Case Study - Surry County, Virginia

Warm Ups, etc.: 

The Power Plant - students preview concepts of policy, jobs and environmental impacts of the nuclear power plant in Surry.#content #community

WU - The Old Dominion - students use their maps to interpret questions about other maps of Virginia goo.gl/6oG28S for quick iPad login- no color red on projector

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This case study seeks to identify the natural and social systems of Surry and Virginia. Surry is defined by geographic political boundaries, but it is really a huge collection of features of both natural and social aspects. How these qualities reflect and interact those of Virginia (and the wider world) will be examined.

Objectives and Vocabulary:

1. What are the "Where/What/Who/When/Why and How" of Surry and Virginia?

Activities, Assignments, Etc.

Case Study - Instructions for group work

All groups do work on rivers, then assign sections of the other work to discrete groups. Have some overlap between groups with one each from 2/3 and 4/5 to spur discussions during the Summary Handout portion of the lesson. All groups complete Section 6

Part A. Surry

Section 1 - Area, Rivers and Watersheds

Section 2 - Land and Land Use

Section 3 - Soil and Terrain

Section 4 - Climate and Point Sources

Section 5 - Animals and Water Quality

Section 6 - Industry, Employment and Transportation

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Part A. will be reviewed in large group. Student questions and other features and tools of analysis of wikiwatershed will be answered/demonstrated.

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Part B. Virginia 

- go over during open discussion with a blank map presented/drawn on the board. Include all critical information, but also allow things to develop as discussion progresses.

Large Blank Map - 11"x17", but can be printed standard "to fit" (you'd just need to write small)

Presentation with blank slide/information included for completing blank maps & information

- Students use colored pencils, etc. to annotate blank maps of Virginia, each map highlighting a specific environmentally important factor. An area is also provided to fill in notes from presentation/discussion.

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Summary Handout - critical points and creating questions

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