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GLOBAL NEIGHBOR S
A neighbor is defined as a
near-dweller, a person who
lives nearby. A neighbor is also defined
ShelterBox aid was sent after horrific flooding in West
Africa affected nearly 100,000 people in Agadez, Niger in
September 2009. In total 700 ShelterBoxes, with enough
aid for up to 7,000 people was sent to the region.
as a fellow human being. A fellow human
being may seem to have little in common with
you – he or she may reside in a foreign town
or region, speak an unfamiliar language, dress
differently and eat strange foods. And yet, you
share common experiences of waking and
sleeping, feeling cold or warm and getting
caught in a rainstorm.
ShelterBox, an international disaster relief
organization founded 10 years ago, offers
a different perspective. While we may live
great distances apart and in vastly different
environments, we share common needs for
safety, shelter, warmth, family and community.
GLOBAL
NEIGHBORS
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3 What is ShelterBox? 4 + 5 Global Heroes 6 + 7 Mapping & Definitions 8 + 9 Severe Weather 10 + 11 Google Earth + GPS
12 + 13 Many Neighbors, One Roof 14 + 15 Global Good Neighbors 16 What’s in a ShelterBox?
GEOGRAPHY ACTION 2010
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Have you ever
lost electricity or water
after severe weather? What
are the most basic tools
and supplies you would
need to live if you lost
your home? What would
you have to live without?
What would you miss?
What is
ShelterBox?
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hat would you need to
survive if your home
was destroyed? That is
the question ShelterBox founder
Tom Henderson asked himself 10
years ago.
Tom Henderson lives in
Cornwall, England, a town in the
United Kingdom. One evening,
he was watching news reports
on television about a disaster in
another part of the world. The
news showed desperate people
who had no food, water or place
to live as they surrounded a relief
truck. As workers threw loaves of
bread from the back of a truck,
they scrambled to catch them.
That image struck Tom
Henderson and stayed in his mind.
He saw the people as his neighbors,
even though they lived a continent
away. He felt that they deserved to
be treated with more dignity.
Tom Henderson immediately
took out a piece of paper and
pencil and imagined himself in
their shoes. He asked himself what
his family would need to survive
on their own, and with dignity,
if he lost his home in a natural
disaster. He pictured where he
would sleep, how he would eat and
drink without access to groceries,
electricity or clean water, and what
he would need to rebuild his home.
He thought about what supplies
would be absolutely necessary to
keep his family safe and warm.
When people who have little
to begin with lose their homes in
a natural disaster, they may lose
their access to clean water, food,
and other safe places, such as
schools for many months. Their
roads may be blocked or destroyed.
Sometimes, they start over with
only the clothes on their backs.
Tom Henderson drew up a
box – a ShelterBox – that would
contain a tent large enough for
ten people, blankets, a water
purification system, a cooking
stove and pots, pans and dishes,
and a toolkit. He wanted his box
to be portable enough so that two
people could carry it across any
type of terrain.
Tom Henderson spent two
years developing his idea. He
researched which materials should
go into the box and which would
last the longest. He created a
prototype and traveled to Rotary
clubs to sell his idea and ask for
support. Rotary is an international
service club with chapters in cities
around the world. The Rotary club
in Cornwall agreed to support his
project and help him get started.
In 2000, they launched ShelterBox.
In January of 2001, an
earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck
the state of Gujarat in India. Gujarat
is on the west coast of India, and is
bordered by the Arabian Sea, the
nation of Pakistan to the north, and
Indian states and territories to the
east. The earthquake destroyed
400,000 homes, and ShelterBox sent
its first 143 boxes of disaster aid.
By the end of 2004, ShelterBox had
responded to 16 natural disasters
around the world, and provided
temporary shelter to nearly 26,000
survivors.
In 2004, on the day after
Christmas, an undersea earthquake
in the Indian Ocean created
a large tsunami that caught
residents of Indonesia off-guard.
ShelterBox ramped up its teams
and equipment, and delivered aid
to 220,000 survivors. In 2010, an
earthquake of 7.0 magnitude struck
residents of one of the poorest
countries in the world, Haiti.
Donations from clubs, churches,
businesses and schoolchildren
around the world poured in, and
ShelterBox is still helping to restore
people’s lives in Haiti today.
Ten years later, ShelterBox
has provided emergency shelter
and survival kits to more than one
million disaster survivors in more
than 70 countries.
Youth Service America aims to increase the number of young people involved in service and leadership.
YSA promotes young people as problem solvers who can improve their communities, and hosts Global Youth Service
Day in April. For more information about YSA, visit www.ysa.org.
