Physical Geography : : Making Sense of Planet Earth

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Educational progam.
Title from container.
Extra features include educator's guide and printable maps and graphics (PDF).
program 1. Inventing the tools of geography -- program 2. Portraying the Earth -- program 3. Landforms -- program 4. The ever changing planet -- program 5. Layering the planet -- program 6. Geographical regions -- program 7. Physical geographic influences on the development of human societies -- program 8. Human impacts on the natural environment.
Host, Alexander B. Murphy ; narrator, Alphonse Keasley.
An eight-part series that explores the dramatic discoveries of the forces shaping planet Earth and provides a blueprint for understanding how place and process combined to shape every aspect of the planet's physical and cultural landscape. Host Alexander B. Murphy opens the door to a whole new way of seeing and making sense of the world we find ourselves in.
Disc 1. Inventing the tools of geography: Alec Murphy presents an historical narrative of the principles that form the foundation of geography. These include the three laws of geology, the importance of scale and the origins of the two great branches of geography: physical and human. Portraying the Earth: Alec Murphy focuses on the history of portraying the Earth from the earliest maps of ancient Greece, to the 21st century computer-based GIS, Geographical information system. The program includes a visit to the U.S. Geological Survey, the institution that has served as America's center for mapmaking for the past 150 years.
Disc 2. Landforms: Landforms range in size from the continents themselves to the river valleys that most cities have developed around. Alec Murphy categorizes and defines the major landforms found on the planet, including vast mountain ranges and narrow canyons. The Ever Changing Planet: Our planet is ever-changing. Earth's landforms are constantly being created and destroyed on timescales ranging from days to tens of millions of years. Alec Murphy walks you through the forces shaping and destroying the planet's many landforms.
Disc 3. Layering the Planet: Geography has found that Earth is organized into a sequence of spheres: the inner core, the crust or lithosphere, a soil layer, known as the pedosphere, the hydrosphere, the atmosphere and biosphere. Alec Murphy shows how they are all interconnected in one dynamic system. Geographical Regions: Regions are one of the most important tools used in geographical thinking. Alec Murphy shows how the planet is divided into physiographic regions, each with internal dynamic processes. Then he defines the three types of regions: formal, functional, and colloquial.
Disc 4. Physical Geographic Influences on the Development of Human Societies: One of the great debates in geography has been: How much does place or physical geography determine human development -- cultural and economic? Using historical examples and present-day case histories, Alec Murphy guides you through both sides of the argument known as environmental determinism. Featured are leading geographical thinkers. Human Impact on the Natural Environment: Human beings have become a geographical force. In the 21st century human beings each year bring more change to the surface of the planet than all the natural forces combined. In this final program, Alec Murphy presents an intriguing history of how this came to be and what the future holds for the planet and the over 7 billion people living on its surface.
DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation.
System requirements for accessing extra features (PDF): computer with Adobe Reader.

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