Use your Head!

1.Name 2 causes of erosion.

2.What is the average weather of a place over 20 years?

3.What is geography.

4.Define plate tectonics.

Bonus : What is the only natural lake in Texas? *Hint* (Named after an Indian Tribe!)

Today’s Agenda-Notes Ch 1 Sec 2 pgs 8-11

- Texas Roadmap Activity

- Using Lines to Draw a State Activity

Homework – Complete Draw a State if you don’t finish in class

Did you Know?• Traveling from Orange,TX to El Paso is further than going from El

Paso to Los Angeles, California!

856 miles

802 miles

5 Themes of Geography

• Think about how to describe where you are sitting right this second.

• Theme #1 – Location = Where is it?– Relative Location – a location of a place

compared to other places.– Absolute Location – exact location

Grid Example

• A Grid is when lines of latitude and longitude intersect

Latitude and Longitude

• Draw a sphere with a line of Latitude

• Measures distances NORTH and SOUTH of the Equator.

Latitude and Longitude

• Draw a sphere with a line of Longitude

• Measures distances EAST and WEST of the Prime Meridian

Texas Map Activity

• Find a Partner

• 1 Texas Road Map and 1 Marker per group

• I will give you Cities for you to find!

• First group to correctly locate all of the cities wins!

Theme #2 Place

• There are 2 ways to describe a place

• Physical Features

Theme #2 Cont….

• Human Features

Theme #3 Interaction

• Interaction – How people adapt to and change their environment.

Caprock Canyon State Park (Panhandle) Midland, TX

Theme #4 Movement• Transportation – moving people or goods

• Communication – movement of ideas

Theme #5 Region

• Region – an area of the world that has the similar characteristics (ex. Climate, economy, ethnic make-up)

San Fran, CA New York City

Whiteboard Review

• Draw a line of longitude

• What 2 sides of Prime meridian do lines of longitude measure?

• Absolute location is the ______location of a place.

• What is the movement of people or goods called?

• What are the 2 ways to describe a place?

Activity Using lines to Draw a State

• Complete Worksheet Activity

• Turn in when complete

• If you don’t finish, take home for homework