GEOGRAPHY EDUCATION

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Despite the fact that Detroiters will get the benefits of newfound energy, enthusiasm, and even money, it’s unrealistic to expect a group who is scared of the unknown and having power stripped away to welcome outsiders with open arms.

BM: Detroit has been down in a slump for a while and with gentrification(adding people of wealthier income) into the the Midtown neighborhood of Detroit. Despite the wealth of income in Midtown the rest of the City still has an average income of around $28,000 which is pretty weak compared to Midtown’s average income of $111,000. One could argue that this gentrification project is not going at the pace desired. Slow and steady…

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“Le Paper Globe is a template for a DIY terrestrial globe.  Not only will it look neat in your living room, it is also a very good learning tool for Geography and Geometry.”  It is free to download and comes complete with instructions.  It is not as easy as it may appear, but produces a very high quality globe (that you can have colored before you begin assembling).    

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Two hundred countries and 20 times around the planet – a man’s amazing journey in his Mercedes.

This 5 minute video is a glimpse into the life and travels of Gunther Holtorf, on a 23-year, 500,000 mile journey.  This man has experienced, lived and seen so many of the places, cultures and environments that we try to make come to life for our students as we study the wonderful world we live in.   

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This video is a class introduction to the Advanced Placement course in Human Geography, which is intended to give high-ability students the opportunity to ea…

This is an excellent promotional video for geography as a whole, but the AP Human Geography course specifically.  For more from the great Florida teacher, visit his course website at: http://teacherweb.ftl.pinecrest.edu/snyderd/APHG/ which has some incredible resources.

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Markus Reugels is a German photographer who specializes in capturing the art of water droplets.  The resulting images are so fantastic one might think that Photoshop or some other image manipulation software had a hand in creating them.

As beautiful image as you’ll see anywhere. 

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We’ve seen a world map made of each country’s coins before. Here’s another currency map that uses images of each country’s bills…And of course I’m going to enjoy this. 

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Public health crises of the past decade — such as the 2003 SARS outbreak, which spread to 37 countries and caused about 1,000 deaths, and the 2009 H1N1 flu p…

The spread of infectious diseases is inherently connected to the mobility of infected.  Airports are important nodes in this complex transportation network.  Which airports would have the greatest potential to spread diseases?  At MIT, they’ve gathered data that incorporates variations in travel patterns among individuals, the geographic locations of airports, the disparity in interactions among airports, and waiting times at individual airports to create a tool that could be used to predict where and how fast a disease might spread.

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This Oregon-based infographic succinctly summarizes the local food movement and taps into the cultural ethos that permeates the growing number of consumers that are demanding more home-grown products.

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“Citing higher cheese prices, Colbert states it plainly:…”

Although in America today only about 2% of the workforce is involved in agriculture, crop cultivation is still tightly integrated within our economy affecting a much wider range of people and industries.  According to the US Department of Agriculture we our currently experiencing one of the worst droughts in our nation’s history rivaling the Dust Bowl of the 1930’s. On a national scale, prices in gas, meat, dairy and other products that depend on crops will likely increase. However, since the U.S is a major producer of crops such as wheat and corn, the global economic consequences of this will be felt around the world. How will an increase in food prices effect people in countries were a quarter or more of their income goes towards groceries? How will a decreasing agricultural yield effect economic and political stability around the world?  This is a humorous look at a very serious problem.

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