3. Alt Course 3

This geography course focuses heavily on the concept of sustainability. Today, we will begin to scratch the surface of what this term means and how it relates to our learning this semester.

First, let’s check out the following video to get our minds considering what sustainability might look like in the future.

Digital copy of presentation: 3 P’s Sustainability Model

Digital copy of handout: ws-intro-to-sustainability

POSTED INUNIT 1: GEOGRAPHIC INQUIRY AND SKILLS

Maps: Everyone uses them!

Posted on February 12, 2017

So we know that maps are important to geographer’s BUT today we look at how maps are important to EVERYONE:

To explore how, check out today’s presentation:

Inside the Geographer’s Toolkit

Use the following handout to take notes:

activity-1-7-inside-the-geographers-toolkit-student-worksheet

Underground PATH video:

Activity – Comparing Satellite Imagery with Topographic Maps:

Using the maps provided complete the following questions:

MAPS: activity-1-8-malvern-area-maps

You are looking at two images of Malvern. Can You See the Similarities? They feature the same geographic area. One of them is a satellite image and the other is a topographic map.

How can you tell that the maps feature the same geographic area? Identify five features on the maps that are the same. Number them 1 to 5 on each map.
Name specific features (e.g. natural/physical) that can be found on the map. Feel free to look at either map to help you with this question.
Find the following on both maps, circle the feature and label them with the corresponding letter.

A) A road

B) A highway

C) Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute

D) Malvern mall

E) The rail lines

4. Look at the topographic image. Based on the information from the satellite image, what do the following colours represent on your topographic map?

A) Pink areas: __________________________

B) Red lines:___________________________

C) Black blocks:_________________________

D) Green areas:__________________________

E) Blue areas: ___________________________

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Maps are like stories and in order for the map reader to interpret what the map is showing (or what the story behind the map is), some basic elements are required to make them effective. Use the following as a guide to the key components of a good map:

Student Handout: activity-1-1-mappingintroactivity-an-edit

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TEST: Monday October 3rd

Posted on September 29, 2016

Use the following review sheet to prepare for our unit “QUEST”. Use your notes from class as well as the previous blog posts to prepare.

Handout: activity-2-2-cgc1p-quiz-1-review

To study:

Practice definitions using the foldable cards we created in class
Complete the direction and scale practice questions

For the test:

Bring a ruler and pencil

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Turn it In: Your Neighbourhood Map

Posted on September 26, 2016

This is your first assignment for marks. Create a digital map using My Maps that includes some key place in your neighbourhood. Use the attached document to complete this assignment.

Assignment DUE: Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Assignment Handout: assignment-an-introduction-to-online-mapping-tools

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Terry Fox: A Spatial Journal

Posted on September 23, 2016

As we get closer to our school-wide Terry Fox Run, let’s take a moment to consider why we are participating. To do so, let us also practice our geographic thinking by exploring Terry’s story through our 3 geographic questions:

What is where?
Why There?
Why Care?

As you watch the film complete your spatial journal by answering the questions above. See your map for more information: activity-2-1-terry-fox-spatial-journal

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Digital Mapping: Your Turn

Posted on September 21, 2016

Now it’s time to get on the computers and play with the digital mapping tools we have available to us thanks to google. Start telling your story through the language of maps:

Complete the following assignment and hand in your map using google classroom:

activity-1-9-digital-mapping-exercise

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Zooming in for a look at Scale

Posted on September 15, 2016

Since maps are used to represent the earth, but the earth is huge, scale helps us understand the actual size of what a map is showing us, let’s practice how to use map scale.

First, review the following presentation: activity-1-6-scale-intro

Practice using scale: activity-1-6-scale_student

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Direction: Which way is what?

Posted on September 13, 2016

Navigating place or knowing direction is another key geographic skill, today we introduce and/or review key ideas that you will be using throughout this course related to direction: