Patterns & trends
Identify overall patterns first, then support them with accurate figures, locations, changes over time and relevant anomalies.
Geographic Skills
Analytical Skills
The original AdornGeo support for turning maps, graphs and data into geographic evidence.
Graph analysis
Read titles, axes, units, scales and keys; describe the dominant pattern; quantify change; compare categories or places; and identify exceptions.
From description to explanation
Move beyond what the data shows to explain why the pattern exists, using appropriate geographic processes, concepts and case knowledge.
Original AdornGeo support
The Weebly page contained dedicated guides for interpreting graphs, data and maps. Their original file slots are being preserved while the missing binaries are recovered.
- How to write about patterns and trends
- Steps to interpret a graph
- How to interpret graphs and data
- How to interpret maps