GIS Layers · Reading Place
What can GIS reveal about a place—and what does it hide?
Aut2·W2 · Use digital mapping/GIS to describe a place
Open 40-minute lesson →Weeks 9–14 · six interactive 40-minute lessons · Geography GCSE/UAS bridge
This sequence continues directly from Week 8’s OS map transfer lesson and matches LAUNCH Weekly – Autumn · Aut2 W2–W7.
What can GIS reveal about a place—and what does it hide?
Aut2·W2 · Use digital mapping/GIS to describe a place
Open 40-minute lesson →Why do settlements grow, and who experiences the effects differently?
Aut2·W3 · Explain settlement & urbanisation
Open 40-minute lesson →How can we collect safe, fair and repeatable local fieldwork evidence?
Aut2·W4 · Local-area fieldwork: collect data
Open 40-minute lesson →Which representation makes the fieldwork pattern clearest without distorting it?
Aut2·W5 · Record fieldwork in a spreadsheet; graph it
Open 40-minute lesson →How far are two contrasting places different—and what evidence might challenge that claim?
Aut2·W6 · Compare a contrasting place (online resources)
Open 40-minute lesson →What does our evidence support about place—and what stops us claiming more?
Aut2·W7 · Fieldwork enquiry write-up (December)
Open 40-minute lesson →No repository changes, accounts, external requests or learner-data storage are required. Each lesson opens directly from this folder and includes a real A4 print pack.