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= Week Thirteen Assignments = Ch 9: The Hydrosphere Africa Postings Ch 9 & Africa Presentations - Accepted starting now thru the last day of class May 21st

Regarding Chapter Nine: Supplemental Information here https://schmidtphysicalgeography.wikispaces.com/Ch+9

You will notice that I have a lot of supplemental information on chapter nine. Water is an extremely important issue in our area. I have a link to the dust cams over Owens (dry) lake, which was the largest lake in California and was dried up by Los Angeles stealing its water very quickly. Now it's an air pollution problem for much of California. You might enjoy a look at the dust cams - see what Owens Lake looks like today. It has a sprinkler system on it to keep the dust down, but it doesn't cover the whole lake, so there is still a problem. There is also a video about Mono Lake - the oldest lake in North America - just north of Owens Lake, which almost met the same fate. You may like the story of Mono Lake, and it is in the textbook. I also have some videos on the Aral Sea, which was the 4th largest lake in the world, but is pretty much gone now. It's also in the chapter, but the video is newer. There is a video about Lake Chad - also in the chapter and on your map. I have a video about salinity in the oceans, I always show this one in class, it's newer than the text. I have several other articles on the page related to the chapter. It's not required reading and the videos are not required watching, but I think they add to the experience and are often helpful to understand the textbook.

You have a posting assignment on chapter 9. I look forward to reading them as I am sure that there is something in this chapter that each of you will find important.

Your posting assignments are located at the bottom of this page: http://schmidtphysicalgeography.wikispaces.com/Week+13

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: http://schmidtphysicalgeography.wikispaces.com/Spring+2016+Projects and also in the Presentations folder on Blackboard.

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