Describing Places Using Key Words and Google Maps
Source: National Geographic (Education)
Watch this video. Afterwards, you need to describe the places that you have seen in the video, so watch carefully.
Q. As we describe the places we see, what sort of special words can we use? We are trying to use Geography key words …
Mini Norway – a Tilt Shift Movie from Davide Vasta on Vimeo.
Now we will do the same for a different place …
Bird’s eye Bangkok from Pieter Manders on Vimeo.
What Geography Key Words can we use when describing places?
Putting it all together – here is how a student once applied such key words to three locations around Rayong in Thailand.
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