INSTRUCTIONS FOR YEAR 10 GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITY
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Introduction
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Brief outline of topic –
and link between RAP,
fieldwork and Google
Earth
The fieldwork will be at Bournda National Park and Dolphin Cove.
Google Earth allows us the opportunity to explore the issues and to
record images, audio, video etc in a Geographical Information
System (GIS)
Powerpoint can be
downloaded at
This lesson is to get familiar with some Google Earth basics and to
identify the features of a RAP
http://www.bourndae.schools.nsw.edu.au/wha
ts-on/
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Open Google Earth and
demonstrate basic
navigation controls
If navigation controls
absent go to View/Show
Navigation/Always
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Zoom in, zoom out, left,
right, up, down, tilt
Select Tools/Options
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Show Tools settings that
are important e.g. terrain
– change vertical
exaggeration
0.5 is flat
3 is highest
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In Tools/General tab there
is one setting that might
need ticking
Introduction
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Close the Search window
by clicking on the little
triangle
Close any content turned
on in the layers menu by
making sure they are all
unticked
Leave “terrain” ticked
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Use browser and Google
“Bournda EEC” and go to
the “What’s On” page
Download the RAP
Challenge file by clicking
on the link. Select “open”
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Note that the file has
appeared in “Temporary
Places” and a placemark
(yellow pin) has appeared
on the image
Right click
“GeographyRAP” and save
to My Places
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See how it has jumped to
“My Places”
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Introduction
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Open the GeographyRAP
file by clicking on the little
+ sign. Make sure put a
tick in each box to turn on
the content
Click on the yellow
placemark to see what the
instructions are.
Click on the RAP Challenge
place mark at Bega High.
This is how you will find
answers to the RAP
challenge.
The clues are hidden
around the Bega Valley –
there is a faint one on the
school oval
Use the clues on your
worksheet to find out
each location then use
Google Earth to find the
spot.
At each location there is a
faint placemark with
information that helps
you find out about the
features of the RAP.
Write your answers on
your worksheet
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Good luck!
At the end of the activity
Go to the evaluation on
the “What’s On?” page of
the Bournda website
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Introduction
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Start survey
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Fill out all questions
1 means strongly agree
5 means strongly disagree
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Introduction
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Don’t forget the submit
button at the end!
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The End
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Download other files on the Bournda EEC What’s On page to
explore Dolphin Cove and fieldwork activities