ph: 909-652-6428
prof
How to be a successful college student:
https://www.stukent.com/successful-college-student/
SPACE STATION SIGHTINGS WEB PAGE LINK:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/shuttle_station/index.html
Click on the link below to see when the space station will be over your city.
Careers in Geography:
http://geography.about.com/od/careersingeography/
What can I do with a degree in Geography?
http://www.aag.org/cs/careers
http://www.aag.org/galleries/jobs-careers-files/Careers_resources_overview_02192013.pdf
http://www.topuniversities.com/student-info/careers-advice/what-can-you-do-geography-degree
CIA/Intelligence jobs for Geography majors:
https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/analytical
NSA:
https://www.intelligencecareers.gov/nsa/
Foreign Service:
https://careers.state.gov/work/foreign-service/officer/#
State Department jobs:
Weather info:
https://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/GOES/
KABC 7 TV
Dallas Raines and Co.
World population projections through 2100:
Possible world-wide collapse of insects by 2100:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320718313636
Cool geo website for kids and others:
http://www.cheapoair.com/guides/world-geography-kids
https://usinsuranceagents.com/car-maps-review
HOW OLD IS YOUR GLOBE?
http://www.replogleglobes.com/howOldIsYourGlobe.php
Video clip of volcanoes-12 minutes long.
CBS "60 Minutes" broadcast July, 2014
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/volcanoes-natures-ticking-time-bombs-3/
Pacific Tsunami Watch Center in Hawaii
Mt. Athos: Monastic Republic in Greece: CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/mt-athos-part-1/
Part 2 here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/mt-athos-part-2/
Red Flag Over Tibet (Frontline)- Destruction of Tibet by Communist China.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeX6l7rX8RE
Copts in Egypt-video clip CBS, 2014
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-coptic-christians-of-egypt-2/
Soviet persecution of religion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEftJc31ZB4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHMHPQY3BmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS15xN0tNtM
Use Google to find a map that meets your needs.
Type in "Blank map of ___" and press enter.
There are many maps you can scroll through.
My office is located in PS-103. (Physical Science building)
Office hours are (except summer):
Days/Hours:
T-Th: 12:30-2:00PM,
Wed.: 6-7PM (or 4-5pm depending on Geo. 5 class)
Fridays: 12-1PM and other times as mutually convenient.
My office is in the SW corner of the Physical Science bldg. (around the corner).
I strongly urge you to make an appointment with me.
If I'm not in my office, please check PS-102, ZH-115 or the new Greenhouse.
Office phone: 909-652-6428
If you call, please speak slowly and repeat your phone number TWICE.
I usually check my voice mail several times a week.
I prefer you email me: prof@college-geography.com
Any book by Will Durant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Durant#The_Story_of_Civilization
Any book by Carl Sagan
Robert K. Massie
http://www.amazon.com/Nicholas-Alexandra-Robert-K-Massie/dp/0345438310
The Black Book of Communism. Best book on the subject.
Best book on Tsar Nicholas II by Domenic Lieven
Nicholas II: Twilight of the Empire
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/680412.Nicholas_II
Out of Africa
I Dreamed of Africa
The Last Emperor* (China in the 20th century)
Amadeus
How the Earth was Made
The Killing Fields* (Genocide in Cambodia, 1970s)
Dr. Zhivago* (Russian Revolution)
Lawrence of Arabia* (Creation of modern Middle East)
Cosmos (C. Sagan)
Cosmos (2014)
Gandhi* (Independence of India)
The Blue Planet
Hawaii
Tale of Two Cities
Byzantium
Faces of Earth
Nicholas and Alexandra
The Far Pavilions (British Raj-India)
* Films recommended in class
My travel blog about Russia:
To see my travel log to Russia:
http://chaffey-russia.blogspot.com/
Heroes of Geography/Science
Google these names:
Eratosthenes, Ptolemy, Library of Alexandria, Hypatia, Dr. Wladimir Koppen, Dr. Alfred Wegener, Milutin Milankovitch, Alexander von Humboldt, C. Darwin, James Hutton, Sir Isaac Newton, Wilson Cycles, Galileo, Torricelli, Gabriel Fahrenheit, Anders Celsius, Lord Kelvin, Marie Curie, Edwin Hubble, Hipparchus, Carl Sauer...
Carl Sagan author of COSMOS
The film "Agora" is about Hypatia, the last pagan female scientist of the Library of Alexandria, c. 380 AD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u50zEun07b4
Hypatia-Head of the Library of Alexandria c. 380 AD
HIM Don Agustin I, Emperor of Mexico. First Mexican Empire.
c. 1822
HIM Emperor Maximilian of Mexico
c. 1865. Second Mexican Empire.
Dr. Alfred Wegener
"Continental Drift" theory
1880-1930
Below:
Hawaii's last Queen Liliuokalani, c. 1892.
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