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Aerial photographs, satellite images and GIS

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Set it as homework or classwork and every answer is marked as pupils go, with feedback on what they got wrong. The scores go straight into your mark book, so you can see who needs help before the next lesson.

  • 12 questions
  • 34 marks
  • about 30 minutes
  • marked instantly

Question types: multiple choice, true or false, matching, label the diagram, sorting.

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Identify what makes a photograph "vertical" rather than "oblique".

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About this resource

Pupils compare vertical, oblique and satellite views of real places, then see how a GIS map builds up from separate layers.

14 slides.

Lesson outline

  1. Hook
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. Keywords for This Lesson
  4. Teach — vertical, oblique photos; what satellite adds
  5. Teach — Oblique and satellite views of an island
  6. Teach — GIS: layers that build a map
  7. Poll
  8. Task — Match oblique and satellite photo features
  9. Task — Identify photos as vertical, oblique or satellite
  10. Task — Choose a GIS layer for a footpath
  11. Self-Check
  12. Homework
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