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What did you do while you
were there, and what was
your biggest challenge?
Our primary goal in May was
to provide ShelterBox tents
to families who were living
in IDP camps. IDP stands for
Internally Displaced Person,
and these camps were
often informal gatherings of
families who lost everything in
the earthquake. They lived in
extremely difficult conditions,
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Hometown:
Fort Collins,
Colo.
Latest
ShelterBox
Deployment:
Haiti, May 2010
often in nothing more than a
few sticks and cotton sheets.
I specifically remember one
camp that we were helping
in Port-au-Prince. People had
set up temporary shelters in
an abandoned junkyard. Old
cars and rusty dump trucks
were being used as houses,
and the location was one of
the lowest lying areas in the
neighborhood. The heavy
summer rains flooded this
GEOGRAPHY ACTION 2010
How would you
describe the
environment,
terrain and
climate?
Are natural
disasters
common in
this area?
Here is the map the ShelterBox team
created for a helicopter landing in Beloc, Haiti.
Haiti was
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rugged and
mountainous. The majority
of the roads in Haiti were
completely destroyed by the
earthquake. To make things
worse, the climate in May was
extremely hot, humid, and
wet. One day, it was over 120
degrees during the day and it
rained the entire night. As a
result, getting around became
one of our biggest challenges. Rural dirt roads often flooded so
much that even the best off-road
trucks couldn’t drive on them.
What geography/mapping
skills and tools did you use?
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We spent a few days trying
to get 150 tents into a
mountainous village called
Beloc. Because of the heavy
rains and the difficult terrain,
our trucks couldn’t make
it up into the mountains.
We decided that we would
need to use helicopters to
deliver the tents. In order
to clear the landing area,
the helicopter pilots needed
to see satellite images of
the landing zone. We would
usually use Google Earth
to get these images, but for
some reason, the Google
Earth images over this
particular village were blurry.
Instead, we worked with
the Geographic Information
System (GIS) office to create
our own maps and satellite
images of the area. The pilots
then used these images to
verify the landing zone, and
we were able to deliver the
tents to Beloc. The villagers
told us how much they
appreciated the ShelterBox
tents, because for the first
time in five months, they
were able to have a warm,
comfortable night’s sleep.
The number of SRTs that ShelterBox has around the globe
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What was the nature of the
disaster?
Hometown:
Bradenton,
Fla.
Latest
ShelterBox
Deployment:
Port-auPrince, Haiti
The largest earthquake to hit
the southern hemisphere to
date - January 12, 2010
What did you do while you
were there, and what was
your biggest challenge?
SRT Beverly Hill
What was the nature of the disaster?
Chile was an 8.9 earthquake,
which was 1,000 times greater
than what hit Haiti. Mexico had
a 7.2 earthquake, also similar in
size to what hit Haiti.
What did you do while you
were there, and what was your
biggest challenge?
In Chile, my biggest challenge
was getting into the country, as
air travel was suspended for eight
days following the earthquake. The
team flew to Buenos Aires,
Argentina and they took a 27-hour
bus ride across Argentina and over
the Andes Mountains. Additionally,
all the roads were buckled — so all
vehicle transportation took a lot of
detouring around destroyed roads
and structures.
In Mexico, the boxes with the aid
were held up by the Icelandic
volcano on the other side of the
earth. The original team was sent
I did many things, as I
deployed four times from
the end of April through
the end of August in 2010. I did site assessments,
identified community
leaders, performed
tent and equipment
demonstrations and
distributed ShelterBoxes to
communities where some of
the most vulnerable Haitian
people had no roof over their
heads. I also arranged for
helicopter flights into the
mountain regions, where
tents were desperately
needed and could not be
taken by truck. home. I was on the second team
that arrived when the boxes were
finally able to be shipped. People in
that part of Mexico had been up to a
month with little or no aid or shelter.
How would you describe the
environment, terrain and
climate? Are natural disasters
common in this area?
Chile is a high-altitude, arid
climate with the Andes to the
east and the Pacific Ocean to
the west. Earthquakes are very
common to this region as it sits
on a major fault line. However,
the Chileans have built most
structures to withstand seismic
activity, and they’ve educated
the population about what to
do. Although the earthquake
was massive, they had very few
deaths. Even when the tsunamis
hit three minutes after the initial
earthquake, people had moved
to higher ground knowing that
tsunamis follow earthquakes.
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My biggest challenge was
two-fold: the language
barrier, as well as the
emotional aspect of seeing so
many people - including many
babies and children - without
their basic needs met.
