GEOGRAPHY
| Grade |
STRAND |
EXPECTATIONS |
| 9 |
Geographic Foundations: Space and Systems |
- Distinguish between the characteristics of urban and rural environments
- Explain the geographical requirements that determine location of businesses and transportation and make predictions about future locations
- Produce a set of criteria for identifying regions
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| Human-Environment Interactions |
- Demonstrate an understanding of how human activities affect the environment
- Demonstrate an understanding of how natural systems influence cultural and economic activities
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| Understanding and Managing Change |
- Demonstrate an understanding of selected factors that cause change in human and natural systems
- Predict the consequences of human activities on natural systems
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| Methods of Geographic Inquiry |
- Demonstrate an understanding of the methods used to collect, organize, manipulate and interpret geographic data
- Select and use appropriate technology to present geographic information
- Use different types of maps to interpret geographic relationships including changes over time in a specific location
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| 11 |
Geographic Foundations: Space and Systems |
- Differentiate among the major rock types and explain their origins
- Analyze relationships between present characteristics of local landforms and the processes that shaped them
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| Human-Environment Interactions |
- Demonstrate an understanding of the effects of human activities on various aspects of the environment
- Analyze damage and casualty risks related to flooding in selected areas and identify factors that increase risk
- Identify postglacial features in the Ontario landscape and explain how people have derived benefits from them
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| Understanding and Managing Change |
- Describe the difference between human and geologic time scales
- Analyze changes in land use in their local area over the past 20 years and the effects of these changes on the population and the environment
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| Methods of Geographic Inquiry |
- Use remote sensing imagery, maps, global positioning systems and geographic information systems to measure conditions on the ground
- Produce reports summarizing field experiments conducted to obtain quantitative and qualitative data about a local area
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