My Kansas Padlet by Logan Davis https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z Basically in the middle of the U.S. en-us 2018-10-22 16:08:49 UTC 2018-10-24 16:17:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Simplehouse.png Movement davisla7 https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/295546886
  • immigrants move in.
  • settlers passed through
  • indians....
  • Pony Express
  • ideas and info spread throughout the telegraph.
  • many goods are brought to KS.
    • ]]>     2018-10-22 16:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/295546886     Human-Environment Interaction davisla7 https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/295547243
  • trees cut down, stones removed from ground, water was consumed, towns were built, made rail road.
  • we mine resources
  • we harness wind power. 
    • ]]>     2018-10-22 16:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/295547243     Region davisla7 https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/295547517
  • KS has 11 regions: Ozark plateau, Cherokee lowlands, Osage cuestas, Glaciated region, Flint Hill upland, Smokey hills, Arkansas river lowlands, High plains, Red hills, Wellington-McPherson lowlands.
    • ]]>     2018-10-22 16:19:14 UTC https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/295547517     Location davisla7 https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/295547716
  • KS is in the center of 48 states!
  • Absolute location:
    •       37-47*N, 94-102*W.
    • Relative location:
          landlocked, shaped
          like a rectangle with
          a bite, next to C.O., 
          below N.E., Missouri
          river is only natural   
    border.   
    ]]>     2018-10-22 16:19:30 UTC https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/295547716     Place: Landforms davisla7 https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/295547791
  • The elevation rises a lot from east to west.
  • eastern KS is hilly.
  • western KS has high plains.
  • Great Plains
  • 1/3 of KS is prairie.
  • mount sunflower in wallace county is the highest point in ks people marked that spot.
  • Permian sea: gave us lot's of natural resources.
  • Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: endangered ecosystems of tallgrass.
    • ]]>     2018-10-22 16:19:37 UTC https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/295547791     Place: Water davisla7 https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/296010097
  • helps our economy by growing crops.
  • the ogallala aquifer provides water for irrigation.
  • lakes are mostly man made.
  • Cheyenne Bottoms is a natural lake that's been tuned to a wetland for migratory birds.
    • ]]>     2018-10-23 15:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/296010097     Place: Weather davisla7 https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/296011508
  • weather changes a lot and quickly.
  • KS has a lot of wind.
  • East gets more rain than the West.
  • extreme weather: tornadoes, blizzards, droughts, and floods
    • ]]>     2018-10-23 15:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/296011508     Place: Plants and Animals davisla7 https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/296024661
  • bluestems(A.K.A. turkey foot), wild flowers, buffalo grasses, wild flowers, sunflowers
  • lightning strikes the prairie on purpose to contribute to it's growth.
  • animals in KS changed a lot  when people came
  • snakes, turtles, deer, opossums, raccoon, rabbits, prairie dogs.
  • 3500 types of insects.
    • ]]>     2018-10-23 15:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/davisla7/g15byrwmup0z/wish/296024661