WETMAAP | Skill 3 |
Golden Meadow | Element 1 |
Skill 3:
Visual Recognition
Element 1: Comparison
of Habitat Maps
Note: Use
Colored Habitat maps from Skill 1, Element 3
Materials:
1956 colored Habitat map
1978 colored Habitat overlay
1988 colored Habitat overlay
1995 colored Habitat overlay
Drafting tape
White sheet of paper
Exercise:
1. Tape the 1978 colored
Habitat overlay over the 1956 colored Habitat map. Position the overlay using the
corner marks.
2. Tape colored 1988 colored
Habitat overlay over the 1978 colored Habitat overlay. Position overlays using corner marks.
3. Tape the 1995 colored
Habitat overlay over the 1988 colored Habitat overlay.
Hint: Tape
one overlay at the left edge and the other overlay at the right edge. By attaching overlays at opposite sides, you can
flip the overlays to view various combinations of habitat change from 1956 to, 1978, 1988,
and to 1995.
4. Visually compare the differences
between the habitats. Compare 1956 and
1978; compare 1956 and 1985.
5. Place
a sheet of white paper between the 1956 colored Habitat map and the
6. Visually compare the differences
in habitats (colored) between 1978 and
7. Place a sheet of white paper
between the 1956 Habitat overlay and the 1988 Habitat overlay.
8. Visually compare the differences in habitats between 1988 and 1995.