Project on Atlantic Canada due Thursday, February 19th.
Atlantic Canada
1. Label your map with each province’s
name and the capital city.2. Find the absolute location of four
places (one for each province), excluding capital cities, in Atlantic
Canada. Locate and label this place on
your map. Research and write down one
interesting fact about each location. (On a separate sheet of paper or slide,
write the name, coordinates, and the interesting fact)3. Describe the relative location of
Atlantic Canada in the Canadian, North American, and International context.4. Create a bar graph, ordering the
Atlantic Provinces by size. Create a
second bar graph, ordering the Atlantic Provinces by population.5. a) What time zone do we live in?
b) If the Edmonton Oilers have a home
game beginning at 7:00 PM, what time will it be televised in Miramichi?
c) A business person is flying from
Moncton to Gander, and the trip takes 2 hours.
What time will they arrive in Gander?
BONUS: Select one of the Atlantic
provinces. Using your textbook (pp. 24 –
29), the video we watched, and the internet, describe the geography of the
province you have selected. Explain how
the geography of the province may have affected settlement and the economy.
You will be
given two class periods to work on this project.
Choices of
presenting: paper, power point, video presentation, labelled illustrations, etc. Due Thursday, February 19, 2015