Description |
1 online resource (144 p.) |
Contents |
Cover -- Book title -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1 Introduction to geographical skills -- 1.1 What are geographical skills? -- 1.2 What is geographical data? -- 1.3 How can I locate places on a physical atlas map? -- 1.4 How can I locate places on a political atlas map? -- 1.5 What scale of Ordnance Survey map should I use? -- 1.6 How can I locate features and symbols on OS maps? -- 1.7 How can I measure the distance and direction between two places on an OS map? -- 1.8 How do OS maps show height? -- 1.9 How can I use atlas maps and aerial photos with OS maps? |
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1.10 How do I use statistics and graphs, as a geographer? -- 1.11 How can I use qualitative data to investigate what Liverpool is like? -- 1.12 How can I use GIS as a geographer? -- 1.13 Carrying out fieldwork: How can I draw a fieldsketch? -- 1.14 Carrying out fieldwork: How can I investigate a locality? -- 2 Natural resources -- 2.1 How can I compare physical and geology atlas maps of the UK? -- 2.2 Enquiry skills: How can I conduct an enquiry about the Sirius project? Part 1 -- 2.3 Enquiry skills: How can I conduct an enquiry about the Sirius project? Part 2 -- 3 Economy |
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3.1 How can I draw pie charts to understand the economy? -- 3.2 How can I use geographical data to determine what the port of Liverpool is like? -- 3.3 How can I use geographical data to investigate tourism on the Isle of Purbeck? -- 4 Weather and climate -- 4.1 How can I use charts and satellites to predict the weather? -- 4.2 How can I use satellite images to track depressions? -- 4.3 How can I draw and interpret a climate graph? -- 5 Russia -- 5.1 How can I use an atlas map and GNSS to investigate Russia? Part 1 -- 5.2 How can I use an atlas map and GNSS to investigate Russia? Part 2 |
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5.3 How can I use a computer to draw graphs? -- 6 Rivers -- 6.1 How do I draw a cross-section of a river valley? -- 6.2 How do I identify river features on OS maps and aerial photos? -- 6.3 Enquiry skills: How can I conduct a geographical enquiry about a river flood? Part 1 -- 6.4 Enquiry skills: How can I conduct a geographical enquiry about a river flood? Part 2 -- 7 Development -- 7.1 How can I use choropleth maps and cartograms to investigate development patterns? -- 7.2 How can scatter graphs and Gapminder help me to understand development? -- 7.3 How can I develop a fact-based world view? |
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8 Population -- 8.1 How can I use dot maps and cartograms to investigate population patterns? -- 8.2 How can I use statistics, line graphs and a model to investigate population change? -- 8.3 How can I use population pyramids to investigate population structure? -- 8.4 How can I draw sketch maps from OS maps to investigate the site and situation of settlements? -- 9 Coasts -- 9.1 How can I identify coastal erosion landforms using photos, drone videos and OS maps? -- 9.2 How can I use photos, OS maps and sketch maps to identify the impact of geology on shaping a coast? |
Summary |
This book is designed to help students build up and apply geographical skills throughout KS3. A wide range of skills are introduced in Unit 1, and then revisited and progressed in different contexts in Units 2-15 as part of a learning journey to becoming a geographer. These skills are progressed as an integral component of an enquiry process. The book provides a firm foundation for the geographical skills required at GCSE level and beyond. A wide range of geographical data is provided including satellite images and a large number of OS maps at a variety of scales, often linked to other data, s |
Notes |
9.3 Enquiry skills: How can I use geographical data to make a decision about coastal management? |
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Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed June 14, 2022) |
Subject |
Geography -- Problems, exercises, etc. -- Juvenile literature
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SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography.
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Geography
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Genre/Form |
Juvenile works
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Problems and exercises
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
1510477608 |
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9781510477612 |
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1510477616 |
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9781510477605 |
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