Grade 7 Environment Through Photographs Geography Presentation

1. Environment Through
Photographs
Why do people take
photographs?

2. A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND
WORDS…..

5. Geographers use photographs to help
understand human and physical features.
• Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada

6. Why Photographs Are Important
Sources of Information
• Help us visual if we’ve never seen it

7. Why Photographs Are Important
Record Changes
• Showing changes in growth and changes in human activity
• i.e. Jurong Industrial Estate

8. Why Photographs Are Important
A tool for studying the
environment
• Used to study occurrences on Earth
• i.e. forest fires

9. Come up with 5 questions about the
picture below.

10. Different Types of Photographs
Landscape
• Taken at ground level showing main feature
• Used to study a feature in detail

11. Different Types of Photographs
Aerial
• Taken from a height
(airplane, tall building)
• Gives bird’s eye view
• Helps us to estimate the
size of a feature or area

12. Different Types of Photographs
Satellite
• Show a large area of earth’s
surface
• Useful for studying changes in
the environment
• Recorded in “real time”
– We can see the photo within
minutes after it’s taken
• i.e. meteorologist use to look
for tropical storms
• Why is it important to use
satellite images to monitor
environment changes?

13. Workbook Page 29-30

17. BRING IN A PHOTO THAT SHOWS
AN INTERRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

18. How to Read & Interpret Photographs
Step 1: Divide into 3 sections
• Divide the photo into the
foreground, the middle
ground, and the background
to help read the photo
easier

19. How to Read & Interpret Photographs
Step 2: I.D. and describe the physical and
human features
• Identify the main feature in
the photo and state where it’s
located
• If it’s a main feature we can
I.D. it right away
• If it’s an area of land we need
to first identify the features
(physical? human?)

20. How to Read & Interpret Photographs
Step 3: Draw Geographical
Conclusions
• Use the info from the photo to
describe the interrelationship
between people and the
environment
• Does the photo show a
physical/human
environment?
• How does the environment
affect people?
• How have people changed
the environment?

21. Got your photo?
• Using your photograph write down 4-6
sentences describing what you see.
• Describe the interrelationship between people
and the environment
• Now, exchange your photograph with a
classmate and interpret their photograph.
• Compare your interpretations. What have you
learned from your classmate’s interpretations?
Did they say the same thing as you or was it
different? In what way?

22. PAGE 31,33-36