Importance of Importance of Geography and Mapping Geography and Mapping

SkillsSkills

Melissa DohertyMelissa DohertyDanielle EleftherosDanielle Eleftheros

Kevin WheatleyKevin Wheatley

Importance of Mapping SkillsImportance of Mapping Skills

►Everyday uses:Everyday uses: Road mapsRoad maps

Road signsRoad signs

Icons (gas station, Icons (gas station, phone)phone)

Map in a mallMap in a mall

Walk in the parkWalk in the park

Directions to a Directions to a partyparty

Importance of Mapping SkillsImportance of Mapping Skills►Employment Employment

opportunities:opportunities: Customer deliveryCustomer delivery Taxi driverTaxi driver PolicemanPoliceman PostmanPostman Utilities repairmanUtilities repairman CourierCourier Truck/Bus driverTruck/Bus driver Travel agentTravel agent Tour guideTour guide

Let’s see what you Let’s see what you remember…remember…

1. What is the name of the line that divides the 1. What is the name of the line that divides the Earth at 0 degrees of longitude?Earth at 0 degrees of longitude?

2. What are some symbols you see on a map?2. What are some symbols you see on a map?

3. What ocean current is responsible for warm 3. What ocean current is responsible for warm weather in western Europe?weather in western Europe?

4a. Which is farther north: Edmonton or Calgary?4a. Which is farther north: Edmonton or Calgary? b. Which of the two is closer to the BC border?b. Which of the two is closer to the BC border?

5. What is scale?5. What is scale?

Cross-Curricular SkillsCross-Curricular Skills

►Science:Science:

Primary vs. Primary vs. Secondary Secondary sourcessources►Is it accurate Is it accurate

and reliable?and reliable?

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Cross-curricular SkillsCross-curricular Skills

►Math:Math:

Scale and RatioScale and Ratio Concrete Concrete Concrete to Concrete to

symbolicsymbolic

Cross-Curricular SkillsCross-Curricular Skills

►Multiple Multiple Intelligences:Intelligences:

Spatial/VisualSpatial/Visual

Verbal/LinguisticVerbal/Linguistic

KinestheticKinesthetic

To all really To all really !!

Microsoft Encarta Online Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia (2007) defines Encyclopedia (2007) defines map map

readingreading as the: as the:“…“…process of decoding the symbols process of decoding the symbols

from which a map is constructed, and from which a map is constructed, and

forming them into a meaningful forming them into a meaningful

mental image. Map reading leads to mental image. Map reading leads to

an interpretation and understanding an interpretation and understanding

of the map’s content that is governed of the map’s content that is governed

by the purpose for which the map by the purpose for which the map

was created and the map scale.”was created and the map scale.”

Development of map reading Development of map reading skillsskills

►In the beginning…In the beginning… Familiar areasFamiliar areas Create representationsCreate representations Personalize iconsPersonalize icons

►With experience…With experience… Concrete to abstractConcrete to abstract Visualization of unfamiliar placesVisualization of unfamiliar places

DilemmaDilemma

►Practice, Practice, stay the Practice, Practice, stay the same…same…

WorksheetWorksheet ResearchResearch WorksheetWorksheet

Our Goal…Our Goal…

► Smart drawSmart draw

►GoogleEarth/ GoogleEarth/ GooglemapsGooglemaps

►GPS Systems GPS Systems