1. BILINGUAL PROJECT 1ST D 2014-2015

2. UNIT A Why do we study Geography? What's Geography?
Our Planet: the Earth
The Solar System
Earth in motion
Why the seasons?
Orientation
Maps
Tables, Charts, Diagrams 2

3. by Canadian Council for Geographic Education
1. WHY?
Geo-litteracy.pdf
by Canadian Council for Geographic Education 3

4. 2. WHAT? ϒεωϒραΦία = geo “earth” + graphy “description” PHYSICAL HUMAN
Add icon for each item 4

5. 2. WHAT Physical Geography Earth's surface: mountains, planes, deserts
Water: rivers, lakes, oceans.
Climate: weather conditions, temperature, rainfall
Life: animals, plants
Astronomy 5

6. 2. WHAT? Human Geography Now Excercise!
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 6

7. 3. THE EARTH
It's a SPHERE
It's a planet of the SOLAR SYSTEM 7

8. 3. THE EARTH A GLOBE lightly flattened at the Poles
An imaginary line runs in the middle: the Equator. 8

9. 3. THE EARTH Equator divides Earth in 2 hemispheres:
Northern hemisphere
Southern hemisphere 9

10. 3. THE EARTH NUMBERS AND FIGURES Total Surface= 510 million Km2
Water= 71%, Land= 29%
Equator= Km
Excercises
BooK, Page 5, n.1 10

11. 4. SOLAR SYSTEM 11

12. 4. SOLAR SYSTEM Planets, Satellites, Asteroids run around the SUN.
SUN= a star, produces light and heat 12

13. 4. SOLAR SYSTEM
The Solar System is in
MILKY WAY GALAXY 13

14. Exercise page 5, on your notebook:
4. SOLAR SYSTEM
Exercise page 5, on your notebook:
First Name and Surname_______________________________________
Address____________________________ City_____________________
Region____________________________ Country__________________
Hemisphere________________________ Continent_________________
Planet___________________________ System____________________
Galaxy_________________________________

15. 5. The Earth in Motion ROTATION around its axis Day and Night
REVOLUTION around the Sun Year and Seasons 15

16. Eppur si muove! (Galileo Galilei)
5. The Earth in Motion
Eppur si muove! (Galileo Galilei)
The Earth moves:
see the video 16

17. Exercise page 6: Day and Night
5. The Earth in Motion
Exercise page 6: Day and Night 17

18. 6. Why the seasons?
Winter
Spring
Summer
Autumn 18

19. 6. Why the seasons? 19

20. 6. Why the seasons 20

21. 6. Why the seasons? EQUINOX same duration of day and night:
Spring Equinox, 21st March,
Autumn Equinox, 23rd September
SOLSTICE
Summer Solstice, 21st June: longest day
Winter Solstice 22nd December: longest night 21

22. 6. Why the seasons? Exercise page 6: winter and summer
Exercise page 7: Solstice and Equinox

23. How can we find direction?
7. ORIENTATION
How can we find direction?

24. 7. ORIENTATION
1. During the DAY you can look at the SUN path

25. 7. ORIENTATION East: sunrise South: at 12:00, mid- day, top.
West: sunset

26. 7. ORIENTATION 2. In the NIGHT, look at STARS
In the NORTHERN HEMISPHERE:
The North Star Or
Pole Star

27. In the SOURTHERN HEMISPHERE:
7. ORIENTATION
In the SOURTHERN HEMISPHERE:
The Southern Cross

28. So you have found: THE CARDINAL POINTS NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
7. ORIENTATION
So you have found:
THE CARDINAL POINTS
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH

29. 7. ORIENTATION 3. Use a COMPASS:
has a magnetised needle which always points towards the Earth's magnetic North Pole.

30. 7. ORIENTATION
Longitude and Latitude:
See file PDF

31. 8. Maps
First see the video:
Maps

32. 8. Maps In geography, MAPS are one of the most important tools.
MAPS = pictures of the Earth's surface.

33. The Earth is too big to stay in a MAP
8. Maps
The 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.

34. 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.

35. 8. Maps
TYPES OF MAPS
Political Map
Thematic Map
Physical Map

36. 9. Table, Charts, Diagrams To organize DATA You can use: 1. TABLES:
Data are distributed in columns and rows
North
Centre
South
Population

37. 9. Table, Charts, Diagrams 2. Graphs
2.1 Line graph: used to indicate a trend in a period of time

38. 9. Table, Charts, Diagrams
2.2 Bar Chart: compares data.

39. 9. Table, Charts, Diagrams
2.3 Pie Chart: illustrates how given entity is divided up

40. THE END OF
“THE ABC OF GEOGRAPHY”
PRESENTATION