Human Impacts on the Environment: Crash Course Ecology #10



Resources**Not a definitive list (many come from Lorraine Chaffer with many thanks). Some may not be suitable for your schools or students. Please review carefullyBOSTES Learning at the library Schools and Teachers NSW CurriculumAGTA Geogspace Core Units/Support Units Australian CurriculumC2C Queensland DET Australian Curriculum Scoop It scoop.it Lorraine Chaffer GTA NSW – her best websitesGeography Teachers’ Online FacebookQueensland Spatial Educators Tool Kit Geographical toolsSpatialworlds technologies1Virtual mapsSatellite images2 and 3 Virtual mapsSatellite imagesGlobal positioning systems (GPS)4Virtual mapsSatellite imagesGlobal positioning systems (GPS)Geographic information systems (GIS)5Virtual mapsSatellite imagesGlobal positioning systems (GPS)Geographic information systems (GIS)Remote sensing dataAugmented realitySourceGoogle Maps pizza your Dominoes pizza tour builder technology for teachers: How to create tours with Google Earth tour builder asked questions about using Google Tour Builder Geographic Mapmaker and GPS careers is GIS? is GPS? Destination spatial spatial site map revolution story map gallery - students can see the power of maps to tell a geographical story. Globe Web based presentation toolsGlogster (digital poster)Skitch (annotate photographs)Creately (infographics and Easel.ly ) infographic)Piktochart (infographic)Prezi (moving presentation)Organising an inquiry and creating a website web pages: Techniques to apply and questions to ask evaluation template of website evaluation training of Living Australia Education Encyclopaedia Gapminder Australian Bureau of Statistics .auAustralian wildlife 1Features of placesMy country a model of a place like mine maps place photos activity includes outside observations in the school ground as well as classroom thinking ways the activities located in a place create its distinctive features (Pooh’s great adventure) People’s are connections to placesGeogspace> Mapping world interconnections: boxes 2 Similarities and differences between placesChildren in different places your own Atlas location of the major countries of Africa and South America in relation to Australia . . .?GIS in Action (Use maps to solve problems and help animals)The Earth’s environment Primary Industries Education Foundation Australia Painted Pumpkin globes countries of Asia GeoSix and the Swamp monster story for animals skills: The island of Storye in a floating village (People adapt) your local place: fieldwork ways to look at the world as a village to Asia beyond Asia your computer to discover an unequal world people move 3 Climate zones and living things – plants and animals Natural vegetation and natural resources are important to people The use of natural vegetation and natural resources affects environments Sustainable use of environments Geosix and the swamp monster stories 4Landscapes and landformsABC Splash shaped by erosion Kimberley WA*AirPano processes and perspectives The formation of Kata Tjuta are people still climbing Uluru? story mysteries: Dreamtime of the Aboriginals (Published on 27 July, 2013)watch?v=ootry93H_QEBBC—plate boundaries plate tectonics - contains simple diagrams that help explain processes clearly, an interactive plate boundary map and animations of convergence, divergence and transform boundaries me a genius—Plate tectonics for kids (5.10 minutes) geographic: Mariana Trench —plate tectonics of the ocean floor of the ocean basin basics and weathering erosion: Lessons for kids and weathering HYPERLINK "" - provides a simpler explanation and diagram .uk/GCSE/igcse/weathering/weatrheringintro.htmlTypes of rocks and the rock cycle / mountains/ glaciers / icescapes Australian Geographic ‘Australian Volcano about to erupt?’ of volcanoes in Australia there a risk of a volcanic eruption in Australia?Provides excellent information on volcanic landforms in different parts of Australia Volcanoes - provides links to volcano maps and specific volcanic sites in the eastern states of Australia, including Undara, Glass House Mountains, Bunya Mountains, Tweed Volcanoes, Mt Warning, Warrumbungles, Organ Pipes, Keilor Victoria, Camperdown, Victoria, Mt Eccles, Tower Hill, Mt Schank and Mt Gambier *When mountains collide *Aerials of the Alps: ThePower of the Planet Has a range of clips including ‘The Earth’s Plates’, ‘Water attacks mountains’, ‘A new ocean’ and ‘Pangaea’ ‘Ascending the unclimbable’ map showing spatial distribution of glaciers HYPERLINK "" Observatory—NASA of glaciation of how glaciers work in Victoria*BBC EarthGrasslandsGrassland transect between different landscapes HYPERLINK "" ‘Climate Change Driving Mongolians From Steppe to Cities’: Terrain of many names definition migrations migration HYPERLINK "" Mara—animal migration migrations HYPERLINK "" sclerophyll forests (shrub%2Fgrass+sub-formation)Wet sclerophyll forests benefits of Australia’s forests cremation –Narrabeen beach