How would you describe the
environment, terrain and
climate? Are natural disasters
common in this area?
Haiti, which comprises half
of an island (joined by the
Dominican Republic) is a very
vulnerable nation. Typically,
tropical storms and hurricanes
are the biggest threat. Because
it is a mountainous
environment, the high winds
and overabundance of water
run-off during storms can bring
extreme devastation. Haiti is
the most poverty-stricken
country in the southern
hemisphere, so the housing
is not durable for all Haitians.
Storms can quickly become
catastrophic events.
What geography/mapping
skills and tools did you use? We ventured to some
areas outside of Port-auPrince along the coast and
up into the mountains. The
rural communities were not
well-marked, so landmarks
and GPS coordinates were
absolutely essential in the
more remote areas. I kept a compass with me
at all times, as well as a
topographic map of the area,
because you never know when
you may need to use those
skills to get out of a place
when unanticipated events
may occur (such as a flat tire
or bad weather conditions in
which a helicopter may not be
able to retrieve you until the
next day).
Mexico had a strange
phenomenon whereby geysers
erupted from the earth following
the earthquake and flooded the
area with water and mud. The
geologists believe that it was
because the water table in that
region sits very close to the
earth’s surface. However, they
have not had the geyser issue in
recent history, so it has added
a new element to earthquake
preparedness for the region.
What geography/mapping skills
and tools did you use?
In both Mexico and Chile, we
had to use our maps and local
knowledge to maneuver around
obstructed or destroyed roads
and buildings. We had a GPS,
but a GPS does not tell you
where a road no longer exists
or is impassable, so traditional
maps that show more options
and routes were more helpful in
the disaster scenarios.
Hometown:
Denver, Colo.
Latest
ShelterBox
Deployment:
Chile in
March 2010
and Mexico in
May 2010
SRT Traci
Schauermann-Oliver
ShelterBox has provided immediate shelter and survival kits to more than one million disaster survivors in more than 70 countries.
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vocab
Maps
Equator – the equator is the geographic line
dividing the planet into northern and southern
hemispheres. It is located at 0 degrees latitude.
Latitude – Beginning with 0 degrees at
the equator, parallel lines of latitude run
horizontally to the North Pole and the South
Pole. The North Pole is 90 degrees north
and the South Pole is 90 degrees south.
Longitude – longitudinal lines, or meridians,
run from the North Pole to the South Pole
around the world. Unlike lines of latitude,
they are all the same length.
What
does it
all mean?
Beverly Hill, Eric DeLuca and Traci
Schauermann-Oliver traveled to Haiti,
Mexico and Chile after earthquakes caused
damage in those countries this year. If you had
read about the earthquakes in the newspaper,
you may have heard them described this way:
“The Chile earthquake center was 35.8
degrees of South latitude and 72.7 degrees
West longitude,” or
“The epicenter of the earthquake in Haiti
was at 18.443°N, 72.571°W and 15 miles
WSW of Port-au-Prince”
What does that mean? The epicenter is the
place on the earth’s surface that is directly
above the origin, or focus, of an earthquake. The
description of degrees of longitude and latitude is
a measurement of absolute location.
A place’s absolute location on earth is its
exact longitude and latitude. Longitudinal lines
stretch vertically from the North Pole to the
South Pole, dividing the Earth into 360 parts
Political Map – a political map shows how
countries, states and cities are divided for
the purpose of governing.
Physical Map – a physical map shows what
the natural surface of the earth looks like,
with mountains, rivers and oceans.
or degrees. Greenwich, England, serves as the
starting point at 0 degrees. Halfway around the
world, going either way, the measurement is 180
degrees, which is also known as the International
Dateline. There, you can lose or gain a whole day
depending on which way you are going.
Latitudes or parallels complete the grid. These
horizontal, parallel lines, numbered from 0 to 90,
start at the Equator and reach the North Pole in
the northern hemisphere. The horizontal lines
at the other half, also numbers from 0 to 90, go
south from the Equator to the South Pole.
The longitudinal grid can give the exact
coordinates of any place in the world, coordinates
anyone can agree on. So planes, cruise ships,
and anything with a GPS all rely on a grid. Why
should you be any different? Imagine you are a
rock star on a world tour. You get a gig playing
for a huge crowd at 49 degrees N, 2 degrees E.
Where are you? What are the coordinates of your
real absolute location at this instant?
Prime Meridian – the prime meridian,
or 0 degrees longitude, is located in
Greenwich, England.
International Date Line – Beginning at the
prime meridian, lines of longitude run 180
degrees east and 180 degrees west to the
International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean.
