Unit 1 of Geography: Geographic Tools. Introducing Physical Geography. Third Year of Secondary School. This unit was created in the School Year 2019-2020. It was designed in Valencia, for the IES Juan de Garay's students. Teacher: Pau Tobar.

1. UNIT 1: Geographic tools.
Introducing Physical Geography.
Contents:
- Types of maps and map contents.
- Types of charts.
- The great land masses: The continents.
- Landforms.
Teacher: Pau Tobar

2. GEOGRAPHIC TOOLS: Maps
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Definition: A map is a two dimensional representation of the Earth’s surface or part
of it.
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The are different types of maps:
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Physical maps: Representing physical elements (landforms, rivers,
seas…).
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Political maps: Showing cities and countries or regional borders. They
usually include seas and oceans.
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Topographical maps: Including information about physical and human
factors. They are represented in a large-scale and use contour lines.
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Thematic maps: Depicting information on a specific aspect (population,
climate,etc)

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7. MAP CONTENTS
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Title: It points the map’s topic.
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Orientation: Depicted by an arrow. The top is usually North.
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Scale: Proportion between the size of the map and the reality. A small scale
represents huge territories with fewer details, but a large scale represents smaller
territories with more details. They could be fractional scales or graphic scales.
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Key: Explains the set of symbols or colours used to represent information on
the map. It is usually depicted in a box on a square of the map.
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Geographic coordinates: Uses parallels and meridians to locate an exact
point on the Earth.

8. SCALE

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11. TAKE A LOOK!
Explore this geographic resource created by the Valencian government

12. GEOGRAPHIC TOOLS: CHARTS
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Definition: A sheet of information in the form of a table or a
graph
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Types of charts:
– Pie chart: proportion
– Bar chart: comparison
– Line chart: evolution

13. GO OVER!
Geographic coordinates

14. THE GREAT LAND MASSES.
THE CONTINENTS
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The Blue Planet: More than two-thirds of the Earth are covered by oceans. The
emerged lands form continents. There are six continents on the Earth, but in some
countries, North and South America are distinguished as different continents.

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16. LANDFORMS
Watch this video and, on the
drawing, identify some of the
landforms described.

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19. FIND OUT NEW LANDFORMS
ON INTERNET!

20. WORK IN GROUP:
USE GOOGLE EARTH!
Find examples of
the main landforms
on Google Earth.
Make a screenshot
and gather it in a
Google Drive folder.
Send me your work!

21. END OF UNIT 1: SEE YOU SOON!