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= Week Nine Assignments = Ch 11: Flora and Fauna Africa Map Study & Quiz Postings Ch 11 & Africa Presentations - Accepted starting now thru the last day of class May 19th

Regarding Chapter Eleven: Supplemental Information here: http://schmidtphysicalgeography.wikispaces.com/Ch+11

Chapter 11 does not have a Prezi. Something happened when I was creating it and I lost the whole thing! I have not had the heart (or the time) to go back and make it again. So this chapter has two PowerPoints that you may review. The first one is from the newest version of the book and does not have as much information in it. The second one is older and has too much information in it to make it nice for presenting in class, but I think it's a nice study tool because it has great maps of all of the forests.

I created a worksheet for this chapter, you may find it helpful to organize the information in the chapter, but it is not required. Below the worksheet, you will find a few videos and articles. You may find the article on the Ironwood Trees interesting, I think they are really fascinating - one of the native species of our desert that become ecosystems of their own.

I have some videos on the steppe and the tundra because students like to see what those places look like. There is also a video on the Seven Land Biomes that you may find helpful. I have a slideshow of Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens (in Claremont) that I like to show in class because it has all native California plants.

You will find also a picture of a man sitting on a VERY large stump, surrounded by many very tiny trees. This is to show you how big the trees used to be - that stump was an "old growth" tree. We have very few old growth forests left - only 4% of the USA's forests are left intact. All of the tiny trees behind the big stump are what we call new growth, and it's not nearly as biodiverse as old growth. You can read the little article and learn more. You would think we would protect all of the old giants we have left, but we do not and loggers would still like to take them down. I have two videos about old growth forest that I show in the classroom too that will also help you to understand the difference and to just see how magnificent the ones that are left are. You will also find a picture of a sloth - the sloth has so many things living in its fur that it is an ecosystem all of its own!

After that, you will see a video with an orangutan, this is about deforestation in the rain forest, which much of happens for palm oil. You should consume wisely and not buy products with palm oil in them as it leads to the loss of our forests. There is also a video on invasive species which you may find helpful, and then the last thing on the chapter 11 page is 16 of the most magnificent trees in the world - something to make you feel better after reading about destruction of the rain forest and invasive species.

You have a posting assignment on chapter 11. I look forward to reading about your favorite forest.

Your posting assignments are located at the bottom of this page: https://schmidtphysicalgeography.wikispaces.com/Week+Nine+14+Week

Africa Map Study Africa is your last map. It is also probably the easiest because it is so big and there are not so many features on it. Much of the terrain is uniform. It was one of my favorite Prezis to make. I hope you enjoy it and also look forward to reading your posts. The Africa maps and Prezi are located here: http://schmidtphysicalgeography.wikispaces.com/Africa If you need a map, you can pick one up in the Physical Science building, in the offices on the first floor.

Presentations I have created a Padlet for you to post your presentations to. I am opening that Padlet today because I know that some people like to get things done as soon as possible, and some people like to wait until the last minute. In my on-site classes, we are starting presentations now, and will continue to the end of the semester. So you may also begin posting your presentations today. I will tell you the same thing I tell the on-site students, the sooner you get it done, the better because then it is one less thing that you have to worry about at the end of the semester during finals. Also if anything goes wrong, then you have time to fix it, which you may not if you wait until the last minute. If you have any trouble, please let me know ProfessorLisaS@gmail.com or text 760 440 8977

The Padlet for posting presentations is located on this page: https://schmidtphysicalgeography.wikispaces.com/14+Week+Online+Presentations and also in the Presentations folder on Blackboard.

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