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Welcome! Please put your sticky
note at the front of your desk so I can see it.
Please pass forward your signed safety contract.
Please get out map of Houston ecoregions and your ecoregion description
Class Procedures If you miss class:
Check the binder for details and handouts Double check with your neighbor Power point notes available on class website
Objective Sheets: Calendar A study guide for the unit
Houston Intersection of four ecological zones:
Prairies Bayous Forests Galveston Bay
How did these areas shape the growth of Houston? Do they still matter today? Could they have brought your family to the area?
Were any of the reasons to move here related to our natural resources?
Houston 10,000 years ago Akoskia nation
Spring/summer – oysters, clams and fish from the Bay
Fall/Winter – small animals and plants from the prairie
Why did they move with the seasons?
Battle! Texas becomes a nation.
Santa Anna retreated from San Antonio to San Jacinto
Tall grass prairie – 6 to 9 feet tall! Did it play a role in the victory?
Waterways were used for transportation
Official founding of Houston Allen Brothers – confluence (meeting
point) of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak bayou – farthest point upstream where a barge could turn around.
What resources are emphasized in this painting?
Early economies Cattle Cotton Sugar Timber PLUS waterways
to move them!
1870’s: Railroads carried goods to ships and to markets east.
“Houston – where 17 railroads meet the sea.” (late 1800’s marketing moto)
Rice fields were established after barbed wire was invented.
Rice fields must be flooded, so rainfall is important.
How were the early Houstonians reliant on the four ecosystems? Prairie Forest Bayou Bay
How about these?shop keepershome buildersdoctorsteachers
Oil! Spindletop well in Beaumont starts Texas oil boom 1901
Port of Houston built 1914 – today it moves the most foreign tonnage in the US
1945 – Texas Medical Center
Houston, we have a space program. (1961)
Soooo . . . .that sticky note Color your sticky and put it back on the
timeline: Brown: agriculture, ranching Green: timber Red: oil/energy Blue: medical Leave uncolored: supporting industries Others?
Graph – Houston’s population growth What units are on the X axis? How many people were in Houston at the last
census? How long ago was the population half what it is
today? How many people might there be by 2070? Mark the following on the graph:
Building the railroads Spindletop Medical Center established NASA established
Houston’s natural resources have contributed to the area’s growth. Evidence for: Evidence against:
Expected Houston demographic trends for the next 50 years: City will grow City will continue to diversify jobs,
ethnicity City is getting younger on average
Houston is an amazing place to live!
Our Big Questions: What environmental issues will we face
as our city continues to grow? What is your role in our city and our
ecosystems?
We each depend on natural resources Food Air Water Energy
How does increased population affect our resources?
Which resources do you think Houstonians should be most concerned about?
SustainabilityKeeping an ecological balance by conserving our natural resources
We each depend on natural resources Food Air Water Energy
How does increased population affect our resources?
Which resources do you think Houstonians should be most concerned about?
Objective Sheet time – wrap up