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Geography is the study of the Earth's physical features and their impact on humans, encompassing concepts such as place, space, environment, interconnection, scale, change, and sustainability. Geographic skills include observing, questioning, planning, collecting and analyzing data, and effectively communicating findings. Tools like topographic maps, digital terrain models, and GIS are essential for representing and analyzing geographical information.

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Geography is the study of the Earth's physical features and their impact on humans, encompassing concepts such as place, space, environment, interconnection, scale, change, and sustainability. Geographic skills include observing, questioning, planning, collecting and analyzing data, and effectively communicating findings. Tools like topographic maps, digital terrain models, and GIS are essential for representing and analyzing geographical information.

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What is Geography, concepts of Geography and Geographic skills.

Oxford
Big ideas pages 4 to 25.

WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?

Geography is the study of physical features of the earth and how they affect
the humans.

CONCEPTS OF GEOGRAPHY

-PLACE: it’s a part of the earth surface that is identified and given meaning
by people. Places aren’t defined by its size, It can be a whole continent or a
corner of your house, it’s a place where you live and spend a lot of time in.

Places can be natural or built. Everyone’s life is influenced by place, it can


determinate our relationships. The way we live are influenced by the
environment and social qualities, all based by place. Geographers use this
concept when they investigate what a place is like and conducting any
geographical inquiry

-SPACE: the way things are arranged on the earth and how people change
and use the spaces they live in, and to look for patterns they use three
elements:

Location: were things are located on the earths surface

Organization: how and why things are arranged and managed in the earths
surface

Spatial distribution: the shapes and patterns in which things are arranged on
earth.

- ENVIROMENTS: The non-living and living components and elements


that make up an area and how they organize in the system.
Geographers also study: The ways in which different groups of people
perceive and use the natural environment, The way people change the
environment and how the changes can be managed, The impact of
environmental hazards on people and how they can be reduced.
- Our planet is made of different environments, The natural one like:
desserts, grasslands, mountains, reefs, forest, etc. The natural
environment gives us the basics like food, water and air.
- Other environments have been changed by humans like cities, towns,
etc,
- Researching the environment allows geographers to see how people
can best interconnect, identify potential risks and understand and
appreciate the environment
- INTERCONNCECTION: Used to understand the connection between
people and places. They can be local or global level
- SCALE: used to guide geographical inquiries, geographer study things
that take place on many different levels like small or large areas.
- CHANGE: helps us understand what is happening around us and too
see the world dynamic, its both time and space. For example global
warming
- SUSTABILITY: the ongoing capacity of earth to maintain life, This means
developing ways to ensure the earths resources
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GEOGRAPICH SKILLS

Observing, questioning and planning

Develop geographically significant questions

Plan inquires that apply appropriate geographical methodologies and


concepts

Collecting, recording, evaluating and representing

Collect and organize data from primary and secondary sources

Evaluate sources for reliability, bias and usefulness

Represent multi-variable data using diagrams, maps, tables, etc.

Construct special-purpose maps.

Interpreting, analyzing and concluding

Evaluate multi-variable data using qualitive and quantitative methods

Identify patterns, trends and anomalies to predict outcomes

Apply geographical concepts to synthesize info from various sources


Identify how GIS can be used to analize data

Communicating

Present findings using appropriate communication forms

Select methods suitable for audience and porpuse

Use relevant geographical terminology and digital technologies

Reflecting and responding

Evaluate findings to purpose responses to geographical challenges

Consider environmental, economic, and social factors in proposal

Predicts possible consequences of solutions

TOPOGRAPICH MAPS

They are maps that show height of the land above the sea level using
contour lines

EVALUATING AND REPRESENTING

Digital maps terrain models: satellites senf info to computers on the ground
and they use that info to draw terraine of the land

CARTOGRAMS: they are maps that have areas that appear thiner or more
enlarge, depending on what they are showing
GRAPHS

Bar graphs:

Line graphs

Pie graphs

CLIMATE GRAPHS: use a combination of line and bar graphs for temperature
and bar graph for rain
COMPUND COLUMN GRAPH: each column or bar is split in too section. The
results are then stalked on top of each other in different columns so the
results can be easily compared

GIS

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer system that manages,


analyzes, and displays data related to locations on Earth. GIS integrates
location data with other types of information to create maps, charts, and
reports.

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