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Bangladesh Through The Alphabet, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa Jan 2012

Bangladesh Through The Alphabet, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

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Students will understand the difficulties of Bangladesh and possible solutions to those difficulties.


I'Ll Trade You Dollars For Taka, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa Jan 2012

I'Ll Trade You Dollars For Taka, Geographic Alliance Of Iowa

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Students will convert currency from USD (United States Dollars) to BDT (Bangladesh Taka) and vice versa. Students will familiarize themselves with common prices in BDT and make comparisons costs of similar items in USD.


Social Realities In Chile, Sarah Lerdal Jan 2012

Social Realities In Chile, Sarah Lerdal

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Students will be able to identify differences in Chilean and American societies. Students will be able to explain why and how societies develop different laws and customs. Students will be able to debate the pros and cons to current Chilean societal situations.


Introduction To The Five Themes Of Geography, Mike Garnica Jan 2012

Introduction To The Five Themes Of Geography, Mike Garnica

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Students will understand and be able to give examples of the 5 themes of geography: Location, Place, Human-Environment Interaction, Movement, and Regions. Throughout the school year as we learn about ancient civilizations, students will be able to apply the 5 themes of geography to the ancient civilizations that we study.


Introduction To Gis Using Open Source Software, 1st Ed, Frank Donnelly Jan 2011

Introduction To Gis Using Open Source Software, 1st Ed, Frank Donnelly

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This tutorial was created to accompany the GIS Practicum, a day-long workshop offered by the Newman Library at Baruch College CUNY that introduces participants to geographic information systems (GIS) using the open source software QGIS. The practicum introduces GIS as a concept for envisioning information and as a tool for conducting geographic analyses and creating maps. Participants learn how to navigate a GIS interface, how to prepare layers and conduct a basic geographic analysis, and how to create thematic maps. This tutorial was written using QGIS version 1.5 "Tethys", a cross-platform (Windows, Mac, Linux) desktop GIS software package.