Top 10 family adventure holidays in Europe Sam Haddad Sunday 10 January 2016 07.00 GMT

Concepts of Thinking: Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends, Interrelationships

Activity idea: Create a spatial journal to locate the locations of the top 10 locations. Use proportional size symbols to categorize each location based on cost.

Are there any patterns that evolved? How might this pattern be accounted for?

What are the interrelationships of each location? How might spatial significance account for these interrelationships?

Extension: 1) Do some research to determine the tourist country of origin at each location. Use proportional width arrows on the map to represent number of tourist. Are there  any patterns that developed? How can these patterns be accounted for?  
2) What might some of the environmental impacts be at each of these locations? Based on different stakeholders, what need to be done in order to help reduce any negative environmental impacts?

A new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, has begun, scientists say

By Emily Chung, CBC News Posted: Jan 07, 2016 2:44 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 07, 2016 4:32 PM ET

Concepts of Thinking: Interrelationships, Patterns and Trends

Activity Idea: Have students create a story map of the Geologic eras with the major characteristic for each to tell the story of the development of the earth. Evaluate the contributing factors of the interrelationships throughout the Geologic time. What might some of the observable patterns and trends be? What might be some predictions that can be made for this information?

Avoid These 25 Dangerous Airports At All Costs. Your Life Depends On It.

Concepts of Thinking: Spatial Significance, Patterns and Trends

Inquiry Questions: What criteria might make an airports location dangerous? How might spatial significance contribute to the location of an airport?

Activity: Use ArcGIS Online or a black line master to create a spatial journal of the dangerous airports with a description of the spatial significance. What is the pattern that can be observed from this map, if any? Using the map created come up with alternative locations for these airports to serve the same area but in a safer way.

Searching for the remote: Cabo Raso, Patagonia’s coastal ghost town  Allie Lazar Wednesday 6 January 2016 06.30 GMT    

Concepts of Thinking: Interrelationship, Spatial Significance

Inquiry Question: Why might the spatial significance of this location contribute to it's novelty as a travel destination?

How might the environment and humans interact in this location?

Problem: How could this location be maintained for future generation to observe with little to no negative environmental impact? 

https://twitter.com/AllenCarroll 

Program Manager, Storytelling at Esri, formerly Chief Cartographer at National Geographic
Use this link to view some of the Story Maps Allen Carrol has produced. 

There are a wide range of Story Maps that cover the Geographic Concepts of Thinking, Inquiry, and Mapping Skills. These can be very useful in the classroom.      Story Maps

Mining Matters Teacher's Day registration 

Guardian Travel's year in Instagram: 2015  

Concepts of Thinking: Spatial Significance, Geographic Perspective, Patterns and Trends 

Our Instagram feed @guardiantravelsnaps focuses on mobile photography from around the world. More than 120,000 images have been shared with us this year; here are some of the most memorable. 

Activity ideas: Can you predict which photos received the most "likes"? 

Create a spatial journal to map out the locations of the photos and examine the patterns and trends that appear regarding location of the photos. What is where?

Use proportional symbols to represent the number of "likes" each photo received. Was your prediction accurate? How can you account for the "likes"? Why there?

How might the popularity of these locations impacted the sustainability of location? Why care?