Geography toolsUnit 13º ESO

REA en AICLEAna Arias Castro

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What do you know about geography tools?Test your knowledge

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What do you know about geography tools?

In five minutes write a list of tools that you know and then the teacher will tell you to add some of your ideas on the class Interactive Whiteboard (IWB).

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Now you will be shown different types of maps, charts and geographic data.

Discuss what each of them is useful for.

You can check new words in an online dictionary or download the unit glossary.

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Geography toolsWhat's this?

●Aerial photograph●Bar graph●Line graph●Map scale●Meridian●Parallel●Pie chart●Thematic map●Topographic map

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Tourists in Spain

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Geography toolsWhat's this?

●Aerial photograph●Bar graph●Line graph●Map scale●Meridian●Parallel●Pie chart●Thematic map●Topographic map

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Geography toolsWhat's this?

●Aerial photograph●Bar graph●Line graph●Map scale●Meridian●Parallel●Pie chart●Thematic map●Topographic map

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Geography toolsWhat's this?

●Aerial photograph●Bar graph●Line graph●Map scale●Meridian●Parallel●Pie chart●Thematic map●Topographic map

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Mobile phone lines in Spain

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Geography toolsWhat's this?

●Aerial photograph●Bar graph●Line graph●Map scale●Meridian●Parallel●Pie chart●Thematic map●Topographic map

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Geography toolsWhat's this?

●Aerial photograph●Bar graph●Line graph●Map scale●Meridian●Parallel●Pie chart●Thematic map●Topographic map

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Geography toolsWhat's this?

●Aerial photograph●Bar graph●Line graph●Map scale●Meridian●Parallel●Pie chart●Thematic map●Topographic map

Tourists in Spain

ItalyFranceGermanyUK

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Geography toolsWhat's this?

●Aerial photograph●Bar graph●Line graph●Map scale●Meridian●Parallel●Pie chart●Thematic map●Topographic map

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Geography toolsWhat's this?

●Aerial photograph●Bar graph●Line graph●Map scale●Meridian●Parallel●Pie chart●Thematic map●Topographic map

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Geography toolsIn pairs decide which of the former maps best shows the information suggested below:

●World language families●How a delta is growing●How much of the Amazon has been destroyed●Population density●The distance between two cities●A railway line●Climatic areas in the USA●Administrative boundaries●Economic production

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Geography toolsFind information about the weather in Spain, Argentina, the United Kingdom, India or Australia.

Choose a blank map from geography.about.com and use an image edition programme (Paint, Gimp, Photoshop...) and made a thematic map that represents the information obtained. Remember to include the scale, legend, orientation symbols and even coordinates.

Alternatively, you can print the blank map and make it by hand.

Hand or send the resulting map to your teacher.

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Geography toolsNow choose an example of how maps help us understand information: comparing features, showing historical events, human activity, the weather, economy, etc.

You'll have to show and explain it to your classmates and teacher.

Look at this example:

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Geography toolsIn pairs you'll have to choose some type of information and show it on a blank map of Europe. No other pair in your class should show the same type of information:

You may show: the weather, climatic areas, historical events (wars, population...), ancient civilisations, languages, crops, economy, altitude, economic sectors, human activity, etc. You may go to Wikipedia to get the information chosen but you should mention where you got it from.

Download your map of Europe from Wikimedia Commons.

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Geography toolsThe metric system is not used in the UK or the USA. Imperial units are used in the UK so it's useful to be familiar with the equivalences. Find the metric units that are used for the same purpose:●Yard ↔●Inch ↔ ●Ounce ↔●Mile ↔●Pound ↔●Gallon ↔●Pint ↔●º Farenheit ↔●Foot ↔

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Geography toolsNow use a unit conversion website to calculate common measurements:

●Your height●The area / length of your classroom●The area / length of your bedroom●The distance between your house and the school●The temperature in your classroom●The temperature outside●Your weight●The length of your notebook●The speed of a fast car

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Geography toolsIn this part of the unit we are going to learn about charts. Can these charts be used for the same type of information? Why?

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Tourists in Spain

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Mobile phone lines in Spain

Tourists in Spain

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Using a word processor, try to make a chart to depict some data about population, the weather or history.

Remember to include the legend, the data, several types of data and a title.

Send it to your teacher in a .odt or .doc document.

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For your final task you will have to take part in a discussion about the metric system.

Before starting the debate, write down five positive and five negative aspects of the metric system in your notebook. Be creative and think of other measurement systems.

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Final revision and reinforcement:● Glossary● Hot Potatoes revision test● Crosswords● Basic definitions●Text about climate change

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Pictures from:●Banco Imágenes INTEF●Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons

Resources from:●Wikipedia●seccionsociais.blogspot.com.es●Online unit converter●Educaplay