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• Geologist's Notebook: The biggest treasure chest: Our natural resources : Earth contains a wealth of geologic natural resourceswhich are used more than ever. Without the natural resources geologists find in Earth, we would not have coal for our factories, glass for our windows, salt for our food, gold for our necklaces.

• Learning geographical terms.

• Geography basics : Landforms and living patterns. The earth’s surface constantly changes by way of earth crust movement, volcanoes, weathering and glacier activity. Human activities that change the land include building dams and dikes, pursuing outdated tilling techniques that cause erosion, and draining swamps. Landforms affect the concentration of population, as well as agricultural and recreational activities. Natural resources often influence the economy of a region

• Physical Geography : "Physical Geography" examines the Earth's oceans and fresh water sources, the major continents and basic landforms, and the changes that are constantly occurring to the Earth's surface. The program also looks at the world's climates and the factors that shape those climate zones, as well as the world's natural resources and the many ways people use them. Finally, the program considers how these aspects affect not only where people live, but how they live, as well.  The program helps students better understand the physical forms and forces that create the world around us and encourages them to apply this knowledge to gain an understanding of human, or cultural, Geography.

• Basics of Geography II. Part One, "Water and Landforms," examines the Earth's oceans and fresh water sources, the major continents and basic types of land forms found on the Earth, and the constant changes occurring to the Earth's surface. The program also looks at how these various aspects of physical geography affect the lifestyles of people living in different regions of the world.
  Part Two, "Climate and Natural Resources," examines the various climates of the world and the many factors that influence climate. The different types of natural resources found on the Earth and the ways in which they are used, as well as how climate and natural resources affect population distribution and the patterns of living of people in various regions of the world, are examined.
  
  
• American geography close-ups: Maps, regions, resources, and climate. Introduce students to the people who make and use maps, as well as study the Earth and the distribution of living things on the planet. This overview of geography focuses on the United States and its seven geographic regions—New England, Middle Atlantic, Southeastern, Midwestern, Mountain, Pacific, and Southwestern. Examine the major bodies of water that surround, traverse, and dot the nation. And learn how topography and natural resources have shaped the nation's history, economy, and transportation routes.

• Understanding places: Geography basics. Three case studies in Europe, Africa and Latin America show how descriptions help us understand a place. Students see how descriptive information may be based on landforms of a region, such as mountains, deserts or sea coasts. They also see how they can learn about a place by focusing on living patterns of a region - its political and economic systems, languages and religions.

• Geography of South America. A continent of extremes, South America has a wide range of terrain that includes rivers, mountains, and pampas : South America: Landscape of a Continent-- Brazil's Carnival -- Making a Living in Peru -- Santiago: Chile's Capital City.