TIIGS Geography workshops, Bengaluru, 13 & 14 December 2014

GeoVidyaa Geography Centre – Bengaluru

A project of The Dharani Trust (Bengaluru) & Dharani USA (Chicago)

WHERE ON EARTH?LATITUDES AND LONGITUDES

13 December 2014

Salutations

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Even if it is a single syllable

That a teacher imparts to the pupil

There is no wealth in this world

With which the pupil may repay that debt

(Late) Sri B. Narasanna, MA, MEd.1920 – 1987Social Studies TeacherNational High SchoolBangalore

Dr. Surinder Mohan Bhardwaj, PhDEmeritus Professor of Geography

Kent State University (USA)

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Marking the Equator on the globe

On the lap: the 2-D grid developed

for “The Problem of the Wells”

Marking the 45ºN on the globe

On the lap: the 2-D grid developed

for “The Problem of the Wells”

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0º, 45ºN, and 45ºS all marked and

ready!

0º is being marked.

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Holding aloft Earth with selected latitudes and longitudes marked

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Parent and child learning together –

a powerful experience for both

Hugging our Earth

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Hugging our

Earth

GeoVidyaa Geography Centre – Bengaluru

A project of The Dharani Trust (Bengaluru) & Dharani USA (Chicago)

MAPPING OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

14 December 2014

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Our

geographers

mapping the

neighborhood

around Seva

House

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Our

geographers

mapping the

neighborhood

around Seva

House

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Our

geographers

mapping the

neighborhood

around Seva

House

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Our geographers mapping the

neighborhood around Seva House.

Parent and child participating together

– a very affirmative experience for

both, and for the presenter

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A map of the neighbourhood

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A map of the neighbourhood

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A map of the neighbourhood

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A map of the neighbourhood

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A map of the neighbourhood

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