Helping Students Interpret Earth and People Through

GeographyPresented by

Angela AvilaAndrea GrinageAndrea Arthurs

Ardette McFadzen

Enable audience to comprehend what geography encompass.

Applying positive personal experience in learning and delivering of concepts about geography.

Connect Geography across subject areas and daily activities and environment.

Identify and locate resources for teaching Geography

Recognize the impact and move towards technology in the learning process.

Objectives

What is geography?

Geography is the study of earths’ landscape, people, places and

environment.

The exact place on earth that an object, person, place or thing is.

What is geographical location?

The places and communities in which we live and work Our natural environments and the pressures they face The interconnectedness of the world and our

communities within it How and why the world is changing, globally and

locally How our individual and societal

actions contribute to those changes The choices that exist in managing our world for the

future The importance of location in business and decision-

making

Geography informs us about:

Formerly British Honduras Population: 314, 522 (July 2010 estimate) Capital: Belmopan Divided into 6 Districts Bordering Countries: Guatemala and

Mexico and also the Caribbean Sea Land Area: 8, 867 square miles

(22, 966 sq km) Coastline: 320 miles (516 km) Highest Point: Doyle’s Delight at

3,805 feet (1, 160 m)

http:// geography.about.com/od/belizemaps/a/belizegeography.htm

Size, Population, Borders, Belize in the Region

Subtropical, tempered by trade wind Coastal district 10C (50F) to about

35.6C(96F) Rainfall 1.295 milliliter in north to 4,445

milliliter in the extreme south Dry season extends from February to

May, sometime a dry spell in August

http://www.belize.gov.bz/ct.asp?xItem=720&CtNode=576&mp=27

Weather, Climate, Water, Wind

Northern Low Land Maya Mountain Coastal Zone Southern Low Land

Landscape of Belize

http://www.nwcaribbean.net/BelizeMap01.html

Hemisphere Continents Oceans in the World

Belize in the World

Caribbean Country

Guyana

Map of Guyana

Coordinates: 5N 59 W Area

Total: 214,970 sq km Land: 196,850 sq km Water: 18, 120 sq km

Boundaries Brazil: 1,119 km Suriname: 600 km Venezuela: 743 km Coastline : 459 km (Caribbean Sea)

Geography

Got independence since 1966 Population in 1990 was 690,000 Total area is 214,969 square

kilometres/ 82, 999 square miles Capital city is Georgetown Most important industries are

bauxite, sugar, rice, cattle, manufacturing, forest products, gold.

Fact about Guyana

territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the outer edge of the continental margin

Maritime claims:

Climate

tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to mid-August, mid-November to mid-January)

Terrain:

mostly rolling highlands; low coastal plain; savannah in south

Elevation extremes: lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m

highest point: Mount Roraima 2,835 m

Location Place Relationships Movement Region

Five Themes of Geography

Element 1: The World in Spatial Terms

Element 2: Places and Regions Element 3: Physical Systems Element 4: Human Systems Element 5: Environment and Society Element 6: The Uses of Geography

Education Standards and Elements of Geography

Paper and Pencils Photographs, documents, maps and

charts School environment Natural resources Government and NGOs Workers in the private sector Technology

Resources for Teaching Geography

Types of space that children learn

Topological/topographical Projective Space Euclidian

Research on Map and Globe Skills

Reading a map or globe requires knowledge of the following:

Shape and Pattern Symbols Directions Distance Grid

Helping Students Learn and Use Map and Globe Skills

Grids Longitude Latitude Scales Tropics Plates

Mapping

Creating own maps Using map as a review Use of Google Map Creating grids in classroom Interaction with globes and maps Use of puzzles in creating patterns

and shapes for locations Use of string to measure distance

Methodology

Locate Belize or given countries on a blank map of the world and insert names and boundary lines. Predict climate and time changes and their effects.

Identify how landforms, water bodies and vegetation can be changed by revolution and the structure of the earth location of landmass and water bodies in relation to the regions where plate meets.

Suggested Assessment Strategies

Geographically literate citizens are aware of : What is happening in the world Why it is happening How it affects others and themselves

worldwide

Conclusion

P. Liz. (2010). Primary social studies: Connecting

countries. Oxford: Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

A. Lisel. (1996). Coastal treasures of belize.

Belize: Angelus Press Ltd.

P. Clara.(1996). Caribbean social studies. Hong Kong: Macmillan Education Ltd.

References