Introduction and Skills

CORNFLAKE
What is it? Where is it? And why is it there?

TEABAG
FOAM FROM SOAP
BRAINSTORM
What is
geography?
COMPASS POINTS
What do you need to know about geography?
What are you worried about in geography? What excites you about geography?
What suggestions do you have for moving forward?

NOW…
 Read pages 1-2 of the booklet

EQUIPMENT
GEOGRAPHY
SYDNEY BOYS HIGH SCHOOL
STANDARD EQUIPMENT
 Blue or black pen

 Pencil
 Eraser
 Sharpener
 Ruler
 Highlighter
 Exercise book
 Folder
 Etc.
GEOGRAPHICAL EQUIPMENT
 Board-approved calculator
 Pair of dividers
 Pair of compasses
 Protractor
 Coloured pencils and/or coloured
felt pens
 (Optional) A hand-held magnifying
glass
 (Optional) A piece of string or thread
for measuring
 Protractor
felt pens
glass
for measuring
 Protractor
felt pens
glass
for measuring
 Protractor
felt pens
glass
for measuring
 Protractor
felt pens
glass
for measuring
 Protractor
felt pens
glass
for measuring
 Protractor
felt pens
 (Optional) A hand-held
magnifying glass
for measuring
 Protractor
felt pens
glass
 (Optional) A piece of string or
thread for measuring
 Board-approved calculator
 Pair of dividers
 Pair of compasses
 Protractor
 Coloured pencils and/or coloured felt pens
 (Optional) A hand-held magnifying glass
 (Optional) A piece of string or thread for measuring
LESSON 1: MAPS
NOW…
 Read pages 6-8 in the booklet.

PHYSICAL MAP
Shows the land and

water features of a
region.
Has colours that make
natural patterns stand
out.
Colours can represent
types of vegetation,
mountains or natural
features.
Include some political
information, such as
boundaries.
POLITICAL MAP
Shows the
political divisions
within a specific
area or region.
Usually coloured
by country or
state.
Symbols make it
easy to tell
capitals from other
cities.
Contain names of
certain physical
features, e.g. rivers
and lakes.
THEMATIC MAP
Focuses on
specific
information
within a
region such
as political,
economic or
social
activities.
CLIMATE MAP
The climate of a
place is the
average weather it
has season after
season, year after
year.
Main information
is rainfall and
temperature.
Climate is
affected by
elevation, distance
from the ocean
and latitude.
CARTOGRAM
Used to show
information
on a nation
based on data
instead of the
size of the
country.
FLOW LINE MAP
Used to
show
movement of
people,
goods, ideas,
animals,
religions,
etc.
TOPOGRAPHIC MAP
Used to show
different
elevations of a
region or area.
Represents a small
area with a lot of
detail.
Shows elevation
with contour lines,
natural and man-
made features.
CHOROPLETH MAPS
Use different
shades of the
same colour to
indicate the
average values
of a particular
quantity in a
given area.
HOW TO
USE MAPS
LESSON 2: BOLTSS
BORDER, ORIENTATION, LEGEND, TITLE, SCALE, SOURCE
WHAT ARE THE FEATURES OF MAPS?
Border
Orientation:
Shows
direction
on a map
Legend:
Explains the
symbols used
to represent
features or
objects
Title:
Names the
place a map
is representing
Scale:
The relationship
between a unit
of length on a
map and the
corresponding
length over
ground
LESSON 3: SCALE AND DISTANCE
SCALE
 Scale describes the relationship between the size of an object in real-life

compared to the size of an object on a map.
 Scale can be shown in three ways:
Linear scale –
Sentence – One centimetre represents half a kilometre
Ratio – 1:50,000
SCALE
 The most common scale is 1:100,000

 This means that 1cm represents 100,000cm
OR 1000m
OR 1km
 This means that if you measure 4cm on the map it will represent 4km
DISTANCE
 Once we can interpret the scale of a map, the next step is to measure the distance
between two points using the scale.
 Use paper or a ruler to measure straight distances
 Use string to measure curved distances around a river or road.
Fast tip: To measure the
distance between points
a
1. Use a paper and ruler to
measure the distance on
map
b 2. Use the scale to get the
precise distance if it was
in real-life.
NOW…
 Complete activities in the workbook on orientation and scale/distance (page 9-

14)
NOW…
 Students create their own maps using the elements of BOLTSS of school
mapping activity (Page 15-16) OR Treasure Map (page 17)

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CORNFLAKE

What is it? Where is it? And why is it there?

What do you need to know about geography?

What suggestions do you have for moving forward?

 Read pages 1-2 of the booklet

 Blue or black pen

 Read pages 6-8 in the booklet.

Shows the land and

 Scale describes the relationship between the size of an object in real-life

 Scale can be shown in three ways:

 The most common scale is 1:100,000

 Complete activities in the workbook on orientation and scale/distance (page 9-

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