Somerset Geography Conference

Look at it this WayTeaching about Landscapes

http://livinggeography.blogspot.com

Alan Parkinson

http://www.flickr.com/photos/geographypages/

Image: Flickr user earthwatcher

The British / English / Scottish / Somerset Landscape

GA Toolkit BookChoice of landscapesWhere does landscape feature ?

Scottish National 4 and 5

One of the first things that children learn

how to do is to tell stories.....

Locations for stories...

LiteracyGeography

Writing the earth

Courtesy: Learning Teaching Scotland

Language of Landscapes

The Map that came to Lifehttp://www.fulltable.com/vts/aoi/l/lampitt/map.htm

Stamps : First Class Landscapeshttp://pinterest.com/geoblogs/stamps-a-z

“Socially constructed”

Topophilia“love of place”

Recipe for the English Landscape

I’ll collect them in at the end and create a recipe book and post

online…

Human impact on the landscape

Footdee or ‘Fittie’

Changing Landscapes

Electric Forest

“Age of Plastic”

Image: FLICKR user: ncr23 – Creative Commons licensed

Chris Jordan’s images – visualising the scale of consumption

http://www.chrisjordan.com/

Artwork depicts 2.4 million pieces of plastic, equal to the estimated number of pounds of

plastic pollution that enter the world's oceans every hour. All of the plastic in this image was

collected from the Pacific Ocean.

Image by Flickr user Bu Yousef

Landscape in a Box

Geography Pods

Matt Podbury

http://www.geographypods.com/landscape-in-a-box.html

Landscape on the BodyI know this place like the back of my hand

• Tattoo Maps

Tourist LandscapesGoogle World Wonders

http://www.google.com/intl/en/culturalinstitute/worldwonders

Brave Geography

http://www.visitscotland.com/brave/

Images: Copyright Disney/Pixar and used in educational context….

TourismCulture

Landscape(Re)Branding

“free from drug-abuse and midges”

“There is not a stream or a

rock that doesn’t have its

own story”

“You can’t escape the grandeur and beauty of Scotland. It’s so wild and rough. You don’t find

anywhere else on earth that has mountains like that. All the lochs and the trenches are so rugged

it evokes the mysteries and legends that have come out of Scottish culture. The grey, cool mist

mixes in with the russet mountains. The variation of landscape and ecosystems makes everything

feel very touchable, everything has texture”.Mark Andrews, Director

BRAVE

Mapping

http://www.adventuresbydisney.com/europe/scotland-vacations/

CONTEXT

Using Digimap – identify a location suitable for a tour…..

Choose from:• A castle• A circle of standing stones• A stunning landscape with a view to matchIdentify:• The method of arrival / transport• An activity that will be done there• A place to stay / eat / have a comfort break…

Images from Geograph… http://www.geograph.org.uk/

iD badgeshttp://bighugelabs.com/badge.php

Landscape in the Curriculum

• Which landscapes should feature ?• Which landscapes would you include if you

had a free choice ?

Exploring the Landscape

ExploreExperienceExpertise