1. 1 Hi I am Lindy and we are here to do geography Not that good an impression, but close-ish)

2. 2 Every week.. You will get an email the day before, telling what you need to do. It will usually contain a classwork sheet to print off for the next day. The PowerPoint and the homework will be in 2 places – in the school library and also in our wiki at http://geography-at- interhigh.wikispaces.com/Home Homework is due in on Friday. It is best to put it in the homework folder. But sometimes, if there are a lot of pictures in it, it will not upload. Then you need to email it to me. If you are having any problems, do email me before the due date so we can sort it out.

3. 3 Our wiki and other things Each unit has its own page. Right now you will directed to: http://geography-at- interhigh.wikispaces.com/Year+9+Unit+1 If you do anything special by way of homework it might find its way onto http://geography-at- interhigh.wikispaces.com/Great+Homeworks Also I have started a blog for news stories: http://interhigh1.wordpress.com/ Any offers from you guys to become contributors would be most welcome. Let me know and you can receive an invite.

4. 4 What we will be doing The year will be divided up into 7 units and each year group will develop these unit more each time! Unit 1: Intro (very short): Maps and other skills. Unit 2: Environmental conditions: Weather, climate and ecosystems Unit 3: The Human Situation: Settlement, population and development Unit 4: Changing Earth: About what the earth is made of, volcanoes, earthquakes and how water sculpts the landscape. Unit 5: Working World: About the jobs people do, International companies, aid and Fairtrade Unit 6: What are we doing to our World? The rain forests, climate change, energy sources

5. 5 So for the next 2 weeks, we will be looking at Unit 1 Unit 1: Lesson 1: It is all about types of maps and what you can find out about them Unit 1: Lesson 2: Is all about GIS (geographical information systems) – what are they are how do you use them – you will get a chance to use them in a simulation.

6. 6 There are many different types of maps Can you think of any?

7. 7 There are several basic kinds Topographic maps – which tells you a little about a lot of things, e.g. they have some indication of highland and lowland, often major roads and cities and the main rivers. Ordnance Survey maps are topographic

8. 8 There are several basic kinds Thematic maps showing just one idea Choropleth map – shaded predefined areas such as countries or counties according to the theme Life expectancy. What do you notice? Any surprises?

9. 9 There are several basic kinds Thematic maps showing just one idea Isoline map – you take your theme and make points of equal value and then join them with a line – things like rainfall, temperature, air pressure What do you notice? Any surprises?

10. 10 There are several basic kinds Thematic maps showing just one idea Symbol map – kind of pretty but not much detail

11. 11 There are several basic kinds Thematic maps showing just one idea Proportional symbol map – I really like this one!

12. 12 There are several basic kinds Thematic maps showing just one idea Flowline map – wine leaving France in 1864 These are often used to show the amount of traffic (pedestrians or cars) using different routes out of town

13. 13 There are several basic kinds And a weird group that is part map/ part diagram called cartograms where each country is distorted according to the theme being discussed. Looking at the one below, they have worked out that 655 million overseas tourist trips per year with a world population of approx 6220 millions in 2003. If you divide 655 by 6220 x by 100 you get 10.7% the world have foreign holidays. Now for any country, if you divide the foreign visitors by their population x 100 and it is BIGGER than 10.7, then the country is bigger on a cartogram – see UK? PS Don’t worry if you don’t understand that bit – if the country is bigger than it should be, it is because it has more visitors than normal!

14. 14 If you are confused about which country is which …. If you want to see some others like this http://www.worldma pper.org/textindex/te xt_index.html http://www.worldma pper.org/textindex/te xt_index.html

15. 15 Here are some of the new words we have come across today Topographic Thematic Contours Relief map Symbol Isoline Proportional symbol Cartogram Flowline Chloropleth Which word am I talking about?

16. 16 Now we will look at a few maps to see what they tell us

17. 17 What kind of maps are these? Do you notice anything odd? First just look at the colours – red is bad green is good Now look at the numbers for each map –anything odd?

18. 18 What kind of map is this?

19. 19 Satellite picture of rainfall – what does it show?

20. 20 Map type? What do the lines tell you? http://www. carseweathe r.co.uk/ukis otherm.php On August 1 st 2011

21. 21 Can you see any links between these 2 maps? Our National Parks

22. 22 Homework This is a really neat map, but a bit hard to analyse. Your homework is split this up into 4 choropleth maps, one for each theme Then try and work out any pattern you can see.