GE 176 course looks at the world for the regional features, landmarks, cultures, and changes over time, space, and place. Any Pulsipher Editions give excellent reference maps and text for World Regional Geography.+++ Dr. Linda Davis-Stephens, Instructor
Student research projects
Student Digital Storytelling
Research topics, digital stories, and other projects posted by CCC students from instructions in course.
Dennard Hutcheson
Tracy Wilk
Ennis, Ireland iMovie
Digital Story student productions usually use iMovie for Mac or Moviemaker for PC that are free downloads. Three minutes is the typical length, personal voice over telling about a place of choice, music in the background; one of the slides shows a map of where the place is. Student productions are published to youtube or vimeo then shared using embed code for future students to view too.
There are quides to digital storytelling online at places like
http://colbycriminaljustice.wikidot.com/creating-a-digital-story
If you need help using Windows Movie Maker this is a good tutorial:
http://frybreadqueen.googlepages.com/killtheindian%2Csavetheman
Your posted work here is a personal, virtual reflection, your sense of place in the world today and/or the past/future experiences of culture important to you. Your posted work will be public, indefinitely, on the internet.
Post your name(s) and video here, just above the previous student post.
"Finding a sense of place in a digital world"
Student groups/or individuals post their digital productions here based on class topics discovered, explored, and presented; topics relevant to biogeography, the nature of a place—flora and fauna, on land or off shore.
Student Name(s)
Topic
Image map upload in Files/Insert
Brief summary paragraphs (3-5)
2 URL
Christian Carmichael
Tropical Rainforest in Hawaii
Map
The Hawaiian tropical rainforests are a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in the Hawaiian Islands. They cover an area of 6,700 km2 (2,600 sq mi) in the windward lowlands and montane regions of the islands.[1] Coastal mesic forests are found at elevations from sea level to 300 m (980 ft).[3] Mixed mesic forests occur at elevations of 750 to 1,250 m (2,460 to 4,100 ft), while wet forests are found from 1,250 to 1,700 m (4,100 to 5,580 ft). Moist bogs and shrublands exist on montane plateaus and depressions.[1] For the 28 million years of existence of the Hawaiian Islands, they have been isolated from the rest of the world by vast stretches of the Pacific Ocean, and this isolation has resulted in the evolution of an incredible diversity of endemic species, including fungi, mosses, snails, birds, and other wildlife. In the lush, moist forests high in the mountains, trees are draped with vines, orchids, ferns, and mosses.[4] This ecoregion includes one of the world's wettest places, the slopes of Mount Waiʻaleʻale, which average 460 in (12,000 mm) of rainfall per year.[5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian_tropical_rainforests
http://hawaiiantropicalforest.blogspot.com/2014/12/hawaiian-tropical-rainforest.html
Erik Olivas, Peyton Ingalls, Quinn Clymer
The Bahamas are an archipelago of about 700 islands and 2,400 uninhabited islets and cays lying 50 mi off the east coast of Florida. They extend for about 760 mi. Only about 30 of the islands are inhabited; the most important is New Providence, on which the capital, Nassau, is situated. Other islands include Grand Bahama, Abaco, Eleuthera, Andros, Cat Island, and San Salvador.
There are also different kinds of lizards, including iguanas and curly tailed lizards. About 230 species of birds migrate to or live in the Bahamas islands. They include the Bahama parrot, Bahama wood star, hummingbird, woodpecker and West Indian flamingo.
The Arawak Indians were the first inhabitants of the Bahamas. Columbus's first encounter with the New World was on Oct. 12, 1492, when he landed on the Bahamian island of San Salvador. The British first built settlements on the islands in the 17th century. In the early 18th century, the Bahamas were a favorite pirate haunt.
