does walking or cycling make you a better geographer?

List at least 3 questions you would like to ask about this photo

Quick survey• Who here owns a bicycle?• Who has ridden their bike in the last

week?• Who rides their bike at least once a week?• Who rides to school?• Who has ridden their bike in a city that

ISN’T Salisbury?

Does being a cyclist help you be a better geographer?How might having a bicycle help you get to know a place well?How might having a bicycle help you be a better geographer?Discuss these with the person next to you for 2 minutes

Does this video giveYou any other ideas to these questions?

Comparing placesYou are going to look at 2 locations: Gran Canaria and the Isle of Skye

Cyclist’s Geography

For each video write down:• the human and physical features you can

see• What makes the location appealing to visit• What makes the location unappealing to

visitAfterwards:What other information (human and physical) might you need to help make you decide if you wanted to visit either place?Challenge:Is there information you would want for one place but not the other?

Gran Canaria Isle of Skye

Homework: are wheels better than feet for a geographer?

Watch the video Will Sutton made in the Isle of Man; he is a freerunnerWrite 50-100 words about what you now know about the human and physical geography of the Isle of ManChallenge: “Cycling is a better way than walking to see the Geography of a new area” do you agree? Show you have thought about more than one point of view and give reason for your answer