Ionic Framework starter tabs app demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no, width=device-width" />
    <title></title>
    <link data-require="ionic@1.0.0-beta.1" data-semver="1.0.0-beta.1" rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.ionicframework.com/1.0.0-beta.1/css/ionic.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <script data-require="ionic@1.0.0-beta.1" data-semver="1.0.0-beta.1" src="http://code.ionicframework.com/1.0.0-beta.1/js/ionic.bundle.js"></script>
    <!-- cordova script (this will be a 404 during development) -->
    <script src="cordova.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
    <script src="controllers.js"></script>
    <script src="services.js"></script>
  </head>

  <body ng-app="starter" animation="slide-left-right-ios7">
    <!-- 
      The nav bar that will be updated as we navigate between views.
    -->
    <ion-nav-bar class="bar-stable nav-title-slide-ios7">
      <ion-nav-back-button class="button-icon icon ion-chevron-left">
        Back
      </ion-nav-back-button>
    </ion-nav-bar>
    <!-- 
      The views will be rendered in the <ion-nav-view> directive below
      Templates are in the /templates folder (but you could also
      have templates inline in this html file if you'd like).
    -->
    <ion-nav-view></ion-nav-view>
  </body>

</html>

/* Styles go here */

// Ionic Starter App, v0.9.20

// angular.module is a global place for creating, registering and retrieving Angular modules
// 'starter' is the name of this angular module example (also set in a <body> attribute in index.html)
// the 2nd parameter is an array of 'requires'
// 'starter.services' is found in services.js
// 'starter.controllers' is found in controllers.js
angular.module('starter', ['ionic', 'starter.controllers'])

.run(function($ionicPlatform) {
  $ionicPlatform.ready(function() {
    StatusBar.styleDefault();
  });
})

.config(function($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider) {

  // Ionic uses AngularUI Router which uses the concept of states
  // Learn more here: https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-router
  // Set up the various states which the app can be in.
  // Each state's controller can be found in controllers.js
  $stateProvider

    // setup an abstract state for the tabs directive
    .state('tab', {
      url: "/tab",
      abstract: true,
      templateUrl: "tabs.html"
    })

    // Each tab has its own nav history stack:

    .state('tab.dash', {
      url: '/dash',
      views: {
        'tab-dash': {
          templateUrl: 'tab-dash.html',
          controller: 'DashCtrl'
        }
      }
    })

    .state('tab.friends', {
      url: '/friends',
      views: {
        'tab-friends': {
          templateUrl: 'tab-friends.html',
          controller: 'FriendsCtrl'
        }
      }
    })

    .state('tab.account', {
      url: '/account',
      views: {
        'tab-account': {
          templateUrl: 'tab-account.html',
          controller: 'AccountCtrl'
        }
      }
    })

  // if none of the above states are matched, use this as the fallback
  $urlRouterProvider.otherwise('/tab/dash');

});

This is a blank ionic framework starter template.

https://github.com/driftyco/ionic-starter-tabs

angular.module('starter.controllers', [])

.controller('DashCtrl', function($scope) {
  
    $scope.locais = [{
        ID: 109,
        Nome: 'Aeroporto Internacional Hercilio Luz'
    }, {
        ID: 161,
        Nome: 'Koxixos'
    }, {
        ID: 184,
        Nome: 'Praça XV de Novembro'
    }];

    $scope.localSelectChange = function() {
       
       // returns undefined. why?
       alert('$scope.selectedLocal: ' + $scope.selectedLocal);
       
    }
})

.controller('FriendsCtrl', function($scope) {
})

.controller('AccountCtrl', function($scope) {
})

.controller('MyCtrl', function($scope) {
  
    $scope.cidades = [{
        ID: 109,
        Nome: 'Florianópolis'
    }, {
        ID: 161,
        Nome: 'São José'
    }, {
        ID: 184,
        Nome: 'Palhoça'
    }];

    $scope.cidadeSelectChange = function() {
      
       // returns the object, as expected
       alert('$scope.selectedCidade: ' + $scope.selectedCidade);
    }
});

<ion-view title="Account">
  <ion-content class="has-header padding">
  </ion-content>
</ion-view>

<ion-view title="Dashboard">
  <ion-content class="has-header padding">
      <p>
        please help me understand this. see tab-dash.html and controllers.js
      </p>
      
      <div ng-controller="MyCtrl">
        <select ng-model="selectedCidade" ng-options="item.Nome for item in cidades" ng-change="cidadeSelectChange()">
          <option value="">Cidades</option>
        </select>
        <p>this one works as expected</p>
      </div>

      <select ng-model="selectedLocal" ng-options="item.Nome for item in locais" ng-change="localSelectChange()">
        <option value="">Locais</option>
      </select>
      <p>on this one the select change function can't retrieve the model. returns undefined. why?</p>
    
    
  </ion-content>
</ion-view>

<ion-view title="Friends">
  <ion-content class="has-header">
  </ion-content>
</ion-view>

<!-- 
  Create tabs with an icon and label, using the tabs-positive style. 
  Each tab's child <ion-nav-view> directive will have its own 
  navigation history that also transitions its views in and out.
-->
<ion-tabs class="tabs-icon-top">


  <!-- Pets Tab -->
  <ion-tab title="Dashboard" icon="icon ion-home" href="#/tab/dash">
    <ion-nav-view name="tab-dash"></ion-nav-view>
  </ion-tab>


  <!-- Adopt Tab -->
  <ion-tab title="Friends" icon="icon ion-heart" href="#/tab/friends">
    <ion-nav-view name="tab-friends"></ion-nav-view>
  </ion-tab>


  <!-- About Tab -->
  <ion-tab title="Account" icon="icon ion-gear-b" href="#/tab/account">
    <ion-nav-view name="tab-account"></ion-nav-view>
  </ion-tab>


</ion-tabs>