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Photo Gallery - Activities

Here you'll find some activities, tips and ideas for using photographs in your geography lessons.

Have a look at the Visual Geography pages for information and templates to help you create photo activities using ICT.

Photo Masking Activities (53k)

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'Parking Solutions' Activity (54k)

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Parking Solutions Photo (399k)

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Using Digital Photography in the Classroom

John Halocha and Bryan Ledgard led this workshop at the GA Annual Conference 2007. It covered the essentials of how to take effective geographical photographs and suggested a range of websites offering high quality, free digital images suitable for geographical learning. The workshop demonstrated techniques using photographs to encourage geographical enquiry and creative thinking in and beyond the classroom.

Workshop Handout (30k)

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What Makes A Good Photograph? (707k)

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This issue focuses on refreshing the primary curriculum, offering advice on planning for integrated learning and using the concept of place as a focus. It also includes examples of how three schools have successfully combined art with geography.

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This issue features a series of articles that attempt to demonstrate the value of a geographical perspective in facing up to the current global food crisis. Article topics include the EU sugar reform and its effects on Caribbean producers, aquaculture in Thailand, and the obesity 'epidemic'. The issue also features a Spotlight On article on the URBAN EARTH project.

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