Using Geograph in S1 Study of Land Use Zones
Resources: Summary Booklet, S1&2 Geography, acess to laptops (Plan A) or to digital projector (Plan B)
Aim: To recognise and describe the characteristics of Glasgow’s land use zones;
to develop familiarity with Geograph as tool for searching for geographical images.
Background We have learned that Glasgow has four main land use zones:#
1. Central Business District
2 Inner City
3. Inner Suburbs
4. Outer Suburbs
We have made a land use map that shows the location of land use zones in Glasgow. This map should be pasted into your jotter.
Purpose: What we want to do is to LINK your map with some images of Glasgow.
Exposition: You are going to compare the descriptions of land use on pages 6 and 7 of your Summary Booklet with a selection of photographs on the photoshare website Geograph.
Tasks
Bring up Geograph home page. It should say “Welcome to Geograph”
In your jotter, put the heading Geograph exercise
Have your summary booklet open at page 6.
1. Copy out the definition of Geograph
2. Put the sub-heading, Geograph images of Grid Squares in Glasgow
Now click on this link here to get a map of Glasgow.
You will see that each grid square on the map has a small purple circle; Click on the map to bring up more details about that particular grid square.
Spend some time getting used to this feature-click on various squares around Glasgow. You will see that some have more photos than others. Notice that every grid square in Glasgow starts with the 2 letter code NS.
Now select two photos that you feel BEST represent the features of each of Glasgow’s four land use zones, ie two for the CBD, two for the outer suburbs, etc-8 in total.
Write out your results as follows:
Zone: CBD
1 Grid Square: NS____ <Title> by <photographer>
Featuresof the CBD that are shown in this photograph are …………………………………………
Repeat this for the other 7 photographs.