Lines of longitude divide the earth in eastern and western hemispeheres.
Scale – the ratio of distance on the map to
distance on the ground. For example, one
mile on the ground may be represented as
one inch on a map.
Compass Rose – on a map, the compass rose
represents a compass on the map, with arrows pointing to north, south, east and west.
Map Key – A map key explains the symbols
used on a map, such as lines for roads or
stars for state capitals.
Where are you?
While absolute location can only be expressed one way, relative location can be expressed in relation to other places. Your school may be
two stoplights east of the highway, half a block from a community center or adjacent to a public park. All of these are ways to describe your school’s relative location.
Describe your relative location right now in three ways.
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A C T I V I T I E S
Geography is much more
than absolute and relative
location. Beverly Hill, Eric DeLuca
and Traci Schauermann-Oliver were
impacted by the geographic features of
the countries to which they traveled to
provide disaster relief.
Beverly Hill had to fly by helicopter
to remote areas in the
mountains that were
not accessible by roads.
The tents she delivered
protected people from
overexposure to the sun in the extremely hot
climate. Later in the year, the tents provided cover
during the rainy season.
1. Look through your Herald-Tribune
for world news. Choose a story in a
foreign country related to weather
or geography. Summarize the news
contained in the article.
2. What is the place’s absolute location?
3. Describe its relative location in three ways. For example, is it
along a river? Is it south of a desert? Is it east of a major city?
4. Next, do some research about the place you’ve chosen. What
are the most important physical characteristics of this place?
5. How do the place’s physical
characteristics affect the events
in the news article? How did the
events affect them?
Traci Schauermann-Oliver had to cross the Andes
mountains to deliver supplies in Chile. She witnessed how the
people there had learned to prepare for earthquakes and tsunamis.
She recounted how the earthquake in Mexico was followed by geysers
due to the unique geography of that area.
What are some of the unique geographic characteristics in your area?
How do they affect how you live?
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U.S. Climate Map c c c c c
What are the major climates in the U.S.? ____________________
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What is the climate in your state? Describe its characteristics.
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What is the climate in the nation’s capital? _________________
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If you have grandparents, aunts, uncles or cousins who live
in another state, what is the climate where they live?
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Every day, people around the world are affected by the physical geography in the regions where they live. Learning about geography
Why
Geography? helps
you understand the world. Mastering map-reading and navigational skills can help you when you travel, work and play.
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WEATHER WATCH
EARTHQUAKE
An earthquake is usually caused by
the movement of rock masses, known
as tectonic plates, under the earth’s
surface, which causes the ground to
shake.
Why? Although the ground we walk on may seem solid,
it is actually made of huge pieces of flat rock which
together, create a kind of patchwork. These flat pieces of
rock are called plates and are constantly moving, although
this usually happens so slowly we don’t even notice.
Sometimes these plates get stuck and pressure builds up
until one of the plates is forced to give way – this can cause
the ground across a wide area to vibrate violently.
What are the effects? The size of an earthquake is
usually measured by a system called the Richter Scale.
Earthquakes that measure below 4 on this scale are
unlikely to cause any damage, and those below 2 will
usually not even be felt. However, earthquakes above
5 on the Richter Scale will cause damage and those
above 7 are considered major earthquakes. These larger
earthquakes can result in buildings being destroyed or so
badly damaged they are too dangerous to live in.
True Story In May and June of 2006, ShelterBox sent
1,000 boxes to Java to help those made homeless after
a devastating earthquake hit the Indonesian island. The
earthquake affected more than 3 million people.
HURRICANE
A hurricane is a severe tropical
storm with winds faster than 74
miles per hour. They form over
oceans in warm areas such as the
Southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean
Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico.
Why? Hurricanes can develop when the water in the
sea is warmer than 26°C (80°F). The warmth from the
sea heats the air above, and as the warm air rises cool
air is pulled in to replace it. The wind this makes can
sometimes start to spin very fast, creating a hurricane.
What are the effects? The heavy rains and strong
winds created by a hurricane can damage or destroy
buildings, roads and cars. Hurricanes can also create
large waves called storm surges, which can often wreak
havoc in the areas affected.
True Story Hurricane Katrina hit the Southeast of the
USA in August 2005. It remains one of the five deadliest
hurricanes in the history of the United States. A storm
surge caused by the hurricane sent walls of water several
miles inland along the worst affected parts of the coast.
It is estimated that up to 80 percent of the city of New
Orleans was flooded following the disaster. ShelterBox
sent over 1,300 tents to the region to help house some of
the poorer families who had been left without shelter.
