UniServe Science Geography Table of Contents

8.1.3 Geographical Tools and Skills
Interpreting maps Analysing graphs and statistics
Interpreting photographs Conducting fieldwork

Interpreting maps

The Ice Storm 1998: Maps and Facts Activity
http://www.statcan.ca/english/kits/storm.htm

Fabulous facts about Australia from Geoscience Australia
http://www.auslig.gov.au/facts/

Making maps easy to read
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/maps/

Topographic Mapping from US Geological Survey
http://mac.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/topo/topo.html

Topographic Map Symbols from US Geological Survey
http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/booklets/symbols/index.html

Thematic Classification: Choropleth Mapping from Curtin University of Technology
http://www.cage.curtin.edu.au/leap/virtu-o-modules/virtu-o-classify/01_ThematicClassificationIntro/01_ThematicClassificationIntro.html
If you decide to use this site with your students please inform the Curtin University GIScience Programs Coordinator at B.Veenendaal@curtin.edu.au

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Analysing graphs and statistics

Graphs from School of Biological Science, The University of New South Wales
http://www.science.unsw.edu.au/school/teacher/graphs1.html
The PDF document available from this page is a tremendous resource. The examples are from biology but the information is applicable to all disciplines.

IDB Population pyramids from U.S. Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbpyr.html
This page allows you to obtain population pyramids (graphs that show the distribution of population by age and sex) for a country.

Australia's population - Census 2001 results from Jacaranda Atlas
http://www.jaconline.com.au/atlases/jacatlas5e/worksheets/JA5Wksheet0056.pdf

Curriculum resources keydata education toolkit: Australia's aging population from Australian Bureau of Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3310116.NSF/85255e31005a1918852556c2005508d8/2908d1611ede63dbca2566150081b263/$FILE/Australia's%20Ageing%20Population.pdf

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Interpreting photographs

The Southeastern Ecological Framework Project by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center
http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/epa/

Incorporating a GIS model of ecological need into fire management ...
http://www.nps.gov/seki/fire/pdf/jfsp.pdf

Interpreting Satellite Images from NASA
http://imagers.gsfc.nasa.gov/teachersite/RS5.htm

Image processing online from Geoscience Australia
http://www.agso.gov.au/map/tweed_heads/

Satellite Images from the Bureau of Meteorology
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/satellite/

City Quest from Geoscience Australia
http://www.auslig.gov.au/facts/capital/capgame.htm

Landforms from space from Geoscience Australia
http://www.auslig.gov.au/facts/landforms/landf.htm

Exploring the environment: modules and activities from Wheeling Jesuit University/NASA Classroom of the Future
http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/modules.html
Each of the modules contains information or activities that relate to the interpretation of satellite images. Software for viewing the satellite images is downloadable and free.

Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images from US Geological Survey
http://mac.usgs.gov/mac/isb/pubs/booklets/aerial/aerial.html

Understanding Color-Infrared Photographs and False-Color Composites from US Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/understanding_color-infrared_photographs/understanding.html

Reading Satellite Images from Discovery.com
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/satelliteimages/

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Conducting fieldwork

Field trips for schools from the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines
http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/education/community/fieldtripsforschools.html

The seven wonders of the ancient world
http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/

Point Reyes Peninsula and Vicinity: Ecosystem Field Trip
http://www.sfsu.edu/~geog/bholzman/ptreyes/Welcome.htm

Boulder Creek: A virtual field study
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/COGA/geogweb/bouldercreek-2/index.html

An Amazon adventure
http://jajhs.kana.k12.wv.us/amazon/

Jurassic Reef Park
http://www.palaeo.de/edu/JRP/

Virtual Online Fieldwork: Spatial Sampling from Curtin University of Technology
http://www.cage.curtin.edu.au/leap/virtu-o-modules/virtu-o-field/1_SpatialSampling/1_SpatialSampling.html
If you decide to use this site with your students please inform the Curtin University GIScience Programs Coordinator at B.Veenendaal@curtin.edu.au

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