was why there were many pine trees in Rye.
     In Chapati, there were a lot of mountains which made of chocolate. They existed nearly in all parts of  Chapati and they also played a part in the work of the Chapati Factory, which was the biggest factory in the world. Because the factory needed chocolate to make some kinds of bread.
    In 1264, Chapati had been eaten by a weird thing. No one knew what it was, including me. People started to move to Bagel. Day by day, There were too many people that evacuated to Bagel. The population increased a lot and the land seemed become smaller. Therefore, people in Bagel started to object the fact that people were moving to their country and stealing thier land. And there began a fight beetween Bagel and Chapati. During that time, the level of the Milk ocean was increasing and it flew into Breadland because most parts of Chapati had been eaten. But no one knew it. By the year of 1310, Breadland was sunk down the bottom of the ocean.

The Study Guide

Map :

• Political map
• Physical map
• Thematic map 

What are :

• Compass - How to use a compass
• Geography
• Environment
• Spatial
• Location
• Region
• Place
• Culture
• Maps - Why are maps important

Five themes of geography :

• Location - Longitude, Latitude
• Movement
• Region
• Place
• Human/Environment Interaction

Six essential elements of geography :

• The world in spacial term
• Places and Regions
• Human system
• Physical system
• Environment and Society
• The use of geography

Culture :

• Family tradition
• Family tree
• Religion

Jobs :

• Urban planner
• Land surveyor
• Climatologist
• Location analyst
• Cartographer

Geographic tools :

• GIS
• GPS

Active/ Passive reading

Something i have learned...

      Before I presented the project about my family. I asked my mom some questions about my family's history. By asking those questions, i have learned many things that i never knew before. My mom told me about my grandparents and she said that they were from China. That's why my family follows China's culture. And now i knew some special culture of my family. Some of them are very superstitious. 

     I have also learned a lot of things from my classmates. I have never known that one of my classmate's great-graet-great-grandfather was Nguyen Trai, a famous character in Vietnam's history. Her family posesses a very old book which was from a long time ago, and it was a real family tree. And there is one more thing i found interesting. It was a presentation of another class. It talked about China's culture, a very old culture which didn't exist anymore. It dealt with the women in the past in China. They had to bind their feet securely since they were little. They believed that it showed the sign of wealth. I saw some pictures of them in the Internet. It must be very painful. But i have learned more things from that. It was great to know more about different culture.