FLOOD
Around two-thirds of the earth’s
surface is covered in water. We need
water to stay alive, but sometimes
there can be too much of it in the
wrong place, resulting in flooding.
Why? Floods can occur for a variety of reasons: heavy
rain, rising sea levels, fast melting snow or because of
another type of disaster such as a tsunami or hurricane.
What are the effects? Flooding causes damage
to houses, land and livestock leaving whole areas
uninhabitable. It can also cause health problems as
standing water often becomes contaminated with
disease.
True Story August 2008 saw extremely heavy rain
fall along the Nepal-India border. This led to the banks
of the Kosi River bursting and 70,000 people being left
without a place to live. The need for shelter was huge so
ShelterBox sent 624 boxes to the region. The tents that
were in these boxes were set up on higher ground which
wasn’t as affected by the rainfall.
Richter Scale:
A logarithmic
scale used
to express
the amount
of energy
released by an
earthquake
or seismic
disturbance.
A C T I V I T Y
Describe what you know about plate tectonics and how plate movements affect geological events on the Earth’s surface.
Are you aware of any areas on Earth that are particularly affected by plate movements today? Where is the Ring of Fire and
why is it called that? Where in the United States might a volcanic eruption occur? What about an earthquake?
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ShelterBox Explains Severe Weather Phenomena
and their Human Impacts
VOLCANO
TSUNAMI
A volcano is a mountain that opens
downward to a pool of molten rock
(magma) below the surface of the
earth. When it erupts, huge amounts
of very hot gas, boulders, ash and
molten rock can burst out, being thrown into the air and
sometimes pouring down the side of the mountain.
A Tsunami (pronounced ‘soonahm-ee) is a series of large, often
catastrophic ocean waves. Tsunamis
should not be confused with tidal
waves, which are waves generated
on the surface of the ocean by wind, tidal pull from the
moon and the position of the earth.
Why? This magma can rise to the surface of the volcano
where it will cause gas and bubbles to appear. Pressure
from this gas can build so much that a volcano explodes.
Why? The large waves that form a tsunami happen when
there is an earthquake under the ocean. Other things
can make tsunamis too, such as volcanic eruptions, submarine rockslides or a large impact in the water from
an asteroid or meteor. Water will move in all directions
from the location of the disturbance, starting small and
gradually getting larger and larger. The process is like a
much, much larger version of the ripples created when
you throw a pebble or rock into water.
What are the effects? Volcanic eruptions can cause
lava flows. These are avalanches of volcanic rock and ash
(pyroclastic flows). The incredibly hot liquid rock known
as magma is called lava once it has broken through the
earth’s surface. Any buildings and structures in the area
surrounding a volcano can be destroyed or damaged.
However, they are most commonly damaged by the hot
ash that falls like rain on everything below.
True Story In 2006,
the Tungurahua
volcano in the South
American nation of
Ecuador let out a
series of eruptions.
Molten rock and
ash rained down on
surrounding villages
and an estimated
25,000 people had
to leave their homes.
ShelterBox sent tents
for up to 2,000 of
the worst affected
people so they had
somewhere to live
until their homes were
safe to return to.
What are the effects? When waves caused by the
underwater disturbance reach land, they will be far faster
and more powerful than regular ones. They also grow
in size as they approach the shallow waters near land.
These large, powerful waves can destroy buildings, roads
and railways. Clean drinking water may be contaminated.
True Story On December 26th 2004, the second
largest recorded earthquake in history occurred in the
Indian Ocean. This caused a large tsunami on the coast
of southern Asia that left more than one million people
homeless. ShelterBox sent over 12,000 ShelterBoxes to the
worst affected
areas, working
in Indonesia,
Sri Lanka, the
Maldives and
India, providing
shelter for
thousands and
thousands of
people.
Have you ever
experienced a flood, hurricane, tornado or other harsh weather? How did that affect your home?
(Example: electricity off, streets blocked) What did you have to do to remain safe?
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Google
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Latitude and Longitude: Using Google Earth
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atitude and longitude are used to give
a geographic address to each point on
the Earth’s surface. Latitude consists
of concentric circles that circle the earth’s
“parallels.” Longitude is a north-south line
between the two geographical poles. Lines of
longitude are referred to as meridians. Google
Earth provides a 3-D version of the world map
with latitude and longitude coordinates built in.
