{"id":112,"date":"2018-10-05T00:29:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T00:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/csugelab\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=112"},"modified":"2025-09-21T22:23:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T02:23:01","slug":"module-2-physical-environment","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/csugelab\/chapter\/module-2-physical-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 2: Physical Environment and the Americas"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h1 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Key Questions<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>How do physical geographers study the planet and environment?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What are the major debates that concern physical geographers in the 21st century?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What are key characteristics of the human and physical geography of the Americas?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What is political geography and how does it apply to Ohio and the United States?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>Class 1: Planet Earth &amp; Plate Tectonics<\/h3>\r\nReading: Adam Dastrup, <em>Physical Geography and Natural Disasters<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/slcc.pressbooks.pub\/physicalgeography\/chapter\/3-1\/\">\"Planet Earth\"<\/a> sections 3.1-3.8\r\n<h3>Class 2: Change over Time- Physical Geography<\/h3>\r\nReading: Adam Dastrup, <em>Physical Geography and Natural Disasters<\/em>, \"<a href=\"https:\/\/slcc.pressbooks.pub\/physicalgeography\/chapter\/5-1\/\">Weathering<\/a>,\" Sections 5.1-5.8, \"<a href=\"https:\/\/slcc.pressbooks.pub\/physicalgeography\/chapter\/8-1\/\">Atmospheric Structure<\/a>\" Sections 8.1-8.2.\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Lab 1<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<h3><em>Complete the exercises at \u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/humangeographylabmanual.pressbooks.com\/part\/digital-geography\/\">\"Digital Geography,\" <em>Human Geography Lab Manual<\/em>, <em>Open Geography Education\u00a0<\/em><\/a><\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Lab 2<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<h3>Complete the exercises on the <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/csugelab\/part\/ohio\/\">Geography of Ohio<\/a>.<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h1 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Quiz Materials<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/edit?mid=1nl8XSvZmVnLachubD8JtmhpIHDo&amp;msa=0&amp;ll=44.53190372488249%2C-110.3961185&amp;z=4\">Map Quiz Study Guide for North America<\/a><\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>Class 3: Local Geography<\/h3>\r\nReading: <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/csugelab\/chapter\/oh-overview\/\">https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/csugelab\/chapter\/oh-overview\/<\/a>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h1 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Activity<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<h4>This activity explores the political geography of the United States through the lens of elections and voting.<\/h4>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vote.org\/\">https:\/\/www.vote.org\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>\u00a0Navigate the steps to confirm your voter registration or investigate the steps for voter registration for a resident of Cleveland.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h4>Answer the following questions:<\/h4>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Who is eligible to vote in the United States?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What geographic factors affect elections and the process of voting?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What geographic challenges do voters face?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What subdiscipline(s) of geography study elections and voting?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Visit earth.google.com. Click on \"Explore Earth\" if needed to get to the map and search bar. Type \"Congressional Districts into the search.\" What information do you get from the search results? Where does the data come from? Is it reliable? (Prior to 2025, students visited <a href=\"https:\/\/earth.google.com\/web\/@34.7325599,-94.20828246,312.18513029a,12000000d,35y,0h,0t,0r\/data=CjASLhIgNTc1ZDkwY2FjMTE5MTFlODk2NjE5NWJhYjIyMzYwMjIiCnZveV9zcGxhc2g\">US Congressional Districts Layer<\/a> in Google Earth).<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Navigate to Cleveland and find the congressional district for 2121 Euclid Avenue (Cleveland State University).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h3>Class 4:\u00a0 Global Climates &amp; Change<\/h3>\r\nReading: Adam Dastrup, <em>Physical Geography and Natural Disasters<\/em>, \"<a href=\"https:\/\/slcc.pressbooks.pub\/physicalgeography\/chapter\/10-1\/\">Global Climates and Change<\/a>,\" Sections 10.1-10.8, Caitlin Finlayson, \"<a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.pub\/worldgeo\/chapter\/middle-and-south-america\/\">Middle and South America<\/a>\"\r\n<h5>Additional Resources on Global Climates &amp; Change (optional reading)<\/h5>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianoceanhistory.org\/\">Indian Ocean in World History (<\/a>https:\/\/www.indianoceanhistory.org\/) and \"The Human History of El Ni\u00f1o\" (<a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/earth\/explore\/el-nino\/\">https:\/\/earthobservatory.nasa.gov\/features\/ElNino\/page3.php<\/a>)\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Lab 3<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<h3>Complete the exercises at <a href=\"https:\/\/worldgeographylabmanual.pressbooks.com\/chapter\/5-1\/\">\"An Eye on Central America,\" <em>World Regional Geography Lab Manual, Open Geography Education<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/worldgeographylabmanual.pressbooks.com\/part\/south-america\/\">\"South America\"<\/a> (all sections 6.0-6.2)<\/h3>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h1 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Quiz Materials<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/edit?mid=1nlzDArdH7VzDZfU5LsRKOpnAnjw&amp;msa=0\">Map Quiz Study Guide for Middle and South America<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h1 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Key Questions<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<ul>\n<li>How do physical geographers study the planet and environment?<\/li>\n<li>What are the major debates that concern physical geographers in the 21st century?<\/li>\n<li>What are key characteristics of the human and physical geography of the Americas?<\/li>\n<li>What is political geography and how does it apply to Ohio and the United States?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Class 1: Planet Earth &amp; 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