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: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Canada-georegion.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Canada-georegion-click.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA-georegion-click.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA-lakes.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA-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 bookFishShellfishTimberPotashWater

IronNickelGoldSilvercopperPetroleumNatural 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