Pin Ball??? How fun!

Hi Grade 5s!

You have two amazing tasks today as you work through answering the question:

In what ways do natural resources and the physical geography of a region determine the establishment of communities?

1. Go to PINBALL and brainstorm all that you know about Atlantic Canada. Then save the image and send it to me thourgh email.

2. Complete your community walk in Atlantic Canada. One you have completed your community walk, email me the link!

Have a gr8 time learning!

In what ways do natural resources and the physical geography of a region determine the establishment of communities?

In what ways do natural resources and the physical geography of a region determine the establishment of communities?

Choose one region of Canada.





Atlantic Region

Create a community walk by adding a marker, a photo and a description of 3 towns/cities in that region.

Pacific Region/Cordillera:




In what ways do natural resources and the physical geography of a region determine the establishment of communities?

How do natural events effect people?

CBC News

Create Your Own Map!

"There is nothing you can’t do, if you set your mind to it. Anything is possible." (Rick Hansen)




Using "Community Walk" you can create and explore Rick Hansen's journey across Canada.

How can we find out what Canada looks like?

We know that Canada is divided up into political regions (provinces and territories), but what are the geographic regions of Canada?

I did a couple quick searches and found these maps:




I then refined my search by searching for each individual region and found some beautiful landscapes and land formations across Canada.

Here is a little clip I put together of the Interior Plains.



Where and how can you find out what Canada looks like?



References:
The Many Geographic Regions of Canada
Map of Canada