New Key Geography for GCSE Links - Chapter 3 - Glaciation

Glaciation websites:
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) USA
http://nsidc.org/glaciers/index.html

This website provides a range of information about glaciers including a gallery of images and a section entitled “The Glacier Story”, which provides a quick tour of the life of a glacier.

USGS Online Glacial Glossary
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Glossary/Glaciers/glacier_terminology.html

USGS Fact Sheet: Satellite Images of Glaciers
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs133-99//index.html

NASA Visible Earth directory of satellite images – glaciers
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/Cryosphere/Snow_Ice/Glaciers.html
This section of the directory contains 50 images of glaciers from around the world.

Illustrated glossary of glacial features
http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/lemke/alpine_glacial_glossary/

USGS Earthshots satellite images of environmental change
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/Hubbard/Hubbard
A case study of the Hubbard Glacier in Alaska.

Mountain Images
http://www.mountain-images.co.uk/
This online image gallery contains collections of pictures of mountain landscapes, including the Snowdonia area which is used as a case study on page 47 of the pupil’s book.

Freefoto.com
http://www.freefoto.com/
This site includes collections of images for Scotland, The Lake District and Snowdonia, where you can find excellent images of glacial landforms.

Regolith.com
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/justdesign/home.html
This site provides a collection of digital images of landscapes including glacial scenery.

Snowdonia webcam
http://www.fhc.co.uk/weather/live/
This site provides regular images of the Snowdonia region and includes a collection of stunning images of the area.

The Geo-Images Project, University of California, Berkeley
http://www-geoimages.berkeley.edu/GeoImages/Johnson/Landforms/GlacialPeriglacial02.html
The Geo-Images Project attempts to make images (mostly photographs) that are useful in teaching geography more widely available using computers and the internet. This section includes a collection of images showing glacial landscapes.

Glacial map extract of Snowdonia - page 47

Labelling glacial features on aerial photographs
Click on the link to the Multimap website, once you have read the following instructions.
http://www.multimap.com/

Use the search engine on the site to locate the same area shown on the map on page 47 of the pupil’s book, by either clicking on the link below or if this does not work entering Snowdon in the search box on Multimap, and selecting scale 1:50 000
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=260000&Y=355000&width=700 &height=400
&client=public&gride=&gridn=&srec=0&coordsys=gb&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanc
ed =&scale=50000
Note: ensure you have selected the large map, by clicking on the tab on the right hand corner of the map.

1. Attempt to download the same area as the map extract on page 47, by using the direction tools on the website.
2. Copy and paste the map into a DTP file and use the software tools to label the glacial landforms listed in activity 2a on page 47 of the pupil’s book.
3. Go back to the map on Multimap and click on the aerial photograph button, once the image has downloaded select overlay map. Once downloaded move the map over the aerial photograph, and again identify the glacial landforms.
4. You could go on to export the aerial photograph into your DTP file and annotate the glacial landforms, you could also download images of different glacial features from the Freefoto website, http://www.freefoto.com
and place arrows from each image showing their location on the aerial photograph.

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