1. Course Overview EdSc 143- Elements of Geography (3 hours lecture/week) Deals with man and his habitat. This includes the use of the world atlas, map reading and interpretation, study of the physical elements of geography and the cultural aspects of geography. Jun Karren V. Caparoso Department of Science and Mathematics Education College of Education MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology

3. Geography is a very diverse subject that includes studies of human behaviour and the physical environment. It is also a discipline that embraces a very diverse range of philosophical approaches to knowledge. What is Geography?

4. The study of spatial variation How – and why – things differ from place to place on the surface of the earth The study of how observable spatial patterns evolved through time What is Geography?

5. Geography is a spatial science Spatial behavior of people Spatial relationships between places Spatial processes that create or maintain those behaviors and relationships What is Geography?

6. Spatial variation: predominant religion

7. Why spatial variation exists: earthquakes

8. Changes over time: deforestation

9. Five fundamental themes of geography 1) Location: the meaning of relative and absolute position on the earth's surface Sample terms: Latitude and longitude, site and situation, direction, distance, scale Skills: Map reading, identification Questions: Where is ____? Where is ____ relative to where I am?

10. 2) Place: the distinctive and distinguishing physical and human characteristics of locales Sample terms: Physical and cultural landscapes, sense of place Skills: Description, compare and contrast Questions: What does ____ look like? Why? How is it different from ____? Five fundamental themes of geography

11. 3) Relationships within places: the development and consequences of human- environment relationships Sample terms: Ecosystems, natural resources, environmental pollution Skills: Evaluation, analysis Questions: What human-environment relationships are occurring? How do they affect the place and its inhabitants? Five fundamental themes of geography

12. 4) Movement: patterns and change in human spatial interaction on the earth Sample terms: Migration, diffusion, globalization Skills: Explanation, prediction Questions: How has this spatial pattern developed? Will it continue to change? What does it mean for the places involved? Five fundamental themes of geography

13. 5) Regions: how they form and change Sample terms: Formal vs. functional regions Skills: Synthesis, application Questions: How has this spatial pattern developed? Will it continue to change? What does it mean for the places involved? Five fundamental themes of geography

14. Where were you born? Where do you live? Where’s the most beautiful place you’ve ever been? Sharing

15. 1.Physical Geography  explains the spatial characteristics of the various natural phenomena associated with the Earth's hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere. 2. Human Geography/Cultural Geography  combines economic and cultural geography to explore the relationships between humans and their natural environment, and to track the broad social patterns that shape human societies. Divisions of Geography

16. study of Earth's atmosphere (meteorology and climatology), animal and plant life (biogeography), physical landscape (geomorphology), soils (pedology), and waters (hydrology). Physical geography's primary subdisplines

17. Human society and culture (social and cultural geography), behavior (behavioural geography), economics (economic geography), politics (political geography), and urban systems (urban geography). Human geography's primary subdisplines

18. Major subdisciplines of physical and human geography.

19. Physical Geography Human Geography Rocks and Minerals Population Landforms Settlements Soils Economic Activities Animals Transportation Plants Recreational Activities Water Religion Atmosphere Political Systems Rivers and Other Water Bodies Social Traditions Environment Human Migration Climate and Weather Agricultural Systems Oceans Urban Systems Some Elements of Geography