Starter Activities in Geography 2014 PHOTOS AND IMAGES /
CONCEPTS
1. National Geographic photo of the day – shows the great patterns rivers make
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-theday/baja-california-rivers/
2. The Earth from space
http://www.stuff.co.nz/science/8509395/Best-of-Earth-from-the-heavens
3. World population reduced to a bubble
http://www.fastcocreate.com/1682915/infographic-majority-of-earth-spopulation-resides-in-this-one-relatively-small-circle?utm_source=twitter
4. If you ever have students talking about Africa as a country then show them the
attached image.
http://static02.mediaite.com/geekosystem/uploads/2010/10/true-size-ofafrica.jpg
5. This fabulous power point has some superb images and great to use to talk
about real patterns. You can see this at:
http://www.slideshare.net/GrannyNanny/10-photosearthseenfromthesky
6. This is a series of Time Lapse Photos on different geographic topics suitable
for all levels of geography to explore the concept of 'change'.
http://world.time.com/timelapse/
2014 Term 1
7. Only Black and White but still a series of spectacular photos ideal as a starter
for discussion
http://blog.ted.com/2013/05/01/sebastiao-salgado-a-gallery-of-spectacularphotographs/
8. This is a good one to show the geographic concept of change. It shows before
and after shots of places around the
world. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/WorldOfChange/
9. This is a quiz to identify world cities through showing the lights they
produce. http://nautil.us/blog/can-you-identify-these-cities-from-their-lightsignatures
10. The photos on this site are well worth showing as a starter
http://www.buzzfeed.com/lyapalater/27-incredible-views-youd-only-see-ifyou-were-a-bird
2014 Term 2
11. To celebrate earth day a series of awesome photos were released – great as
starters http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/earthday-photos-celebrating-the-beauty-of-our-planet#
12. This is a gallery of amazing social advertisements, many with a strong geography
theme. Some are a little risqué so please do preview
first! http://www.boredpanda.com/powerful-social-advertisements/
13. This is a series of time lapse photographs showing NZ’s beautiful landscape –
taken by Martin Heck a NZ film maker who spent 4 months sleeping under the stars
capturing the images. http://www.upvines.net/this-is-new-zealand-in-time-lapsewhat-ever-you-are-imagining-its-better/
14. Also on a development theme is this gallery of photographs captured by different
photographers to show what inequality looks
like. http://ideas.ted.com/2014/06/03/gallery-what-inequality-looks-like/
2014 Term 3
15. Finally some great photos of the natural world that will be awesome discussion
starters. http://sfglobe.com/?id=2163&src=share_fb_new_2163
16. First some aerial Images taken to show the impact of humanity on our
planet http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/artful-aerial-views-of-humanitysimpact/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blogs&_php=true&_type=blog
s&_r=2
17. Some breathtaking photographs of lighthouses around the world. Would be good
to identify these on a map as some are very remote
http://www.boredpanda.com/lighthouse-photography/
18. Great footage of the earth at night taken from the international space station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG0fTKAqZ5g
19. Wonderful images of a carpet of flowers in Brussels to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of Turkish migrants to Belgium
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/carpet-flowers-blooms-belgium180952365/?no-ist
20. I must say that the images from the new World view3 Satellite are amazing!
Here are some examples of what we may expect from satellite images of the
future! http://www.popsci.com/article/technology/big-pic-stunning-images-worldssharpest-commercial-satellite?dom=PSC&loc=recent&lnk=9&con=big-pic-stunningimages-from-the-worlds-sharpest-commercial-satellite
21. This site has some awesome satellite photos of the world
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/10/satellite-eye-on-earthaugust-2014http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/sep/10/satellite-eyeon-earth-august-2014
22. Some fabulous photos that show a more positive side of the Middle East
landscape http://menzene.com/travel/16-unusual-places-wont-believe-existedmiddle-east/
23. Another set of amazing photographs this time documenting the Italian refugee
issue – be sure to click on the button below to start the slide show
http://time.com/2894694/massimo-sestini-boat-italy-migrants-mare-nostrum-riskeurope/
24. A great collection of photographs showing dinner around the world
http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2014/09/04/we-are-what-we-eatdocumenting-dinners-around-theworld/?utm_source=NatGeocom&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=food_201409
21&utm_campaign=Content
2014 Term 4
25. A National Geographic article that shows some previously unseen satellite
images of the world uncovered from the 1960’s
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141020-first-space-picturesearth-satellitephotos/?utm_source=NatGeocom&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=pom_20141
026&utm_campaign=Content
26. This site has some wonderful pictures of Machu Picchu that would promote
some great discussion http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/peru/machupicchu/your-machu-picchuphotos/?utm_source=NatGeocom&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=travel_2014
1106&utm_campaign=Content.
27. Another set of interesting time-lapse photos showing change sent to me by Ryan
Gaffaney at https://earthengine.google.org/#intro
28. The second looks at more great images of earth from
space http://a.msn.com/01/en-nz/BB8i7Dq
29. Some amazing images here of a town that literally sits under a
rock https://roadtrippers.com/blog/this-town-has-been-living-under-a-rock-forthousands-of-years-literally
30. Phil also sent these rather interesting images that should promote a lot of
discussion http://www.businessinsider.com.au/landsat-8-satellite-images-fromspace-2014-11#from-space-the-grand-canyon-looks-like-a-treacherous-crack-acrossearths-surface-1