{"id":294,"date":"2019-08-19T22:36:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T22:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/?page_id=294"},"modified":"2019-08-25T02:36:17","modified_gmt":"2019-08-25T02:36:17","slug":"australia-and-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/australia-and-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia and the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Understandings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">The International Date Line marks the change from today to tomorrow.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">The survival of some Pacific Islands is threatened by sea level rise.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Unique plant and animal species characterize this region.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Australia&#8217;s population is concentrated along its coasts..<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Learning Activities<\/h3>\n<p>Students have the opportunity to extend and refine their map interpretation skills as they evaluate statements about relative lcoation of Pacific islands gorups<\/p>\n<h4>Pacific Islands: Nauru<\/h4>\n<p>In 1975 the per capita GDP for Nauru was in the top 25 countries. Today they are 129th. What geographic factors contribute to such a dramatic change over time? Students are then challenged to provide some recommendations to the government of Nauru regain a stable economy.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/11A_Change_Nauru.pdf\">Change in Nauru (11A)<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/Nauru-map.pdf\">CIA map of Nauru map<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Australia and the Pacific Islands<\/h4>\n<p>In the map interpretation exercise students use maps and other data to prove or disprove statements about locations and general characteristics of the region. Students extend their ability to evaluate information as they correct the statements.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/11B_Map-Interpretation-Pacific.pdf\">Map Interpretation Pacific (11B)<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><strong style=\"color: #008000;font-size: inherit\">Maps from the Arizona Geographic Alliance<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/LessonFiles\/Aust-NZ2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australia and New Zealand<\/a>&nbsp;outline map<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"font-size: inherit\" href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/maps\/OCR_Labeled.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oceania Culture Region<\/a>&nbsp;identifies locations of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>ArcGIS Online Maps in the NPS Organizational Account<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/norfolkps.maps.arcgis.com\/home\/webmap\/viewer.html?webmap=762c06aa812d4c4db6aecf0baf73a254\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australia and the Pacific<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"insert_map_iframe_container insert_map_iframe_container-left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/Embed\/index.html?webmap=762c06aa812d4c4db6aecf0baf73a254&legend=true&alignment=left\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Understandings The International Date Line marks the change from today to tomorrow. The survival of some Pacific Islands is threatened by sea level rise. Unique plant and animal species characterize this region. Australia&#8217;s population is concentrated along its coasts.. Learning Activities Students have the opportunity to extend and refine their map interpretation skills as they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/australia-and-the-pacific\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Australia and the Pacific<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":500,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/294\/revisions\/500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}