Where in the world has 007 been in his 30 movies?
If that’s a question you’ve always wanted to know, then this set of maps was made just for you.
See on www.empireonline.com
Where are AP Human Geography courses being taught? What other schools in nearby districts also teach a certain AP course? This data has recently be made public (at least it’s new to me) so you can find out where classes are being taught. The actual information for particular teachers is not revealed (for some important privacy issues), but this is still a great starting pointing for local and regional collaboration for teachers. Also additional link will show you where AP institutes and workshops are going to be held in the future.
See on apcourseaudit.epiconline.org
Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:
LOVED touring @natgeo headquarters today; this special shark camera helped produce this video. To see videos (and many more pictures) of the National Geographic Society’s headquarters, visit the Rhode Island Geography Education Alliance site. Especially interesting was National Geographic’s production of a Cuba map.
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“This video shows the basic concept of HDI (Human Development Index), by using four different examples (Japan, Mexico, India and Angola).”
Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:
This video is a primer for those that have never seen HDI data. This interactive map with HDI data is for those already acquainted with the HDI, showing the HDI number as well as the ranking.
Tags: development, statistics, worldwide.
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Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:
Today I’ve been at the the National Geographic headquarters in Washington D.C. with other Geography Education Alliance coordinators. They have the coolest toys to capture some amazing footage, including crittercams.
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Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:
Coordinating a meeting across time zones can be confusion logistical task and one that people rarely can do off the top of their head or consulting some resources. It is, however, fundamentally a geographic task. Our friends at the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute put together this collection of 5 maps (and this time zone converter) to help global collaboration.
See on gcrinstitute.org
Saudi Arabia is drilling for a resource possibly more precious than oil by tapping hidden reserves of water in the Syrian Desert.
Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:
In northern Saudi Arabia, near Jordan, oil resources are sparse and so is surface water. Water might just be the more important liquid natural resource, especially for sustaining a population. There are underground water reserves that are stored in aquifers, layers of rock that hold water. The water that collects in aquifers may take many years to replenish so this practice is sometimes referred to as water mining.
Question to ponder: If Saudi Arabia is rich enough to buy their own food and they are at a competitive disadvantage for food production, why would they invest so much money on farming marginal lands?
Tags: food, agriculture, water, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, unit 5 agriculture.
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The federal government’s relentless expansion has made Washington, D.C., America’s real Second City.
From 1890-1990, Chicago was America’s second largest city. Since then Los Angeles has been the second largest city, acting as the west coast capital for the United States. Both of these cities have declined in economic and political importance in the recession, and in this article Aaron Renn argues that Washington D.C. (although demographically not in the same category) could be considered an emerging second city and chronicles it’s historic development. Readers may also be interested in how Renn (“the urbanophile“) argues that all our impressions about Detroit are inaccurate.
Tags: Washington DC, urban, historical, unit 7 cities.
See on www.city-journal.org
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