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Intro to Cartograms

Intro to Cartograms. Using them to analyze consumption data. Review. Vocab: Check for foldable Actions Questions What is consumption? What is GDP? Per capita? Name a developed country and a developing country. What does technology have to do with development?

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Intro to Cartograms

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  1. Intro to Cartograms Using them to analyze consumption data

  2. Review • Vocab: • Check for foldable • Actions • Questions • What is consumption? • What is GDP? Per capita? • Name a developed country and a developing country. • What does technology have to do with development? • Why do some countries consume more than others?

  3. Cartograms • What is a cartogram? • A cartogram is a specialty map,sometimes drawn with straight lines, in which countries or regions are sized based on a set of data, such as population figures, rather than land mass. • The general shapes and relative locations of countries or regions are drawn similar to a regular map. • Remember the cartogram we have seen already in this chapter?

  4. Cool cartograms!

  5. Cool cartograms!

  6. Carbon atlas cartogram

  7. Cartograms from our chapter • Answer the following questions together as a group. • What data is your cartogram looking at? • Is yours per capita? What does that mean? • What countries are largest and what does that mean? • Why do you think these countries are so large? • What does each square represent on your cartogram? • Are there any surprises here? What did you expect or not expect?

  8. Edmodo work/fun  • Log in to edmodo and • FIRST: Answer the poll questions! • We are going to construct cartograms tomorrow based on this data! • SECOND: Complete your edmodo assignment • Open the “SHOW WORLD” weblink • Use the cartogram generator to answer the questions • MAKE SURE YOU SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT by clicking “Turn in” rather than reply. Do NOT type in the reply box.

  9. Our Team Cartogram Title: 6th Grade Boys in World Language, 2014 Map key includes: DuPont HR : Lundak HR: Miller HR: Brown HR: 1 sq= 1% of the class

  10. Data to map • Miller • Dark Hair: 70% • Light Hair:30% • Girl:40% • Boy:60% • Yes: 74% • No:26% • Lundak • Dark Hair: 50% • Light Hair:50% • Girl:50% • Boy:50% • Yes: 62% • No:38% • Brown • Dark Hair: 60% • Light Hair:40% • Girl:44% • Boy:56% • Yes: 75% • No:25% • DuPont • Dark Hair: 72% • Light Hair:28% • Girl:67% • Boy:33% • Yes: 70% • No:30%

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