CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH
GEOG 140: Weekly Journal Topics
Introduction to Physical Geography
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Sites to Visit and Journal:
How do you journal? Simply write down the name of the resource you're visiting and the due date, together with your name (always helpful!). Then, wander around the site and jot down the main purpose of the site, what seems interesting to you, how it relates to the class, and even your reactions to what you're visiting. You can just write down bullet statements or paragraphs. Keep it short (please don't go over a page unless you just can't help yourself): You are basically trying to convince me you did visit the site and wander around a few of its links and thought about the issues it raises. And I won't even mark your writing mechanics (but be careful not to plagiarize!).You can turn them in in hard copy on Mondays (handwritten is okay IF you write neatly) or, better, in BeachBoard's Digital Drop Box.
Week 1: Geography Careers
- http://www.aag.org/careers/: Careers in Geography, Association of American Geographers
- https://cla.csulb.edu/departments/geography/geogcareers.doc: Careers in Geography flyer, Department of Geography, CSULB
Week 2: Metric system got you down? Math scare you?
- http://www.onlineconversion.com: Online Conversion (metric to English and a lot more -- how many feet are there in a mile, anyway?)
- http://www.calculator.com: Online Calculators
Week 3: About the IPCC
- http://www.ipcc.ch/about/: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Week 4 : Paleo Proxy Data
- http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/paleo/proxies.html: Introduction to Paleoclimatology, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Week 5: Weather
- http://www.nws.noaa.gov/forecasts/graphical/sectors/southcalifornia.php: Graphical Weather Forecasts, National Weather Service
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Global_tropical_cyclone_tracks-edit2.jpg/800px-Global_tropical_cyclone_tracks-edit2.jpg: Google Mashup: The Geography of Tropical Cyclones, 1985-2005, Nilfanion, on NASA world image
Week 6: Lightning
- http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/lightning/lightning_intro.htm: NOAA Lightning page
- http://videos.howstuffworks.com/lightning_phenomena-video.htm: Discovery Channel video on lightning
Week 7: Evolution
- http://evolution.berkeley.edu/: University of California Berkeley, Understanding Evolution
Week 8:
- http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots/: Biodiversity Hotspots
- http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/: Invasive Species
Week 9: Plate Tectonics
- http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/paleogeographic.html: Plate Configuration at Various Times in Geological History
Week 10: Earthquakes
- http://www.scec.org/earthquakes/index.html: Recent Earthquake Information in Southern California
Week 11: Glacial and Fluvial Processes
- http://nsidc.org/glaciers/: National Snow and Ice Data Center All about Glaciers
- http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/: Stream Drought and Flood Conditions in Waterwatch
Week 12: Coastal, and Æolian Gradation
- http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/coastal/geography.html: California's Coastal Geography
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolian: Wikipedia has a good summary of æolian processes
Week 13: Mars Geography!
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