OAGEE Newsletter, February 2021

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February 2021

Hello Geography Teachers and Environmental Educators!

Welcome to our 2nd OAGEE Newsletter!  We are so excited to be reaching out on a monthly basis with teachers to let them know of the great things happening in the world of Ontario Geo & beyond! During these challenging times of teaching, we hope to bring you ideas and resources.  Don’t forget to check our website WWW.OAGEE.ORG regularly for updates and new materials etc.

Project Leaders each month will provide a bit of an update on things happening in their areas: Communication, Outreach, Curriculum & Conferences.  See notes below.

I would like to bring everyone’s attention to a great opportunity for Teachers and Students.  Want to get your students actively involved in working towards solutions with Climate Change?
Join the Challenge4ClimateAction
March 5 -14/21 Registration is open now!!

Take care,
Anne Mansfield, OAGEE President
oageepresident@gmail.com

Features

Reports and resources from OAGEE Project Teams including:

OUTREACH
COMMUNICATIONS
CONFERENCES
CURRICULUM
THE MONOGRAPH

OUTREACH

Hello geographers! I always joke with family and friends that New Year’s isn’t a thing for me. Instead, Labour Day is my New Year’s Day. But as we get settled into the new year and all of the challenges it is throwing our way, we must make sure to remember the importance of social issues facing geography.

OAGEE member Claudette Phillips (@NHSPhillips) has tweeted some great articles related to geography and Black History Month. While not officially part of the Advancement mandate, I do think this is something we should all be encouraging ourselves to do. Almost every year of my life has included a trip to Killbear Provincial Park and I can remember distinctly a couple of years ago, when, for the first time, I saw a black family enjoying the park and it got me thinking about who has access to our wilderness. Race, Privilege, and the Canadian Wilderness by Phillip Dwight Morgan is a must read with his perspectives on this issue.
Brian Beard, OAGEE Outreach Project Leader @MrBBeard
oageeoutreach@gmail.com

COMMUNICATIONS

Greetings from WWW.OAGEE.ORG! Be sure to visit our new website as it continues to be populated with current teaching resources in all course areas as well as interesting PD opportunities for teachers. Consider joining fellow OAGEE members at the free to attend, Challenge4ClimateAction conference hosted by Convergence Tech. Join one or all sessions to hear from leading thinkers on the economic, environmental, social and scientific solutions to climate change. Head to oagee.org to learn more! Do you have a suggestion or idea for the website? Let us know by contacting:
Dave Scott, OAGEE Communications Project Leader
oageecommunications@gmail.com

CONFERENCES

Greetings fellow geographers. The question of face-to-face 2021 conferences remains a ball in the air. There are a number of possibilities under consideration, but there are still too many questions to assure a face to face Spring conference. We can continue to share new materials and ideas. It is never too early to start thinking about potential presentations. We have all been developing new, remote teaching materials and the Fall conference is an excellent place to share them.
Paul Hackl, OAGEE Conferences Project Leader
oageeconferences@gmail.com

CURRICULUM

Check out upcoming issues of the Monograph and the OAGEE website for lessons that explore ESRI’s Spatial Thinking Virtual Classroom .

These lessons use ESRI StoryMaps to explore the concepts of geographic thinking, graphic literacy, financial literacy, numeracy, critical thinking, and healthy & active living. Students of all grades and levels will enjoy investigating What is Where, Why There, and Why Care? while exploring the themed maps included in these current and relevant activities.

GIS Movie Nights – Marvel Superhero Origins

Where do most Marvel Super Heroes live? Why? (Patterns & Trends, Spatial Significance)
Where do very few Marvel Super Heroes live? Why?
Identify any connections that can be made with the information presented in this map and Black History Month?

GIS in Sports – Famous Ballpark Foods

Which MLB stadiums have the most expensive food?
Which MLB stadiums have the least expensive food?
How many Primanti Bros. Sandwiches can you eat at a Pittsburg Pirates game before exceeding the recommended daily calorie intake?
If the average ticket costs $10, how much revenue could the Blue Jays generate if they sell all of the seats to a home game (ie. the Rogers Centre is at full capacity)? What other businesses generate income based on Blue Jay home games? How has Covid impacted this?

Joanna Thompson-Anselm, OAGEE Curriculum Project Leader
oageecurriculum@gmail.com@gmail.com

THE MONOGRAPH

Got to www.oagee.org to check out the latest issue of The Monograph.
The Monograph is the journal of the Ontario Association for Geographic and Environmental Education. It strives to provide materials useful to intermediate and secondary school teachers of Geography and its cognate disciplines.

We encourage teachers, partners, and stakeholders to submit an article, review or lesson plan to the Monograph, please visit https://oagee.org/en/monograph/
Gary Birchall, Editor of The Monograph
gbirch@cogeco.ca

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