Section 1: Map Detective
- Examine a map of Munster (scale of 1:1,400,000) to locate CorkCity.
- Examining a map of Cork city.
- Focus attention on the main features of the natural and built environment such as: the relief and drainage, amenities, bays, transport routes, settlements and ports.
- Practice in using grid references and symbols.
Activities:
- Studying and interpreting maps.
- Identifying features of the natural and built environment,
- Designing a map key.
- Plotting a route
Map Detective The Study of Place (Cork) will focus on some key questions
1. Where is Cork located?
2. How do maps of Cork at different scales show landscape features.
3. What is Cork like as a place to live and work?
4. What role does water in the landscape play in the development of CorkCity?
5. What natural features and man-made features are in the CorkCity area?
Section 2: Geography Skills
- Developing the concept of scale in sample classroom map.
- Ideas for how to draw a scale map of a room, a hall, or a large area.
- Activity using grid references in sample classroom map.
- Ideas for how to make a map with grid references.
- Extra activities: turning your shadow into a compass and looking at how shadows change with the seasons.
Section 3: How Has Cork Changed Over Time?
Activities:
- Examining a variety of maps and visual images that show changes in land use in CorkCity over time.
- Studying maps of CorkCity from 1545, 1690 and the 21st century together with visual images to see how people have interacted with water in the landscape over time.
- Where are the older and newer settlement areas?
- What changes have there been in the inner city and the surrounding area?
- What role did one area (Cobh) have in the geography of the area over time?
Section 4: Exploring A City
1. Images of CorkCity show the lay-out of the settlement.
2. The maps and aerial photographs enable the students explore how a waterside location has helped CorkCity develop (grow).
3. Students learn how different land uses develop in a city
4. Students are encouraged to draw a clear labelled sketch map from an aerial photograph.
5. What are the different land uses in CorkCity?
6. Examining pictures and aerial photographs and maps to see what these features look like.