BILINGUAL PROJECT 1 ST D 2014-2015. UNIT A 1. Why do we study Geography?Why do we study Geography? 2. What's Geography?What's Geography? 3. Our Planet:

BILINGUAL PROJECTBILINGUAL PROJECT11ST ST DD

2014-20152014-2015

UNIT A

1. Why do we study Geography?2. What's Geography?3. Our Planet: the Earth4. The Solar System5. Earth in motion6. Why the seasons?7. Orientation8. Maps9. Tables, Charts, Diagrams

1. WHY?

Geo-litteracy.pdfby Canadian Council for Geographic Education

2. WHAT?

ϒεωϒραΦία =geo “earth” + graphy “description”

PHYSICAL HUMAN

2. WHAT

Physical Geography

Earth's surface: mountains, planes, deserts

Water: rivers, lakes, oceans.

Climate: weather conditions, temperature, rainfall

Life: animals, plants

Astronomy

2. WHAT?Human Geography

Population: numbers and distribuition

Settlement: cities, metropols, villages

Politics: states, provinces, etc

Languages and Cultures

Economy: agriculture, industry, etc

Communication: means of transport, telecommunication

Now Excercise!Book, page 4

Ph: physical; H: human

3. THE EARTH

It's a SPHERE

It's a planet of the SOLAR SYSTEM

3. THE EARTH

•A GLOBE lightly flattened at the Poles

•An imaginary line runs

in the middle: the

Equator.

Equator divides Earth in 2 hemispheres:

Northern hemisphere

Southern hemisphere

3. THE EARTH

3. THE EARTH

NUMBERS AND FIGURES

Total Surface= 510 million Km2

Water= 71%, Land= 29%

Equator= 40.000 Km

Excercises

BooK, Page 5, n.1

4. SOLAR SYSTEM

4. SOLAR SYSTEM

Planets, Satellites, Asteroids run around the SUN.

SUN= a star, produces light and heat

4. SOLAR SYSTEM

The Solar System is in

MILKY WAY GALAXY

4. SOLAR SYSTEM

Exercise page 5, on your notebook:

First Name and Surname_______________________________________

Address____________________________

City_____________________

Region____________________________ Country__________________

Hemisphere________________________ Continent_________________

Planet___________________________ System____________________

Galaxy_________________________________

5. The Earth in Motion

ROTATION around its axis Day and Night

REVOLUTION around the Sun Year and Seasons

5. The Earth in Motion

Eppur si muove!(Galileo Galilei)

The Earth moves:

see the video

5. The Earth in Motion

Exercise page 6: Day and Night

6. Why the seasons?

Winter

Spring

Summer

Autumn

6. Why the seasons?

6. Why the seasons

6. Why the seasons?

EQUINOXsame duration of day and night:Spring Equinox, 21st March, Autumn Equinox, 23rd September

SOLSTICESummer Solstice, 21st June: longest dayWinter Solstice 22nd December: longest night

6. Why the seasons?

Exercise page 6: winter and summer

Exercise page 7: Solstice and Equinox

7. ORIENTATION

How can we find direction?

7. ORIENTATION

1. During the DAY you can look at the SUN path

7. ORIENTATION

East: sunrise

South: at 12:00, mid-day, top.

West: sunset

7. ORIENTATION

2. In the NIGHT, look at STARS

In the NORTHERN

HEMISPHERE:

The North Star

Or

Pole Star

7. ORIENTATION

So you have found:

THE CARDINAL POINTS

NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH

7. ORIENTATION

3. Use a COMPASS:

has a magnetised needle which always points towards the Earth's magnetic North Pole.

7. ORIENTATION

Longitude and Latitude:

See file PDF

8. Maps

First see the video:

Maps

8. Maps

In geography, MAPS are one of the most important tools.

MAPS = pictures of the Earth's surface.

8. MapsThe Earth is too big to stay in a MAP

SCALE = each map has a "scale" which indicates the relationship between a certain distance on the map and the distance on the ground.

Ratio or Representative Fraction (RF) = indicates how many units on the earth's surface is equal to one unit on the map. Exemple: 1:100,000 - one centimeter on the map equals 100,000 centimeters (1 kilometer)

A graphic scale = it is a line marked with distance on the ground which the map user can use along with a ruler to determine scale on the map.

8. Maps

TYPES OF MAPS

Physical Map: shows the physical landscape features of a place.

Political Map: does not show any topographic features. It instead focuses solely on the state and national boundaries of a place.

Thematic Map: focuses on a particular theme or special topic. An example of a thematic map would be one showing the population change of Canada in specific locations from 1996 to 2001.

8. MapsTYPES OF MAPS

Political MapPhysical Map

Thematic Map

9. Table, Charts, Diagrams

To organize DATA

You can use:

1. TABLES:

Data are distributed in columns and rows

North Centre South

Population

9. Table, Charts, Diagrams

2. Graphs

2.1 Line graph: used to indicate a trend in a period of time

Row 1 Row 2 Row 3 Row 40

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Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

9. Table, Charts, Diagrams

2.2 Bar Chart: compares data.

Row 1 Row 2 Row 3 Row 40

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Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

9. Table, Charts, Diagrams

2.3 Pie Chart: illustrates how given entity is divided up

Row 1

Row 2

Row 3

Row 4

THE END OF“THE ABC OF GEOGRAPHY”

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