Google Earth is a free, downloadable software
program that allows the user to view and travel
around a digital globe. The images are like a
patchwork quilt of satellite photographs. Google
Earth provides many different tools to navigate
the globe, some of which you will learn how to use
in this tutorial. Downloading instructions are in
the side bar box on this page.
c Open the Google Earth program to begin.
c On the left is the side bar with three main
categories: Search, My places and Layers.
c Under My places and Layers, there are small
boxes. These boxes can be checked or unchecked.
c When they are checked, the feature or layer
is shown on the map. On the top of your screen
there is a tool bar with 10 different icons that
complete different tasks. The
most-used tool is the little white hand, which is your
mouse cursor. By placing you mouse over a location
and left double-clicking, you will zoom in. Then,
wait a few seconds until the “streaming” level at the
bottom of your screen has reached 100 percent.
c Once you reach 100 percent, all of the
features at that particular scale have appeared.
If you right double-click, this will zoom you out. If
you left-click and hold, this will allow you to grab
the earth and move it to view a different location.
Take a few moments to play around with all of these
features. See if you can find your house. To learn
how to use all the features of Google Earth, click
the Help menu button and then click user guide (it
may take a few moments for the guide to pop up).
c Another useful feature is the Navigation
Control. This is the circle with a vertical bar and
a horizontal bar located at the top right of your
screen. The circle has an “N” at the top of it. By
clicking this “N,” it realigns your point of view to
the north. The top vertical bar is the tilt feature.
By moving the tilt slide to the right or by clicking
the right square at the end of the bar, this tilts
your point of view down and vice versa. The
vertical bar is another way to zoom. Take a few
moments to play around with all of these tools to
familiarize yourself with Google Earth.
Downloading
Google Earth
1. Log on to the Internet.
2. In your web browser type
http://earth.google.com/
3. In the top right corner of your screen
there will be a green rectangle that says
“Download Google earth (free)” Click.
4. Read the “terms of service” window
and then click “Agree and Download.”
5. A window pops up and asks you if you
want to save the file. Click “Save File.”
6. If Google Earth does not
automatically begin installing, a
“Google Earth” icon should appear on
your desktop. Click the icon to begin
the installation wizard.
7. Click “Next” to all the installation
wizard prompts until you reach the
installation wizard completed screen.
Click “Finish.”
8. The Google Earth program should
launch. A tip of the day screen may
appear. Click “Close” to close the tip
screen.
9. You should now be looking at the
earth focused on the U.S.
check it out! Interesting images found on Google Earth http://youfacts.blogspot.com/2009/05/interesting-google-earth-finds.html
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Explore the world!
A C T I V I T Y
Start Google Earth. Notice at the bottom left hand corner there are two numbers that change as you move
the mouse. These are the latitude and longitude coordinates of the exact location that your mouse is over.
The closer you are zoomed in, the more accurate you will be in finding features with coordinates.
1.
Find these points using the search window. Note: you must type the
coordinates into the search window exactly as you see them here
including spaces, apostrophes, and quotation marks.
Find: 30 16’ 36” N, 81 40’ 58” W
a. What is this feature?_____________________________________
b. What is its name?________________________________________
c. What major city is it close to?______________________________
Find 38 53’ 40 N, 77 00’ 33” W
a. What city is this?________________________________________
b. Why is it important to the U.S.?_____________________________
c. What ocean is this city near?______________________________
a. What transportation feature is this?_________________________
b. What are the white things that look like plus signs?____________
c. What island is this on?___________________________________
a GPS w
ork?
Now find the longitude and latitude coordinates that correspond
with these places. Note: any point that is over the feature will be
acceptable. Look at the bottom left of your screen. The numbers following
the word “Pointer” are your coordinates. You can type in key words (e.g.
Key West) in the search box to help you find the place.
a. The football stadium at Florida State University
Lat._____________Long._____________
What do you see? Are there any other links for you to play with?
b. Your School
Lat._____________Long._____________
What do you see? Are there any other links for you to play with?
c. The Panama Canal, Panama (Not Panama City Florida!)
Find 24 33’ 16” N, 81 45’ 24” W
How do
es
2.
Lat._____________Long._____________
What do you see?
Are there any other
links for you to play
with?
Global Positioning Systems are new in comparison to the maps and compasses that
have been used for navigation for centuries. Today, you can find them built into automobiles, cell
phones and even exercise equipment!
A GPS can find your absolute location in the world and help you navigate to a destination. Each
GPS has a receiver that reads signals from satellites circling the globe. It also calculates the time
since the last signal was sent and when your GPS received it.
A GPS can calculate your position within 50 feet.
GPS systems often come with maps. For an auto, the map may show
roadways. A GPS designed for fishing may contain a marine map, and
one designed for hikers may contain a topographical map.
