Saturday, June 2, 2018

Personal statement and some notes on Recycling & Geographic Thinking

It has been a couple of months since I have posted consistently on my blog.  I have been on a Medical Leave and benefiting from the time I have been away from the classroom.  I haven't stopped thinking about school and have often thought about posting items but have shied away from doing so.  My teaching and thinking mind is hardly ever at rest.

I appreciate the support.  

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In terms of Geographic Thinking, the issue of recycling and plastics touches on all of the concepts in our chart.

Working from the top left and moving in a clockwise direction:

spatial significance- plastic waste being dumped in oceans and not being recycled and taking up space in landfills and storage spaces

interrelationships- human impact on the natural world with the careless disposal and overuse of plastics

geographic perspectives- this issue looks at the issue of recycling from environmental and social perspectives (there are more)

patterns and trends- sadly, this issue of problems associated with recycling and plastics are on an upward trend; apparently, there are multiple collections of plastic waste (forming "islands" found in the ocean that are held together by ocean currents)

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