Skills in geography
Kleeman, Grant2017
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This practical geography book for secondary school students in years 7 to 10, will help introduce and develop fundamental geography skills. It combines topographical maps along with supporting explanatory text plus exercises to enable school students to understand the topic of geography in both an Australian and a Global context.
Main title:
Skills in geography / by Grant Kleeman.
Author:
Edition:
Second edition.
Imprint:
Port Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2017.©2017.
Collation:
178 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 36 cm.
Audience:
Interest grade level: Secondary.
Contents:
Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- Section 1: Key skills in geography -- Maps -- Scale -- Locating places -- Direction, bearings and quadrants -- Relief -- Digital maps -- Interpreting topgraphic maps -- Photographs -- Field sketches, line drawings and sketch maps -- Climate graphs and weather maps -- Graphs -- Specialist maps -- Section 2: Key themes in geography: Landscapes and landforms -- Place and liveability -- Water and world -- Interconnections -- Sustainable biomes -- Changing places -- Environmental change and management -- Human wellbeing -- Section 3: Australia -- Section 4: New Zealand -- Section 5: South America -- Section 6: United Kingdom -- Section 7: North America.
ISBN:
9781108264785 (paperback)
Dewey class:
910
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
347904
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 910 SKI | Available |