The Physical Environment
Contents

Chapter BE: Biogeography of the Earth

• Focus on The Physical Environment:
  "Biodiversity" Rediscovering Biology (Annenberg/CPB)   Activity
• Connections: "Drugs and Bugs" 
  (NPR, 2000)
• How To: In development
• Active Learning: Environmental Regions of the Eastern Hemisphere  (In development)
• Virtual Field Trip: The Amazon  and Flooded Forest Ecosystem
• Geographers at Work: Alan Taylor - Biogeographer; Lisa Naughton : "Living With Wolves"
• Review & Resources  

Chapter EM: Earth Materials and Structure

• Focus on The Physical Environment: "Earth's Interior" Earth Revealed (Annenberg/CPB)
  Activity
• Connections: "Evolution of Landscape Change along Clear Creek, Colorado"
  Part 1 Part 2, USGS. A look at the effects of urbanization, aggregate mining and reclamation.
• How To: Constructing topographic profiles 
• Active Learning: Reading topographic maps (In development)
• Geographers at Work: Ron Dorn - helping preserve rock art
• Review & Resources

Chapter TL: Tectonics and Landforms

• Focus on The Physical Environment: "Birth of a Theory" Earth Revealed (Annenberg/CPB)   Activity
• Connections: "South Asia Disaster" News Hour with Jim Lehrer. See "Tsunami Warnings" at the site.
• Physical Geography Today: Earthquakes Hazard Program - USGS
• How To: In development
• Active Learning: Tectonic boundary processes and landforms
• Review & Resources

Chapter VL: Volcanic Processes and Landforms

• Focus on The Physical Environment "Volcanic and Seismic Hazards on the Island of Hawaii" (USGS)
• Connections: "Remembering Krakatoa's Cataclysm" (NPR All things Considered)  
  Details.
• Physical Geography Today: Update on Current Volcanic activity - Volcano World
• How To: In development
• Active Learning: In development
• Virtual Field Trip: Volcanoes of the World (In development)
• Geographers at Work: "Travis Heggie - Answering the Call of the Wild" (AAG)
• Review & Resources

Chapter WM: Weathering, Erosion, and Mass
Movement

• Focus on The Physical Environment: "Mass Wasting" The Earth Revealed (Annenberg/CPB) One-time, free registration may be required to view film.
  (29:00) 
• Connections:  When Land Slides (NASA Earth Observatory)
• Physical Geography Today: "Real-Time" Monitoring of an Active Landslide above Highway 50, California - USGS
• How To: Interpreting hill slope profiles
(In development)
• Active Learning:  In development
• Geographers at Work: David Butler - Biogeography, geomorphology and landscape change.
• Review & Resources

Chapter FS:  Fluvial Systems  

• Focus on The Physical Environment - "Floods: Using Satellites to keep Our Heads above Water.  (NASA Earth Observatory)
• Connections: Three Gorges" All Things Considered Details
• Physical Geography Today: Water Watch - USGS
• How To: Calculating flood recurrence
• Active Learning:  Virtual River (Cal State-LA)
• Virtual Field Trip: Yunnan Great Rivers Project
• Geographers at Work: W. Andrew Marcus - hydrology, geomorphology, and stream habitat disturbance
• Review & Resources

Chapter GL: Glacial Systems  

• Focus on The Physical Environment: "Gifts of the Glaciers" Sea Grant Institute
• Connections:"7000 Year Old City Under Black Sea" (NPR) Details.
• How To: In development
• Active Learning: In development
• Virtual Field Trip: Indian Peaks, Front Range, Colorado
• Geographers at Work: Julian Dowdeswell - glaciologist
• Review & Resources

Chapter EO: Eolian Systems

• Focus on The Physical Environment: "Wind, Dust and Deserts" The Earth Revealed (Annenberg/CPB)
  (29:00)
• Connections: "From the Dust Bowl to the Sahel" NASA Earth Observatory
• How To: In development
• Active Learning: In development
• Virtual Field Trip: Sahara Trek
• Review and Resources

Chapter OC: Ocean and Coastal Systems

• Focus on The Physical Environment: "Waves, Beaches, and Coasts  The Earth Revealed (Annenberg/CPB)
  (29:00) 
• Connections: "A Dangerous Intersection: Humans and Climate Destroy Reef Ecosystem" NASA Earth Observatory
• How To: In development
• Active learning: Tsunami!
• Review and Resources