The Bahamas were a Crown colony from 1717 until they were granted internal self-government in 1964. The islands moved toward greater autonomy in 1968 after the overwhelming victory in general elections of the Progressive Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Lynden O. Pindling, over the predominantly white United Bahamians Party. With its new mandate from the black population (85% of Bahamians), Pindling's government negotiated a new constitution with Britain under which the colony became the Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands in 1969. On July 10, 1973, the Bahamas became an independent nation.
https://www.infoplease.com/country/bahamas
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/caribb/bs.htm
Tracy Wilk
Chile
Situated south of Peru and west of Bolivia and Argentina, Chile is the long, narrow strip between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean and is known as the longest country in the planet. It is home to numerous beaches, fjords, deep sea, channels, glaciers, icebergs, and the Atacama Desert which is a virtually rainless plateau made up of salt basins and lava flows and is known as the driest desert in the world. In the far south, a group of mountainous island front the coastline that create fjords and a series of winding channels.
Chile is divided into five regions, Far North, Near North, Central Zone, South Zone, and Far South. Each region has different climates, biodiversity, and natural resources.
Chile has 4,000 miles of coastline providing many beautiful beaches. The lake region in the south is a group of many small, clear blue, cold-water lakes. If traveled to this area, you will see many beautiful waterfalls. Mixed into Chile’s landscape are the Northern and Southern Patagonian Ice Fields which form the largest continental mass of ice in the world. Along with that, hundreds of glaciers branch off the ice fields. Many of the glaciers extend all the way to sea level. There are also many rivers that flow into the Pacific Ocean or east through Argentina.
The Andes Mountains cover almost all of Chile’s eastern border. The Ring of Fire is located along the mountains and is home to over 600 volcanoes. Many of them are active and almost 10% have erupted at least once within the last century. Mountain biking is very popular in Chile. This part of the Andes, that lies in Chile, has one of the highest snow covered peaks in the world. The world’s highest volcano is in the Andes, called Ojos del Salado and it lies on the Chile-Argentina border. The Andes hold the world’s largest mineral deposit and both Chile and Peru combine to produce almost half of the world’s mined copper.
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/samerica/chile/clland.htm
"Finding a sense of place in a digital world"
Student groups/or individuals post their digital productions here based on class topics discovered, explored, and presented; topics relevant to biogeography, the nature of a place—flora and fauna, on land or off shore.
Student Name(s)
Topic
Image map upload in Files/Insert
Brief summary paragraphs (3-5)
2 URL
Next student post here.
Samantha Kolbaba
Queensland Australia
Queensland is the second largest state (715,300 square miles) in the Commonwealth of Australia. This state spans across the northeast corner of the country/continent. Its capital is Brisbane. The coastline of Queensland stretches nearly 7,000 km long. Just off the shore of the beautiful, giant beach, is a true world treasure; the Great Barrier Reef. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world. This underwater masterpiece is the biggest single structure created by any living organism on earth. The reef is home to many amazing and unique marine creatures. The Great Barrier Reef is not the only astounding sight in Queensland; the landscape varies greatly in this Australian state. Queensland is also home to flat river plains (with a large network of rivers but no other large internal bodies of water), elevated plateaus, dry deserts, agriculture belts, and of course sandy beaches and tropical islands.
Along with the Great Barrier Reef, the agriculture belts, the many river-ways, the flat river plains, the elevated plateaus, the pockets of dry deserts, the tropical islands (Like Fraser Island), the sandy beaches; just when you thought the landscape of a single stat couldn’t get more interesting and diverse, there is more. Queensland is also home to the Daintree Rainforest. The Daintree Rainforest occupies the far north area of Queensland; and is the largest continues rainforest in Australia (about 762 times the size of Central Park in New York). You can really “travel through time” in this landmark that dates back almost 135 million years. This rainforest opens from the mountains to the white sandy beaches of the coast. It is home to some very unique animals and plants and is not only on the most important landscapes in Australia, but in the whole world.
Queensland Links:
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/oceania/australia/queensland/qsland.htm
http://www.australianlandmarks.com.au/queensland/australian-landmarks-of-queensland
http://www.australianlandmarks.com.au/queensland/daintree-rainforest-landmarks-of-quensland
http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/about-the-reef/facts-about-the-great-barrier-reef