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Geography · Grade 10

Spatial Thinking and Geographic Data

Learners build the toolkit of spatial thinking used throughout human geography: core concepts such as distance, density, distribution, connectivity and diffusion; data types and levels of measurement; sources from censuses to satellite and mobile-phone data; simple spatial statistics such as the weighted mean centre; and the ways scale and aggregation can change — or mislead — our conclusions.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 115 minutes
  • Spatial thinking and data check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, pin a map, pick map regions, match pairs and type a number
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What learners will discover

  • Apply core spatial concepts (location, distance, density, distribution, pattern, connectivity, diffusion) to describe and question geographic phenomena.
  • Classify geographic data by type and level of measurement and match questions to suitable sources and methods.
  • Calculate and interpret simple spatial statistics: density, percentage change and the weighted mean centre.
  • Explain how scale and aggregation affect findings, including the modifiable areal unit problem and the ecological fallacy.

Lessons

  1. Core spatial concepts 5 steps3 practiceabout 28 min
  2. Data types, levels and sources 6 steps4 practiceabout 29 min
  3. Simple spatial statistics 6 steps4 practiceabout 29 min
  4. Scale, aggregation and their traps 6 steps3 practiceabout 29 min
  5. Spatial thinking and data check 10 questions at the end

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