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PART 1 FINAL
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 106

STEP 1 READ THE DIRECTIONS....

STEP 2. GO TO THIS WEBSITE: ACOUSTIC SPACE and find the line that says:
EOU Geography Students, In the News. Tap here.
And tap "there" and go to the page with the student interviews:

NOTE: If you cannot download or listen to the podcasts from this site....go to the library and check out the CD on reserve for this part of the final.

STEP 3.
Listen to all of the interviews. USING YOUR OWN WORDS, and IN COMPLETE SENTENCES....answer the following questions:

1. In a sentence or two, describe what it is that each student is geographically or spatially studying or analyzing in their EOU capstone project. (Copy and paste this question and start each responce with the headings below)

A. Courtney: (now add your resonpse)

B. Linda: (now add your resonpse)

C. Nick: (now add your resonpse)

2. Which two of the EOU capstone projects tend more toward a physical geographic study than a cultural one and why?

3. Nick suggests that wildland fires this summer might be bad in central California. Why did his fire department pay his way to the Association of American Geographers meeting in San Francisco, CA?

4. Courtney and Linda contributed to geographic information around schools and parks respectively. What did each of them find that was unique, different, or incorrect, with respect to the existing information and research that they used to base their scientific studies on?

5. Pretend...you are in the liberal studies program at EOU and you decide to MINOR in geography. It's almost time to graduate, and you need to do a capstone. Design a title for your Capstone Project, make it something you'd be interested in studying and describe in a sentence or two why you could study this interesting subject in the context of geography and in particular of your geography minor at EOU.

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