Sometimes, a GPS may receive a weak signal or run out of power. A
GPS is a tool that is best used along with other navigational tools, such
as a map or compass.
Google’s name is a play on the word googol, which refers to the number 1 followed by one hundred zeroes.
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on
location
j
j
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J Pakistan
Punjab and Sindh Provinces / a u g u st 2 0 1 0
j
j
j
j
j
Each of these families lost their home
in a natural disaster and are now rebuilding.
In Pakistan, the effects of the monsoon floods caused hardship for millions
of people. Nearly a month of rain in August triggered floods wiped out villages,
infrastructure and farmland, and left millions of people homeless. The Indus
River flooding in the Sindh province displaced 500,000 people.
J China
Qinghai province / a p r i l 2 0 1 0
A 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck the
remote and mountainous Qinghai province
near Tibet, one of China’s poorest regions.
A series of aftershocks collapsed houses,
schools and offices in the ethnic Tibetan
county of Yushu, leaving survivors
without shelter in freezing conditions.
J Niger
Naimey, the capital city / j u n e 2 0 1 0
A woman cooks on a makeshift
stove outside at a school where she
has been living with her family for
almost a month. She had to leave her
home when flood water from the River
Niger “melted” the adobe construction.
She is one of hundreds of families that
have been forced from their homes in
the capital Niamey, with very little idea
of where they were going to live once the school term started.
MANY NEIGHBORS,
A television news report sparked ShelterBox founder Tom Henderson’s idea to be a global good neighbor.
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J Brazil
Pernambuco and
Alagoas regions /
JU L Y 2 0 1 0
A family
in Uniao Dos
Palmares,
Alegoas.
J Myanmar
Ayeyarwady Division, Town of Labutta /
JU L Y 2 0 0 8
A three mile
camp is home
to the largest
population of
Cyclone Nargis
survivors. A
total of 5250
people live
here two
months after the deadly cyclone hit
the coast. The families live in 700 ShelterBox
tents near the town of Labutta.
The Cuzco
region of Peru
in the Andes
experienced
its worst
rain in two
decades.
Flooding
destroyed
bridges and
roads, an
estimated 300
houses and hundreds of acres of crops.
J Haiti
Port-au-Prince / j a n u a ry 2 0 1 0
A magnitude 7 earthquake struck near
the populated capital
of Portau-Prince,
leaving one
million people
homeless.
on
LOCATION
1.
Pick one of the places you have just read about on the
previous page that seems interesting to you. Find it
on a globe or map.
_________________________________________________
Describe its relative location in at least three ways:
a. _______________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________
Its absolute location is:
_________________________________________________
2.
J Egypt
Aswan and
Qena Regions,
Sinai Peninsula /
M a r c h 2 010
Torrential
rains and flash
floods in the
Aswan and Qena
regions as well
as the Sinai
Peninsula washed away mud brick houses
forcing scores of families out of their homes.
Many villages were destroyed and families
were living among rubble.
A C T I V I T Y
J Peru
Cuzco Region / F E br u a ry 2 0 1 0
What facts can you find about its climate, terrain and
geography that are unique?
a. _______________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________
c. _______________________________________________
3.
Photography by ShelterBox SRTs Mark
Pearson, Thomas Lay, Tommy Tonkins
Captions provided by ShelterBox
Location affects a lot of things, including weather. For
example, when it’s fall in the United States, it’s spring
in Argentina or Zimbabwe. Look in the Herald-Tribune’s weather section and find the high and low temperatures in the
city nearest the place you’ve chosen. How does the weather
compare with the weather where you are now? How might
the two places’ locations help account for the differences?
_________________________________________________
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Raise
your hand
GLOBAL
These students heard about the earthquake that shook
Haiti in January of 2010. Many kids lost their homes.
Here’s how they became global good neighbors.
goodNEIGHBORS
David Doluca
Taylor
Spencer
As Taylor Spencer’s 17th
birthday approached, she
thought of how she wanted
to celebrate with friends.
Rather than ask for presents,
she decided to be a good
neighbor to the thousands of
people in Haiti who lost their
homes after the earthquake
in January. “How can I
celebrate when there is so
much suffering going on?”
Spencer said.
The 2010 earthquake in
Haiti was one of the most
destructive in the Western
Hemisphere. It struck in
heavily populated areas
where many buildings
were unstable, and where
the people had very little.
After it struck, one million
people lost their homes and
thousands were injured.
Spencer, who lives in
Gladwyne, Pennsylvania,
decided to make a difference
their lives.
