THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA Land and Climate Review

CLIMATE AND VEGETATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA Essential Questions: How has the geography of the United States and Canada shaped these countries? Learning Target: IWBAT analyze how the climate has affected the development of the United States and Canada. Formative Assessment(s): Complete a venn diagram comparing climates in U.S. to Canada.

BELLWORK What would you need for a day at Mount Denali? What would you need for a day in Death Valley?

BELLWORK How would I dress for a day at Mount Denali? warm clothing! How would I dress for a day in Death Valley? summer clothing, water!

CLASSWORK  Review Canadian and American geography:    georegion-click.html georegion-click.html  lakes.html lakes.html  rivers.html rivers.html

CLASSWORK  Name as many natural resources in North America as you can without using a book!

CLASSWORK  Name as many natural resources in North America as you can without using a book  Fish  Shellfish  Timber  Potash  Water  Iron  Nickel  Gold  Silver  copper  Petroleum  Natural gas

CLASSWORK  Name all the climates you can find in the United States. Don’t forget Alaska and Hawaii! (page 140)  Clue: there are 11  Name all the climates you can find in Canada.  Clue: there are 7  What climates does Canada have that the U.S. doesn’t?  What climates does the U.S. have that Canada doesn’t?

CLASSWORK  Name all the climates you can find in the United States.  Mediterranean, desert, steppe, highland, humid continental, humid subtropical, marine west coast, subarctic, tundra, tropical wet, tropical dry  Name all the climates you can find in Canada.  Subarctic, tundra, humid continental, steppe, highland, ice cap, marine west coast  What’s the difference?  Canada is much colder and has ice caps.  United States is much warmer and has Mediterranean, desert, humid subtropical, tropical wet and tropical dry

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT  What plants grow in the U.S. vs Canada.  Include all 10 examples (page 141) United States vegetation Canadian vegetation

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT United States Tropical Rainforest (Hawaii) Tropical Grassland Desert scrub Mediterranean Scrub Both Temperate Grassland Deciduous Forests Coniferous Forests Mixed Forest Canada Tundra Ice Cap