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Friday, August 30, 2013

4,5. Friday, August 30, 2013. The Plan: Warm Up: Answer and write the following question in your notebook (GUESS!): “ In what way are the majority of NFL football fields geographic (and Woodforest Stadium, but not quite CPHS’ football field)?”

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Friday, August 30, 2013

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  1. 4,5 Friday, August 30, 2013 The Plan: Warm Up: Answer and write the following question in your notebook (GUESS!): “In what way are the majority of NFL football fields geographic (and Woodforest Stadium, but not quite CPHS’ football field)?” 2. Continue and Complete our Map Skills Notes from Yesterday

  2. Geography Map Skills • Connection Question: How do maps help Geographers represent geographic information?

  3. What is the difference between a map and a globe?

  4. Map - a symbolic representation on a flat piece of paper. Maps are flat, two-dimensional representations of space. • Globe - a scale model of the earth Geographic Space NOT Outer space

  5. Today you will learn: • Be able to identify parts of a map • Be able to identify longitude and latitude and use them to tell you where things are located • Know latitude separates north and south • Know longitude marks east and west • Know the equator • Know the prime meridian

  6. What are the lines on the globe (grid system) called?

  7. Latitude - runs E to W; measures N & S • lines of latitude are also called _________ • degrees of latitude: show the distance from the equator, from 1 degree to 90 degrees. • major lines of latitude: • Longitude - runs N to S; measures E & W • lines of longitude are also called meridians • degrees of longitude Going East or West from the Prime Meridian, increase from 1 degree to 180 degrees either East or West (360° in total) • major line of longitude: THE PRIME MERIDIAN! ZERO DEGREES LONGITUDE parallels

  8. Reading a Map • Four Main Elements found on a map: • Title • Key/Legend • Compass Rose • Scale

  9. Map Projections

  10. Distortion & Properties • “All maps lie flat, and all flat maps lie” • Four main map properties • Shape - shapes of the objects on the map • Size - amount of space taken up by landforms • Distance - represented distance between objects • Direction - degree of accuracy representing the directions (cardinal and intermediate)

  11. Robinson Projection • Slightly distorts all 4 properties

  12. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8zBC2dvERM Mercator Projection • Accurately shows shapes, but distorts size (don’t forget to show video!)

  13. Peters Projection • Accurately shows size but distorts shape

  14. Pretending the human head is a globe, approximate what a head would look like projected like a map. Maybe draw your map self portrait!

  15. Map Scale • The larger the space being represented, the smaller the scale. • So which has a larger scale...a map of the world or a map of The Woodlands, TX?

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