When Spencer asked
her friends give donations
for ShelterBox in lieu of
gifts. More than 200 people
showed up, and many gave
$10 donations or more.
Spencer raised more than
$8,000 which sponsored
eight Shelterboxes. Each
ShelterBox can sustain up to
ten people with shelter, clean
water, cooking supplies and
tools for up to one year.
“The support I received
from my friends and family
for my birthday fundraiser
filled my heart with
happiness,” said Spencer.
After the earthquake struck Haiti in January, fifth
grader David Doluca donated $75 of his own savings
to ShelterBox’s relief efforts. He wanted to do more for
the survivors who were living outside under sheets or
blankets in makeshift tents. David and his mother, Stacy Shelton, approached his
teacher and principal of Saratoga Elementary with an
idea to raise more money for ShelterBox. They created a
website, www.help-saratoga-elementary-help-haiti.org.
A group of students spoke at a school-wide assembly, and
they also put up posters around campus and told their
friends and families about the relief effort.
David Doluca shakes hands with
Superintendant Lane Weiss. On
left, Principal Diane Smalley and
right, teacher Robbin Cohn.
By March, donations had reached $6,000,
enough to sponsor six ShelterBoxes and provide
tents, warm blankets, clean water and cooking
supplies and tools for up to 60 people. Today, the
Saratoga Elementary school community has raised
$8,800, and David’s original $75 donation has
been multiplied more than 100 times over.
Taylor with her father and mother, Barbara.
ShelterBox is a global good neighbor, and thousands of people worldwide support its mission — even kids! Here’s what one student had to say about supporting ShelterBox.
“ShelterBox gave the students at Nolan Middle School an opportunity to reach out and help people around the globe. ShelterBox helped show the students how fortunate they
were, and that they were capable of lending a hand.” – Mackenzie, 8th grade student, Nolan Middle School in Bradenton, Fla.
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What’s in a
ShelterBox?
ALL this!
At the heart of
every ShelterBox is a
family tent for up to 10
people and is designed
to withstand extreme
temperatures, high
winds and heaving
rainfall. Inside, each
tent has privacy
partitions that allow
recipients to divide the
tent as they see fit.
120 lbs.
A key piece to in
every box is either
a wood-burning or
multi-fuel stove that
can burn anything
from diesel to old
paint. In addition,
there are pots, pans,
utensils, bowls, mugs
and water storage
containers.
Each box contains
a children’s pack
containing drawing
books, crayons and
pens.
The box itself is
lightweight and
waterproof and has
been used for a variety
of purposes in the past
— from water and food
storage to a bed for a
newborn.
A basic tool kit
containing a hammer,
ax, saw, trenching
shovel, hoe head, pliers
and wire cutters can be
found in every box.
The boxes contain
survival equipment
including thermal
blankets and insulated
ground sheets. Where
malaria is prevalent,
mosquito nets are
supplied.
= the weight of an average full ShelterBox. ShelterBox hosts the annual Dartmoor Challenge in which teams compete
over two days to carry the iconic ShelterBox of disaster aid more than 30 miles of moorland in the United Kingdom
to raise funds for the organization. Go to ShelterBoxUSA.org for upcoming events within the United States.
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Geography in The News
Geography Awareness Week is November 14-18, 2010
This is the fourth in a series of Geo-Awareness Programs. Each year’s program includes
some of the popular features from previous years that were produced in partnership
with Parade Classroom, National Geographic and Florida Geographic Alliance.
ShelterBox USA is proudly supported by:
Change Happens Foundation
>>
Websites and
other Resources
c Florida Geographic Alliance
http://fga.freac.fsu.edu/gaw/
c For all kinds of useful
and entertaining information, surf
www.nationalgeographic.com
c To get involved in National Geographic’s
annual conservation program, visit
nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction
or for geography bee news, stop by
www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/
c See satellite pictures of your home
through Google’s Web site at
http://earth.google.com/
c Take a fun geography quiz at
www.eduplace.com/geonet/
c See satellite images of
environmental change at
earthshots.usgs.gov/tableofcontents
>>
For more information on Newspaper in Education
go to: heraldtribune.com/nie
E-mail: [email protected]
Call: (941) 361-4545
More Activities and Prizes for Youth and
Resources for Teachers
go to: shelterboxusa.org
E-mail: [email protected]
Call: (941) 907-6036
This publication was produced by the NIE Department of the
Herald-Tribune Media Group in partnership with ShelterBox USA.
Writer: Kim Cartlidge Graphic Designer: Jennifer Edwards
Project Manager: Mary Charland