“CYCLES IN NATURE: CAUSES OF OCCURRENCE AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONSEQUENCES” AS ISSUE OF KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION IN SCHOOL COURSE OF GEOGRAPHY
Regularity in natural phenomena is considered as some kind of breathing of landscape environment. The causes of occurrence and duration of cycles are various. The geographical consequences of cycles are observed in climate changes, hydrology, geomorphology and soil genesis. The knowledge of laws of cycling, their origin, duration and importance for the environment is necessary for the prediction of geographical processes. Studying nature cycles in the school course of geography implies students’ integrated knowledge of Physics, Mathematics, Biology and History. The arrangement of cross-curricular events such as part of a lesson, lessons or extra-curricular activities encourage students to perceive phenomena and processes occurring in the nature and life of people in the integrated way.
Keywords: cycles in nature, geographical consequences of cycling, integration of knowledge, Physical Geography at school
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Issue: 4, 2016
Series of issue: Issue 4
Rubric: GENERAL EDUCATION
Pages: 29 — 32
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