For the term project, imagine yourself as a tour guide leading adults for three days anywhere on the planet where you can showcase and explore an area of Earth’s most interesting physical and cultural features and phenomenon. Please select one particular geographic region and become an expert of the area’s physical and cultural points of interest. On this three-day field excursion, indicate where you will go and why (i.e. how do sites you stop at relate to information within your textbook or topics covered in course lectures).  Make sure that your trip provides a day-to-day scenario. In addition to describing the sites visited, indicate where you will be staying, how you will be getting around, what local foods you intend to try, any local people you will meet, unique species (flora/fauna) encountered, and/or any customs and festivities you intent to participate in while there. Maps, images/photos, diagrams greatly aid in conveying information about your project. You may choose any place on Earth that you find most interesting, but do keep in mind scale. Places that may seem close to one another on a map might actually require hours of flying or multiple days drive by car, particularly in rural areas not connected by modern highway networks. Writing the Field Report Your term project is an opportunity to integrate what you have learned in class with personal experiences or interests while practicing your writing and small group discussion skills.  Be sure to organize and summarize pertinent observations and conclusions gained from textbook readings, lectures, and any additional sources. To avoid plagiarism reference ALL sources used BOTH in text AND in a bibliography page (APA, MLA or Chicago styles are all acceptable styles). Field trip ideas:  Below are a few examples, but options are as diverse as Earth’s physical and cultural landscape. Please contact me if you have any questions or need clarification.   Alaska’s Mount Denali to Glacier Bay Yellowstone National Park & Grand Teton National Park Loop Hiking Mount Kilimanjaro from Base to Crest Hawaii – Best of the Big Island Below are some helpful guidelines for the report: 1.     Introduction In your introduction, outline the trip objective(s). An original map with route and stops is required! There are many map-making tools and programs freely available, but you are able to use Google Map Engine or hand drawings so long as purposeful information is clearly conveyed. 2.     Stop-by-Stop Descriptions Each day should have an itinerary table followed by in-depth narrative of key activities. The itinerary table outlines brief descriptions, provides stop locations, arrival and departures dates and times, plus activities planned. Think about how best to convey this information clearly and briefly. Note: Also consider travel times and modes between stops plus any time zone changes part of this project is to demonstrate basic logistics. Then include narrative paragraph(s) offerin ...

1. For the term project, imagine yourself as a tour guide leading
adults for three days anywhere on the planet where you can
showcase and explore an area of Earth’s most interesting
physical and cultural features and phenomenon. Please select
one particular geographic region and become an expert of the
area’s physical and cultural points of interest. On this three-day
field excursion, indicate where you will go and why (i.e. how
do sites you stop at relate to information within your textbook
or topics covered in course lectures). Make sure that your trip
provides a day-to-day scenario. In addition to describing the
sites visited, indicate where you will be staying, how you will
be getting around, what local foods you intend to try, any local
people you will meet, unique species (flora/fauna) encountered,
and/or any customs and festivities you intent to participate in
while there. Maps, images/photos, diagrams greatly aid in
conveying information about your project. You may choose any
place on Earth that you find most interesting, but do keep in
mind scale. Places that may seem close to one another on a map
might actually require hours of flying or multiple days drive by
car, particularly in rural areas not connected by modern
highway networks.
Writing the Field Report
Your term project is an opportunity to integrate what you have
learned in class with personal experiences or interests while
practicing your writing and small group discussion skills. Be
sure to organize and summarize pertinent observations and
conclusions gained from textbook readings, lectures, and any
additional sources. To avoid plagiarism reference ALL sources
used BOTH in text AND in a bibliography page (APA, MLA or
Chicago styles are all acceptable styles).
Field trip ideas: Below are a few examples, but options are as
diverse as Earth’s physical and cultural landscape. Please

2. contact me if you have any questions or need clarification.
Alaska’s Mount Denali to Glacier Bay
Yellowstone National Park & Grand Teton National Park Loop
Hiking Mount Kilimanjaro from Base to Crest
Hawaii – Best of the Big Island
Below are some helpful guidelines for the report:
1. Introduction
In your introduction, outline the trip objective(s). An original
map with route and stops is required! There are many map-
making tools and programs freely available, but you are able to
use Google Map Engine or hand drawings so long as purposeful
information is clearly conveyed.
2. Stop-by-Stop Descriptions
Each day should have an itinerary table followed by in-depth
narrative of key activities.
The itinerary table outlines brief descriptions, provides stop
locations, arrival and departures dates and times, plus activities
planned. Think about how best to convey this information
clearly and briefly.
Note:
Also consider travel times and modes between stops plus any
time zone changes part of this project is to demonstrate basic
logistics.

3. Then include narrative paragraph(s) offering longer
description(s) of key each stop location and the relevance to
physical and cultural geography. This would be a great place for
a few representative images. Remember, as the tour guide, you
want attendees to have an idea of what to expect and prepare
for. The last thing you want is an angry mob of confused
exhausted travelers who forgot to pack their parkas in
Antarctica! Take your time with each narratives.
Make sure you have thoroughly related each stop to ideas and
themes represented during this course.
I want to see your ability to apply course concepts into your
writing and their connections to the larger world. Doing this
will merit a much higher grade than just reciting destination
information.
3. Bibliography
Cite ALL authors, publications, and/or websites you used as
references in text and in a bibliography at the end of your paper.