Resources

Suggestions for 3 lessons, 45 minutes/each, suitable for students 15-18 years old. Designed for the use of a free and open-source GIS software (QGIS).

Students will gain:

• Knowledge on how to fill sinks and pits in a digital elevation model (DEM);
• Knowledge on how water is distributed and accumulated on a DEM;
• Knowledge on how to use raster calculator to extract a stream network.

Suggestions for up to 4 lessons of 45 min/each, suitable for students 15-18 years old, with the following learning objectives:

1) Knowledge of different natural and cultural landscapes, their connections, development and change over time, and about connections between people, society and the environment. 

2) Ability to analyze conflicts of interest related to natural risks and human activities, as well as how conflicts of interest affect the earth's habitats and human living conditions, from the perspective of sustainable development.

In this practical exercise, the students are taught how to navigate and use the Eurostat statistical atlas in exploring statistical patterns of different variables related to Economy and Business.

Suggestions for 2-3 lessons of 45 min/each, suitable for students from the age of 12 onwards.

In this practical exercise, the students are taught how to navigate and use the Eurostat statistical atlas in exploring statistical patterns of different variables related to Environment and Natural Resources.

Suggestions for 2-3 lessons of 45 min/each, suitable for students from the age of 12 onwards.

In this practical exercise, the students are taught how to navigate and use the Eurostat statistical atlas in exploring statistical patterns of different variables related to People and Society

Suggestions for 2-3 lessons of 45 min/each, suitable for students from the age of 12 onwards.

Suggestions for 3 lessons, 30-90 minutes/each, suitable for students 15-18 years old, on the basics of cartography, such as earth models, map projections, positioning and the map as a model of reality. Scale and generalisation. Map production. The basics of geographical information systems (GIS) and visualisation of geographical information in maps. 

Students will

A) learn to use:
• Google maps
• GPS in mobile phone (settings for geotags on photos)
• Compass in mobile phone

Students learn to use Google Earth by:

• Trying out different symbols (3D, Streetview, compass, ruler, voyager, zoom);
• Searching with coordinates;
• Finding areas of deforestation;
• Part 1: Topography exercise; movement across Hungary to see the height differences. Compare the Netherlands with Slovakia.
• Part 2: Measuring distances between cities.

Suggestions for 3 lessons, 45 minutes each, suitable for students 15-18 years old

A practical exercise on map projections to identify what the most suitable projection of Finland would be. 

Students try to project a country (Finland) from an illuminated earth globe to four different types of forms made of paper: cylinder (vertical and horizontal), cone and a plane paper. They then compare and discuss results, advantages and disadvantages of each projection. They also compare some world map projections.

Suggestions for 3 lessons, 45 minutes/each, suitable for students 15-18 years old.

A case study of flooding in Germany July 2021.

In this practical exercise, students will process radar satellite imagery data from Sentinel-1 mission to map flooded area in Germany July 2021. They will learn to process radar images using the free and open-sources Sentinel processing software SNAP, and do simple visualisation and overlays using OpenStreet Map and QGIS. Tasks include the extraction of water surface areas and identification of flooded areas. 

Suggestions for 3 lessons, 45 minutes each, suitable for students 15-18 years old.

A case study for Lake Mead (U.S.A) using Landsat satellite imagery data. 

In this practical exercise, students will process multi-spectral satellite imagery data from Landsat missions to understand environmental changes over times (2000-2021). They will learn to process raster and vector data, and spatial analysis using the free and open-source GIS software QGIS. Tasks include the calculation of water surface areas in 2000 and 2021, where students are thereafter expected to dicuss reasons for why water surface areas are declining (climate changes? Or human activities?).

Suggestions for 3 lessons, 45 minutes/each, suitable for students 15-18 years old. Designed for the us of a free, open-sources GIS software (QGIS)

Students will gain:

• Knowledge on how elevations are stored in a raster data model;
• Knowledge on how to manipulate raster data - reprojection and clipping;
• Knowledge on how to use raster data models to visualize continuous data as hillshade or in Pesudocolor.