Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Census districts
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A Guide to State and Local Census Geography
Author: Map Skills - United States (ENHANCED eBook)
Author: R. Scott HousePublisher: Lorenz Educational Press
ISBN: 1429116994
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
Explore the varied features of the United States while reinforcing basic map reading skills. Sixteen student pages and accompanying blackline and full-color maps coordinate to provide a relational study of the elevation, vegetation, products, population, and peoples of the United States. Full-color maps are provided as transparencies for print books and PowerPoint slides for eBooks. Student pages challenge students to combine maps and additional resources in order to answer questions and make judgments. Question topics follow the Five Themes of Geography as outlined by the National Geographic Society: finding absolute and relative locations on a map, relating physical and human characteristics to an area, understanding human relationships to the environment, tracing movement of peoples and goods throughout an area, and organizing countries and continents into regions for detailed study.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Author: Guide to Programs and Publications: Subjects and Areas, 1973
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Census
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Provides a comprehensive review of the statistical programs of the census Bureau.
National Geographic Guide to National Parks of the United States 9th Edition
Author: National GeographicPublisher:
ISBN: 9781426221668
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
There's simply no better getaway in the United States than a visit to one of the country's 62 national parks from Alaska to the Virgin Islands, from Maine to America Samoa. Profiled in this all-new ninth edition of National Geographic's enduring and informative guide, you'll find expert travel advice, candid tips for hiking and wildlife spotting, and detailed maps to help navigate your way through America's great outdoors. Updated throughout with the latest information from park rangers and National Geographic's own acclaimed travel writers, this fully revised and comprehensive guidebook includes the newest additions to the United States park system-Indiana Dunes, White Sands, and Gateway Arch national parks. Whether you're looking to explore the underground world of Mammoth Caves or make your way through the mangroves of Everglades National Park, you'll find a destination that suits your needs, and inspiration to plan your next wild adventure. In addition to park details and descriptions, this sparkling new edition features week-long regional road trip itineraries s so you can visit multiple parks in one vacation. Filled with more than 300 dazzling photographs and 80 full-color maps, this inspiring book reveals the best the United States has to offer-right in its own backyard.
Trail Guide to World Geography
Author: Cindy WiggersPublisher: Geography Matters
ISBN: 1931397155
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A "week one, day one" kind of teacher?s manual with daily geography drills and numerous weekly assignment choices that include: mapping activities, atlas usage, research, notebooking and culture. Daily drills at 3 different levels for versatility and multi-year usage. Students learn to recognize important characteristics and traits of each continent, read and create maps, identify key geographical terms and more. Finish up the year by reading Around the World in 80 Days, by Jules Verne. This course lays a solid foundation of world geography for students 2nd grade and up.
Maps and Geography
Author: Ken JenningsPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442473282
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Offers facts about the highest landmarks and mountains, the deepest depth of the seas, what countries are shaped like food, ocean inhabitants, and capital location changes.
National Geographic's Guide to the National Parks of the United States
Author: National Geographic SocietyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780792270287
Category : National parks and reserves
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Beautifully designed and user friendly, this definitive, revised edition of the Society's bestselling guide illuminates all 55 of the scenic national parks in the US. Includes detailed descriptions of each park, author-guided tours of personal favorites, excursions to nearby sites, national monuments, wildlife refuges and forests. 76 maps. 45 color photos.
Infectious Diseases
Author: Eskild PetersenPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119971624
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
This concise and practical guide describes infections in geographical areas and provides information on disease risk, concomitant infections (such as co-prevalence of HIV and tuberculosis) and emerging bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in a given geographical area of the world. Infectious Diseases: A Geographic Guide is divided according to United Nations world regions and addresses geographic disease profiles, presenting symptoms and incubation periods of infections. Each chapter contains a section on the coverage of the childhood vaccination programs in the countries included in that region. Chapters also include descriptions of infectious disease risk and problems with resistant bacteria in each region (e.g. antibiotic resistance in Salmonella infections in Southeast Asia). For the clinician, this book is a tool to generate differential diagnoses by considering the geographical history, as well the presenting symptoms and duration of illness. For the travel medicine specialist, this book provides information on risks of different diseases at various destinations and is particularly useful in advising long-term travelers.
The Power of Place
Author: Annenberg (CPB)Publisher: Wiley
ISBN: 9780471128410
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This collaborative effort by an international team of geographers and educational broadcasters features a series of stories that explores the geographical forces shaping our world. The contributors provide penetrating insights into a range of geographic is