DO NOW: VOCABULARY NOTES First: Take out a sheet of lined paper
and copy down the following table. Second: Then complete the I say
box TermThe Book Says:I Say: LocationPosition of a particular point
on the surface of the earth. AccessibilityA measure of how easy it
is to get somewhere GeographicHaving to do with places and the
relationships between people and their environments Geographic
Information System (GIS) Any system for capturing, storing,
checking, and displaying data related to positions on the Earths
surface.
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UNIT ESSENTIAL QUESTION How can mapped data be used to identify
and analyze geographic patterns?
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WHAT IS THE NATURE OF MAPPED DATA? Mapped Data = Data +
geographic position on the earths surface
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WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE? Bad EgGood Eg Knowing that two-thirds of a
population in an area has a high school diploma and one-third do
not Why? Data Sets No Geographic data Knowing that two-thirds of a
population in an area has a high school diploma and one-third do
not AND knowing where each person with or without a high- school
diploma is located Why? Data Sets Geographic data
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WHAT ARE SOME OTHER EXAMPLES OF MAPPED DATA? Data SetGeographic
Position A list of restaurants that deliver food A list of doctors
in Wilmington A list of high schools and middle schools in
Christina School District The address of each restaurant
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EXAMINING A THEMATIC MAP Are there more black dots or more
white dots? How many neighborhoods are there? What patterns do you
see? List the neighborhoods that have more black dots. List the
neighborhoods that have more white dots. Why do you think this
is?
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HOW DOES THE COMPARISON OF THEMATIC MAPS RELATE TO GIS?
Comparing analysis of Thematic Maps is the basis of GIS (Geographic
information Systems) What might we learn from comparing our
Thematic Map of Education to a Thematic Map of Income? What might
we learn from comparing our Thematic Map of Education to a Thematic
Map of Age? Prediction: What relationship do you expect to see
between income and education?
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WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INCOME AND EDUCATION?
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WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND AGE?
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ASSIGNMENT OBJECTIVES SWBAT to organize data into categories
and then use those data categories to produce a thematic map. SWBAT
analyze a thematic map.
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DATA TO MAPS: WE NEED A DOCTOR! Lesson 1 Assignment
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DO NOW: TermThe Book Says:I Say: Thematic Map Population Map
Map Layer Geographic Information System (GIS) Any system for
capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data related to
positions on the Earths surface.
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JUNE BUGS Read article June Bugs Looking for Summer Fun and
answer the following questions in your notes: 1. Who are the main
characters? 2. Which characters get sick? 3. What is the problem
that Alex and Chris must solve?
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CAN I GET A DOCTOR? Pretend you are Alex check the yellow pages
for doctors and list 10 you feel will be most likely to help your
friends and give a reason why you chose those doctors (create a
list like the one below in your notes) Doc PickWhy Chosen 1. 2. .
10.
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CAN I GET A DOCTOR? Read June Bugs Looking for the Way
Highlight the ones you had in common Which doctor is their best
choice? Based on type of doctor, put them in priority order Plot
the location on the map Create a new priority list and this time
put the doctors in geographic order Take into consideration roads,
congestion, transportation available, etc. Be sure to provide an
EXPLANATION of why you put them in that order
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CAN I GET A DOCTOR? Look at your two lists of doctors Priority
based on type of doctor Priority based on location/accessibility
Create a final list of doctors Chris should contact in priority
order, with reasons why
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MAPPING DATA Read the handout FYE Mapping Data List data that
cannot be mapped List data that can be mapped Looking at your first
list, what information would you need to make it mapable?
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COMPLEMENTARITY Complementarity the mutual exchange of people
or goods among places usually occurs over the shortest possible
distance
