Use of teaching aids in geography

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Teaching aids in Geography
S.G.Isave,
Asst. Professor,
Tilak College of
Education, Pune-India

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Map
•Graphic representation, drawn to scale
and usually on a flat surface, of features
—usually geographic, geologic, or
geopolitical—of an area of the Earth or
of any celestial body.
•Elements – title, subtitle, index,
direction, scale etc.

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Use of Physical Map
To show –
Location.
Landforms – mountains, plateau, plains,
depression etc.
Water bodies – Ocean, sea, rivers, lakes.
To explain the relation of climate and
physiography of a particular location.

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Use of Physical Map
To Explain –
Temperature
Rainfall
Winds
Human life
Vegetation

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Use of Political Map
To show –
Boundaries – local to international.
Villages, Cities and capitals.
Ways – railways, roadways, airways,
waterways.
Location

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Graph
Visual representation of a data set or a
mathematical equation, inequality, or
function to show relationships or
tendencies that these formulas can only
suggest symbolically and abstractly.

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Types of Graph
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Bar
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Pie Chart

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Use of Graph
 To show climatic data – temperature, rainfall,
humidity.
 To show demographic data – population
growth, birth rate, censuses, gender wise, age
wise etc.
 Production – crops, minerals, machineries etc
 Natural resources – trees, animals etc.
 To show changing or static data.

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Pie Chart
•A circular chart divided into triangular areas
proportional to the percentages of the whole.
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Use of Pie Chart

To show comparative proportion in a particular
area -
oNatural resources – soil, gas, land-water,
vegetation, animals, minerals etc.
oHuman occupation, production of things etc.
oDemographic features.

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Model
Miniature representation of something.
A hypothetical description of a complex entity
or process.
Small scale imitation of real and imaginary
things.

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Use of Model
Eclipses
Volcano
Movement of earth surface
Work of natural agents- wind, water etc.
Dam
Human settlement.

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Sample
•Small amount with same attributes.
•Use – Crop, soil, rock, food, instruments

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Television
•TV channels – Discovery, Nat Geo, Animal
Planet.
•Kids channels.
•Interactive channels.

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Movie
•Geographical Content in a Story. e.g.-
Volcano, Armageddon, Deep Impact, 2012
•Geographical Location, Physical Features,
Vegetation, Human Life etc. e.g.- Vertical
Limit(K-2), Don-new (Malaysia), Krrish
(Singapore), Lord of Rings (New Zeland),
Bond Movies (World), local Movies for
Local Geography.

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Computer
Off Line On Line

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Off line –
•Software – 3D quack, Stellarium, Simulation of
geographical phenomena, spreadsheet,
encyclopaedia etc.
•Educational CDs - Curriculum based,
knowledge based.
•CAI

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Online ( Internet )
•Geographical Web sites.
•Social Networking sites.
•Google earth, Google maps.
•You Tube Videos.
•Photo Sharing sites- panoramio, flicker, picasa
etc.
•Images, Articles, Documents, Graphs, Facts
and Figures

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