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I can identify why and how a Geographer use an inquiry-based process to study Earth and the ways people interact with it.
I can identify a variety of sources and methods Geographers use to carry out the inquiry process.
1. what is Geographic Inquiry?
2. what are the questions a geographers ask?
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2. What is inquiry
an act of asking for information. an official investigation.
geography involves investigating problems and solutions on a variety of spatial scales. Do you know them???
Local
Regional
Global

3. Geographers use an inquiry method for these investigations
Geographic Inquiry” chart please fill this out as we go through power point.
Geography Inquiry Definition- method for investigating geographic problems and issues
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4. 6th Grade Social Studies Unit 1, Lesson 2: Geographic Inquiry?
6th Grade Social Studies Unit 1, Lesson 2: Geographic Inquiry

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Ask geographic questions

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Ask geographic questions
Ask where, what, why, and so what?

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Acquire geographic information

8. ? Acquire geographic information
Use a variety of tools and sources such as maps, interviews, photographs, satellite images, textbooks, and websites.

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Organize geographic Information

10. ? Organize geographic Information
Create maps, graphs, charts, diagrams, and tables.
Develop oral or written summaries.

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Analyze geographic Information

12. ? Analyze geographic Information
Identify, understand, explain, and analyze information.
Look for patterns, relationships, and connections
Make predictions and inferences.

13. Look at your partners notes do they look like yours???
Give advice or ask for help if confused

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Answer geographic questions

15. ? Answer geographic questions
Develop conclusions based on the data collected, organized, and analyzed.
Present the conclusions in oral and written narratives.

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Geographic Inquiry
An Example

17. Location of the Aral Sea
Map of the Aral Sea. 31 July 2012 <
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18. Photographs of the Aral Sea
Photographs of the Aral Sea. Association of American Geographers. 31 July 2012 <
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2012
Source: Photographs of the Aral Sea.

19. ? Ask geographic questions
what geographic questions are related to the Aral Sea issue?
Ask geographic questions

20. ? Ask geographic questions What is causing the Aral Sea to dry up?
What effect is this having on people and the environment?

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What kind of geographic information could help answer these questions?

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What kind of geographic information could help answer these questions?
Satellite images taken over time
Photographs of the area taken at ground level
Interviews with people who live in the area
Water samples from the Aral Sea
Different types of maps of the area
Information regarding a similar problem with a body of water in a different part of the world
What ideas were in common? Why do you think this was so?
What ideas were different? Why do you think this was so?

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How could this information be organized?

24. ? How could this information be organized?
Create overlays of satellite images showing change over time
Put water sample data into tables or graphs
Create a written summary of interview data
Draw diagrams showing how the size of the Sea has changed
Create a map synthesizing the information from all the maps collected

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How could this information be analyzed?

26. ? How could this information be analyzed?
Try to establish when the drying up began
Compare the Aral Sea data with that of another body of water with a similar problem
Identify potential causes of the problem that show up on maps or aerial photographs
Study the kinds of chemicals that show up in the water samples
Look for patterns that may exist in the interview data

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Answer geographic questions

28. ? Answer geographic questions
Draw conclusions from the data and prepare a written report supporting the conclusions.

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REVIEW
Write the FIVE steps of geographic

30. ? Ask Geographic Questions Acquire Geographic Information
REVIEW
Ask Geographic Questions
Acquire Geographic Information
Organize Geographic Information
Analyze Geographic Information
Answer Geographic Questions

31. Pollution of the Rapid River
Complete with partner
discuss the pollution problem described at the top of the sheet with your partner and then answer the questions on the chart. “Pollution in the Rapid River

32. Answers What is causing the pollution in the Rapid River?
Ask geographic questions
What is causing the pollution in the Rapid River?
Acquire geographic information
Photographs of the pollution
Aerial photographs of the river including some from the past
Maps of the river
Water samples from the river taken at different times and in different places
Interviews with people who live near the polluted section of river
Organize geographic information
A chart could be made showing the results of the water sample tests
A diagram showing the polluted section of the river could be created
A map of the river showing potential causes of pollution such as drain pipes or factories could be created
Current and past aerial photographs could be overlaid
A report of information gathered from interviews could be written
Analyze geographic data
Potential causes of pollution that show up on maps or aerial photographs
The kinds of chemicals that show up in the water samples
Patterns that may exist in the interview data
Evidence of when the pollution began that might show up in photographs of the river over time or in the interview evidence
Answer geographic questions.
The committee should prepare a written report with a summary of the data collected. They should then present the report and their findings to the City Council at an open meeting where citizens are invited to attend.