erosion Coast beach erosion erosion Coast beach erosion erosion Geographic: Sacred Cenotes Maya cave exploration in a sacred Maya cave the Belize Blue Hole ‘Bear Grylls Sahara quicksand’ (3.29 minutes) Desert—introduction (3 minutes) ’s largest rope swing ’s Death Valley HYPERLINK "" Geographic— Death Valley Desert HYPERLINK "" landscapesHome documentary (93 minutes) the City: Desert City Dubai : World Island Wonder HYPERLINK "" of Earth’s largest gold mines HYPERLINK "" mining devastation in Peru : North Sea Wall the City: Sinking City Venice (2-minute clip) Terre - three short video clips showing traditional agriculture, tourism and trekking ’s conservation corridors Eastern Ranges Corridor Wildlife Corridors fact sheet Knowledge for Tour Guides—park management—Aboriginal wetland burning in Kakadu: Rehabilitation of Nauru landscape finally underway a better future for Nauru: Nauru Rehabilitation Corporation Peatlands mining for whisky hazards Disaster Mapper is a volcano? (3 minutes) St Helens eruption earthquakes happen (2 minutes) Earthquakes work (2.5 minutes) do we measure earthquakes? earthquake Tsunami of a tsunami Ocean Tsunami ’s Tsunami—how it happened : Japan earthquake and tsunami: How tsunamis work Australia: Landslides Australia: Bushfire basics bushfires a bushfire control centre (interactive) HYPERLINK "" and bushfires in Australia and bushfires impact ecosystems and liveabilityWhat makes a great place? ‘s most liveable cities 's_most_liveable_citiesAustralian gold to the toilet in a slum Bank data ARIA may not be there much longer wheel example wheel template futures wheel “The pyramids of age” streets using and (slides 7-9Sustainable Singapore Blueprint (interactive) , liveable Singapore infographic Design a liveable street “Informing the planning process” - the importance of data in planning for enhanced liveability : Assessing the liveability of places Education Foundation; Bangkok and liveability ’s Place and Liveability liveability rankingsMercer Quality of living survey (infographic) Quality of life (YouTube) Economist. Best places to live (statistics and graphs) placemarks in Google Earth basics tutorial Globe maps across Australia Families in rural, regional and remote Australia with rural and geographically isolated young people for different groups Human Rights website “Make the street a place to play” Shutout: The experience of people with disabilities in Australia pages 38-42(access), 52 (social connections) liveability Creating an all ages friendly city ways to make cities child friendly revolution in world’s highest city to make cities liveable practice in liveability / Europe City of Vision liveable communities making cities liveable streets the town , destinations and density (20 minute neighbourhoods) Walks Walkability and designing a child friendly neighbourhood Splash impact of traffic on the liveability of streets for identity and social connection Pages dedicated to Places and Liveability Our cities need more green spaces is sustainability? in the worldWater facts 1 Water facts 2 variations in water Water by the numbers andWater facts and statistics BOM: Variations in river flow climate and temperature *Aboriginal seasonal calendar in Sabina’s shoes Target 100: Water our most precious resource for life fact sheets Geographic Special “Water” water resourcesUSGS The World’s water Global water resources resources by continent by continent footprints / Virtual Water How much do we really used every day / what can we do water footprint infographic paddock to plate virtual water project footprint calculator footprint weather & seasons indigenous seasonal calendar seasonal descriptions climate scenarios for Australia cycle / Catchments Water cycle water cycle geographic is a watershed? changes in the water cycle diagram of waterWaterwise: The value of water and spiritual values of rivers in an Indian context. and economic value of water value of water scarcity The coming global water crisis facing the worst water shortages scarcity trends and projections; Water scarcity case studies is water scarcity? water scarcity and stress in 2025 map – water scarcity causes and impact crisis in Arawak Africa a drop NGO Mountain Project: water for Africa NGO Malawi Water project HYPERLINK "" Challenges to sustainable water useMajority of Earth’s Potable water is trapped in Coca Cola products : “How dams affect water supply” grabs / water grabs half of Europe’s water is threatened by pollution pros and cons debate resource page: includes infographic and factsheet and water management Water scarcity & solutions Planet network circle of Blue: Sustainable development goals HYPERLINK "" “Billboard in Peru turns air into clean drinking water” freshwater from fog / presentation tools / inquiry activityKWL Chart and Saw Strategy (page 90) HYPERLINK "" earth flight simulator Visual presentation options and HYPERLINK "" Interactions (Geography Pods unit of work) impacts on tourist attractions largest