Lab Assignment

I chose to highlight the Lake Erie Center, located in Ohio's Maumee Bay State Park. Operated by Toledo State University, this center is an "interdisciplinary research and education center dedicated to solving environmental problems at the land-water interface and bay-lake exchanges in the Great Lakes".

http://www.utoledo.edu/as/lec/

The center is located in Maumee Bay State Park. You can find out more about this park at the following link:

http://www.maumeebaystateparklodge.com/

The following photo is of the Ohio River, which creates a beautiful divide between Cincinnati, Ohio and Lexington, Kentucky. It is my favorite view.

                                      http://www.cincinnatiohrealestate.net/images/cincinnatibridge.jpg

    Finally, I would like to share an animal which I am very passionate about.

My boyfriend and I rescued a baby raccoon two summers ago. We named him Ben and took turns getting up at night to feed him from a bottle. He has remained a family pet, and although MUCH larger than he was at first, he lives in a kennel in the backyard and loves to climb trees.

MAPS!

http://personal.frostburg.edu/sicarney0/symbol_1.jpg

I chose this proportional symbol map because I was born and raised in Ohio, and you grow up hearing a lot about coal when you live in the midwest. I think it's extremely interesting that my part of the country uses a dramatically different amount of coal than other parts.

I chose this choropleth map once again because of its focus on the great state of Ohio. It illustrates the number of single vehicle crash fatalities by county in 2009, and I think this is a very important comparison (weather and road conditions, various traffic signs and precautions taken...) that could lead to new developments in automobile safety.






http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/stsi/39_OH/2009/var1.gif




The final map I will be posting is my own...

This map is my favorite, of course I've highlighted some of the major landmarks of our property, including my parking spot, the tree dedicated to my little brother, our sledding hill, and my Dad's "man cave".