Ontario Geography

Grade 7

Reference	Expectations	The Digital Field Trip to The Rainforest	The Digital Field Trip to The Desert
	Students will:
Geography: Patterns in Physical Geography	Recognize pattern as an important concept in geography	Rainforests of the World screens	Deserts of the World screens, Climatic Influences
	Identify and explain how land-forms are used to delineate regions	Tropical Types screens	Deserts of the World screens
	Identify and describe world land-form patterns	Rainforests of the World screens	Deserts of the World screens
	Identify and describe world climate patterns		Climate Quiz (world patterns)
	Demonstrate an understanding that climate patterns result from the interaction of several factors: latitude, altitude, global wind systems, air masses, proximity to large bodies of water, ocean currents	Climate, Water Cycle	What is a Desert?, Aridity Types, What Causes Aridity Quiz, Climatic Influences: High Pressure zones, Rain Shadows, Cold Ocean Currents, Continental Interiors
	Demonstrate an understanding that natural vegetation patterns result from the interaction of several factors: temperature, precipitation, soil types, competition for available nutrients	Climate, Types section	What is a Desert?, Aridity Types, What Causes Aridity Quiz, Climate screens, Deserts of the World screens
	Describe the correlation between physical patterns and types of crops (e.g., land-forms, plains / grains, climate: tropics / bananas)	Global Benefits, Rainforest Riches	Impact on the Desert — Agriculture sections
	Identify patterns in physical geography, using thematic maps.	See Rainforests of the World	See Deserts of the World