Disney store in Shanghai World oil transport : global links Finder Apps: See the world’s planes flying in real time or track a plane. Augmented reality: Plane Finder AR allows you to point at a plane and see the details on your phone. Finder shows where the busiest ports are located and ships waiting to access ports Earth Now App Observer hours of international flights in 1 minute satellites in Google Earth satellites observe Planet Earth of Ewaste What is globalisation? ’s Globalisation got to do with me? shipping across the world( Reefers) Undersea Cable Maps of undersea cable; animation HYPERLINK "" Global Internet connections supply chains of my stuff your T-Shirt – A journey around the world your cotton T Shirt comes from Global 500 Global Cities Index Nike Manufacturing Map – from crop top table jeans and globalisation and the global sharkfin trade Arrivals, ABS Over 100 million Chinese travelled overseas in 2014 holiday cartogram . Tourism and development Chinese tourists south .auOxfam .au Stage 5Sustainable biomesGeneralPrimary Industries Education Foundation : Biomes & food security Unit and Exemplar Contemporary media reports : Food for thought education silent Tsunami Series Future of FoodIndia planet series produce food, fibres and Industrial materials: Primary Industries Education Foundation Lorraine’s Sustainable Biomes Biome map diagram of biomes biomes and climate : Our food supply depends on it talk about soil is soil? What is biodiversity and why is it so important productivity chain web services and biodiversity and abiotic components of biomes and ecosystems and climate using climate graphs Productivity of Biomes that produce food biomes30 breathtaking photos powerful images activities are changing the face of Earth Sea: change over time series ’s northern grasslands effects Sustainability explained impacts of agriculture activities threaten biodiversity species and biodiversity to protect biodiversity (Why is biodiversity important) degradation and causes (map / graph water pollution impacts of industrial agriculture degradation and habitat fragmentation land loss due to urbanisation security, Population, sustainable biome useDefinition of food security is food insecurity food security security Index map FAO hunger map Hunger Index map projections security and why it matters world may not have enough food by 2050 sustainability in agriculture 2014 Hunger report Biocapacity footprint: Do we fit on our planet? food crisis vision simulation game PDF Living on thin air FOOD factors in food shortages projections World Vision Global Food Inequality Simulation Game and follow-up activities Global Food security value of soil / land degradation beginners guide to land grabs grabs in the Philippines of agriculture and climate change Oil change and agriculture change impacts on Australia (Garnaut review) wastage waste harms climate, water, land and biodiversity waste and food security (animation) waste food campaign to address food security issuesUSAID: Farm issues and solutions : Powering Agriculture feed a nation: Indonesia farming Bangladesh technology technologies (space to village) Splash resources food can we do to improve food security? security 9 billion: the world animation to feed the world animation the future how to increase yields agriculture (sustainable energy sources) HYPERLINK "" agriculture and environment (biotechnology) versus Aid – food security the gap between men & women in agriculture (Animation) agriculture solutions : Agricultural innovation in Australia thinking – towards a greener future – conservation success stories from Africa for thought: Living on thin air hay for the cattle in the USA land care desert use and dung Industries Education Foundation farm visit Revolution infographic tenure animation (animation) in agriculture (animation) out of poverty “Food security in Australia” - Australia’s role in reducing food scarcity. placesEnvironmental change and managamentGeneralThe National Outlook connections in Australia’s physical economy Using landsat imagery to map change years of human activities from space charts that show we are killing the planet, overconsumption of global degradation puts life at risk change 2015 report limits of our planet humans have become super predators impact animation Suzuki’s inspiring speech to the UN 1992 as an example of an inspirational speech Impacts on the Environment: Crash Course Ecology #10 Performance Indicators 2014 ecological footprints Food chains and food webs Geographic Habitats quiz Biodiversity game Animation - Ecological footprint: Do we fit on our planet? 