Grade 9 Applied Geography – Spring 2015
Final Culminating Project
Canada is a very geographically diverse country. In this assignment, you want to explore its diversity.
Task
You are a bus tour operator offering scenic bus tours of Canada’s provinces. For your final Grade 9 Applied
Geography culminating project, you are required to produce an information package promoting your tour of one
province.
Requirements
 Four page minimum PLUS cover page
 Pictures
 Written in third person, full sentences
Provide information for the following
 Physical features
Area
Climate (e.g., type, annual rainfall,
temperature (annual average, minimum,
maximum, range))
Major rivers and lakes Major soil types
Major animals / plants Ecozone(s)
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Human features
Population (total, gender, ages,
density)
Capital city (location, size,
interesting historical event(s))
Major ethnic groups
Two natural wonders such as
Sable Island (Nova Scotia)
Niagara Fall (Ontario)
Major vegetation zones
Topography
Major industry
GDP
Largest cities
Employment Rate
Important cultural events (e.g., Calgary
Stampede, Ottawa Tulip Festival, Yukon
Klondike Days)
Energy produced
and/or consumed
Nahanni River (NWT)
Revelstoke National Park (BC)
Two sights of cultural or historic interest such as
Chateau Frontenac (Quebec)
West Edmonton Mall
CN Tower (Ontario)
Cape Spear (Newfoundland)
Other items
Estimated kilometers to travel
Estimated cost
Latitude and Longitude
coordinates / Time Zone(s)
Length (days) of tour
Bay of Fundy (NB)
Saguenay Fiord (Quebec)
Confederation Bridge (PEI)
Chateau Lake Louise (Alberta)
Some accommodation information
NOTE:
 You will be given five (5) class periods to complete your final assignment.
 You can submit a printed copy or an electronic copy (…latter to my FSS e-mail)
DUE:
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Wednesday, 17 June 2015 at the end of class.
Rubric – Grade 9 Geography – Province Bus Tour
Student Name:
Criteria
Knowledge and
Understanding
R
No
information
provided
Level 1
Limited
Level 2
Some
Level 3
Good knowledge of province
Level 4
Highly developed
All components of information package included
Good research demonstrated in final product
Thorough research
Understanding of subject relevance to course presented
Thinking /
Inquiry
No
information
provided
Limited
Some
Depth of thinking was effective
Information presented demonstrated strong inquiry and
project engagement
Very interesting,
thoughtful and
meaningful
Sites presented showed good variety of topic explored
Communication
No
information
provided
Limited
Some
Ideas were stated and complete
Message was clearly and effectively presented
Clearly stated,
Logical and effective
Time used with good degree of effectiveness
Presentation was creative with some degree of accuracy
Good overall message
Completed at very high
degree of accuracy
Thorough and
convincing
Interesting information provided
Grammar was effective and do not distract from final
product
Excellent
Pictures supported overall message
Application
No
information
provided
Limited
Some
Interpretation of information provided to good extent
(e.g., What does GDP mean? Why is the information
useful or important?)
Good links to course
Level Attained and Comments
Links to geography were
accurately and
convincingly stated