Bellringer: T3D1 1/10/18 What is Location? What are some ways we measure location? Why is location important? Noun 1.a place of settlement, activity, or residence: This town is a good location for a young doctor. 2.a place or situation occuppied: a house in a fine location. 3.a tract of land of designated situation or limits: a mining location. 4.Movies. a place outside of the studio that is used for filming a movie, scene, etc. 5.Computers. any position on a register or memory device capable of storing one machine word. 6.the act of locating; state of being located.

T3D1 (Term 3, Day 1): Ch. 1-1: Geography & Location Utah Studies T3D1 (Term 3, Day 1): Ch. 1-1: Geography & Location

Main Ideas: Location Latitude Longitude Geography Natural Resources Renewable vs. Non-renewable

Disclosure Doc Let’s talk first about the class expectations here: Get out your Disclosure Document.

Geography What is Geography? It is the study of the earth and its mountains, lakes, plateaus, valleys, deserts, oceans, rivers, etc. These are all different types of landforms.

Mountains: Mt. Timpanogos

Mt. Nebo

Lakes: Lake Mary

Lake Powell

Green River

Salt Flats VID

Favorite? What is your favorite place in Utah? Why?

Overview of Class We’ll be looking at the state of Utah in many ways. One big project we’ll complete is a Self- Guided Tour of your hometown. Be thinking about cool places, sites, etc. that you could point out to others that come to your town! Also, we will be checking out a geocache next period, so please bring a smartphone if you have one, and some knick-knacks that you’d be willing to trade!

T3D2: Bellringer Today When you think of Utah, what comes to mind exactly?

Location! Location! Location! So what is location? Is it an address? A GPS Coordinate? A Spot on the Map? …Yes! It’s all of these!

So Where is Utah?

Longitude vs. Latitude Latitude measures how far north or south we are from the equator. Longitude measures how far east or west we are from the Prime Meridian. VID For example, Salt Lake City is about 41 Degrees North latitude, 112 Degrees West longitude. Check it out! https://goo.gl/L4m4fy Geocache Activity

Physical Features Another name for landforms is physical features. We can see physical features all around us; the mountains, creeks, etc. Another important thing that we get from these things are called natural resources. Natural resources are things that we can use, like plants, animals, minerals, water and fresh air, etc. Without natural resources, we couldn’t live here. Think Pair Share: What are 3 natural resources that we use here in Utah today? What are they used for?

Examples: Glen Canyon Dam

Kennecott Copper Mine

Renewable vs. Non-Renewable We certainly have many natural resources here in Utah. Some are renewable , which means they are easily replaced and come back. Can you think of any examples of renewable resources? Other resources don’t easily come back. They will be gone for a very long time, or forever. These are known as non-renewable resources. Can you think of any such resources?

Homework: Complete 1 (not both) of the following activities: Natural Resources Worksheet and Reflection Geocache Location Activity Both of these will also be found on the class website