10 Most Endangered Species On Earth National Geographic 2014 – Earth is the biggest ecosystem – different ecosystems on Earth Forest Map Protection Tool of the World’s Forests 2014 – benefits to humans – Current global distribution of forests statistics , critically endangered, endemic, vulnerable species ten endangered species in the world medicines cause for animal poaching hotspots of Meteorology .au/climate/changeNational Geographic environment..au/environment/global-warmingScientific American ic.cfm?id=global-warming-and-climateGarnaut Climate Change Review ocean crisis processes at a variety of scales between atmosphere and ocean biodiversity is a global disaster habitats and ecosystems – Overfishing- the plundering of our oceans Test: The Global Challenge of Ocean Acidification farms Pacific Garbage Patch infographic Five gyres project Bureau of Meteorology; Enso Cycle Nino and La Nina and climate change of El Nino and La Nina on phytoplankton and fish hazards images of the Gulf of Mexico spill and clean-up operation: map and timeline - mapping the oil slick and satellite view of Gulf of Mexico oil spill : Ocean “Deserts” ; Dead ocean zones consequences of algal blooms of bioaccumulation on ecosystems bioaccumulation explained diagrams with statistics Whaling Commission for protecting Antarctica in 2041 Impacts on Antarctica and Threats to the Environment – Antarctica resources - A Future in the Balance Geographic: James Cameron Documentary: Deep sea Challenger 3D. on the sea floor Seafloor in Google Earth Tour Deep of the Mariana Trench reefs Coral Triangle - Nursery of the Seas Barrier Reef - Reef to Rainforest (s01e02) Protecting its future at Risk Revisited Barrier Reef World Heritage site HYPERLINK "" Heritage Marine Program HYPERLINK "" biodiversity hotspots that are specially endangered ; Coral Reef Information System at Risk Revisited – World Resources Institute : Managing coastlines for 2014 and Beyond “Coasts – who’s bothered” Scientist under threat to the coastal zone issues for coastal environments (Australia) British Geographer: Coasts of erosion and deposition our coasts to death pressure from cities in coastal zones actions leading to coastal degradation formation and refraction Processes: Cool Geography: a river of sand (sources of beach sediment) 20m minutes. facing our estuaries (Interactive diagram) diagrams for coastal environments Beach life under threat of coastal erosion in Australia coast beach management: Our coast (celebrating 50 years of coastal management) Apr 16, 2013 protection measures management and management’s coasts and climate change video series ’s coasts and climate change waterTime Magazine: World Water Crisis Photostory Aral Sea (Earth Observatory images) Aral Sea Documentary dried up Aral Sea stuff works – catchments water cycle / human impact systems approach catchment Story ( Australia) and freshwater supply glaciers melting of environmental change: Mountains : Qld Government website stream labelled illustrations AND Darling Basin River / Floodplain interconnections diagram of Riparian zone rivers journey from source to mouth HYPERLINK "" ecosystems ecosystems – wetlands Rivers: Problems with big dams for rivers flows explained : State of the world’s rivers River : A national disaster River in distress ’s polluted rivers China’s rivers Waterways website Nutrients, catchments and reefs Darling Basin Authority Yangtze River Basin Pollution in China water crisis: Rivers disappear floods in China HYPERLINK "" rise of megacities Air Pollution UNEP 10 Most Polluted Cities in the world watch?v=tBJRoINo9aEAir quality and urban air pollution (PC10) water cycle HYPERLINK "" : Water Sensitive Urban Design HYPERLINK "" water solutions for the cities of tomorrow solid waste management in world cities map: The Global Trade in Electronic Waste - PBSfrontlineworld/stories/ghana804/map/map.htmlSlum Survivors Episode 2 Jakarta BBC Documentary 2014 ?????Costs and Benefits of High-Density Urban Living living – sustainable or not? maps showing sea level scenarios across Australia Building for climate change - Imagining the Future City: London 2062 Sustainable cities planning using GIS - various cities Sustainable City Project of Sydney 2030 wellbeingGeneral Severn Suzuki’s inspiring speech to the UN 1992 as an example of an inspirational speech Education: Geographies of human wellbeing Education The Poverty Priority brochure with links to resources Vision Interconnections & Human Well Being for 2015 and beyond: Development: Australia: Global poverty toolkit Development Game & mapping wellbeing Asia education foundation: Measuring Wellbeing map map economics of Well being (GDP not enough) Bank GDP cartogram planet cartogram explained video Planet Index map websitesWorld shapin (Basic)Gapminder (Intermediate)Statplanet: Variations in HDI over time versus GDP using cartograms : Rich & poor Refugee migration: versus GDP cartograms Portfolio Affluenza wealth inequality inequality between rich and poor interactive trends graph variations in well being / Global inequalityGlobal Education: Geographies of human wellbeing data visualisations that illustrate poverty’s biggest challenge poverty maps inequality gap increasing glass distribution of wealth wealth inequality video ................
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