Slide 1:Map Skills
Slide 2:What is a map? A map is a representation, usually on a flat surface, of the features of an area of the earth or a portion of the heavens, showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships according to some convention of representation.
Slide 3:A map is a representation,
A map is a drawing or model
usually on a flat surface,
of a round Earth on a flat surface,
of the features of an area of the earth
that shows the landforms (mountains, rivers, etc.)
or a portion of the heavens,
or part of the sky in a particular region,
showing them in their respective forms, sizes, and relationships
drawn to scale
according to some convention of representation.
using an accepted form of drawing or model.
Slide 4:Types of Maps There are three basic types of maps:
PHYSICAL
POLITICAL
and
THEMATIC.
Slide 5:Physical Maps Physical maps show the natural features of the Earth.
Physical maps do not contain man made features.
For example, a physical map would be a map of what you would see if you were looking down on Earth from space.
Slide 6:When you look at this map, what do you see?
Slide 7:Political Maps
Slide 8:Political Maps
Slide 9:Thematic Maps Thematic maps can represent a variety of information including things like climate, precipitation, vegetation, elevation, population, life expectancy, etc.
Thematic maps are generally used when you are looking at a single piece of information.
Slide 11:Creating a Thematic Map You are now going to create a thematic map.
You will now choose the information you will represent on your thematic map. You may choose to take a poll of favorite subjects, types of music, sports, birth months, etc. Choose something you are interested in learning about.
BE CREATIVE!
Slide 12:The classroom is set up in the following manner…
Slide 13:Now choose what you want to know… I would like to know which pizza toppings students prefer to eat from the following list:
Pepperoni, Hamburger, Cheese, or Sausage.
I will now ask the students to choose from this list of toppings and record the results.
Slide 14:Now you must choose a way to represent the information you have gathered. I have chosen to use different colors so that we may see the distribution of topping preferences.
Slide 15:For example, the thematic map of my classroom may look like this…
Slide 16:According to this thematic map of the classroom, which pizza topping is the most popular?
Slide 17:Map Components Title
Grid
Compass
Key or Legend
Scale
Slide 23:To help us review basic geographic terms that are used to create grids, we will play a game called GEOrobics.
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