6 - Distances

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome to geography!

Mister De Graaf

Boss of Geography

This Lesson

ST discussion

Absolute & relative distances

Working with the scale

Coordinates

ST GeoSkills Discussion

Agreements:

Only a pencil on your table!

Got a question? Mark it on your test and see me afterwards

Time for some new information guys!

Distance: relative or absolute?

How far away is your home?

How far away is your home?

You can either answer in kilometers (absolute distance) or time (relative distance)

Absolute distance

The distance in meters or

kilometers.

Relative distance

The distance in minutes or

hours.

Absolute distance

The distance in meters or

kilometers.

Relative distance

The distance in minutes or

hours.

The (absolute) distance between

2 places measured in a straight

line is the distance as the crow

flies.

Absolute distance = distance measured in metres or kilometres

Scale 1: 200.000

Remove 5 zeroes

1 cm on the map is 2 km in real life

Excercise

What do you need?

- An atlas

- A protrector triangle or ruler

- Notebook

- A pen

If you're done!

Go to page 19

Calculate the real distance between the following places:

1. Rotterdam and Amsterdam

2. Rotterdam and Dordrecht

3. Two places of your choice (can be on different maps too!)

Write down your calculation as well!

Let's talk about coordinates!

Refresh memory on grid locations

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