Objectives and competences
Students:
- evaluate the elements of astronomy, geophysics and geodesy,
- use systematic and synthetic knowledge about the Earth as a celestial body, its size and shape, its movements and the consequences of these movements,
- evaluate methods of orientation in the geographical degree network and on the celestial sphere,
- they know how to use mathematical and geographical methods of determining the height of the Sun, the angle of incidence of the sun's rays on any slope, calculating the time of sunrise and sunset, calculating the length of day and night.
Content (Syllabus outline)
1. Subject of Astronomical basis for geographers.
2. Shape and dimension of the planet Earth.
3. Earth motions. Rotation and its evidence. Consequences of the Earth rotation. Earth revolution, it’s evidences and consequences. Day and night duration. Twilight. Year seasons. Earth climatic belts. Earth movement perturbations.
4. Time and it’s measurements. Day, week, month, year. Calendar.
5. Orientation on earth horizon, on geographical koordinate system. Geographical latitude and longitude. Orientation on celestial sphere: horizontal, equatorial and ecliptical coordinate system. Constelations.
Learning and teaching methods
- lectures,
- seminary work (project work).
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Students are:
- acquire systematic and synthetic knowledge about the Earth as a celestial body,
- master the methods of orientation in the geographic degree grid and on the celestial sphere,
- master the mathematical geographical methods of determining the height of the Sun, the angle of incidence of the sun's rays on the slope, calculating the time of sunrise and sunset, calculating the length of day and night, and the application of mathematical geographical methods in other branches of geography.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
- students will be able to calculate some mathematical geography elements such as daytime and nightime duration, sunrise and sunset time, sun beam inclination modelling, considering astronomic, atmospheric and terestrial elements.
Readings
Human geography: Issues for the 21st Century, Prentice Hall, Harlow. 2001
Leser,H., Schneider-Sliwa,R. 1999: Geographie – eine Einführung. Westermann.
Slovenska šolska geografija s pogledom v prihodnost. DZS. 2005
Vrišer,I. 2002: Uvod v geografijo (7.natis) Filozofska fakulteta Ljubljana.
Izbrani članki iz domače in tuje periodike (seznam posredovan na predavanjih).
Vsako študijsko leto bo seznam študijske literature posodobljen./ The list of study literature will be updated each school year.
Prerequisits
Conditions for inclusion in work: none.
Conditions for taking the exam: completed (positively graded) seminar paper, at least 80% participation in seminars and seminar tutorials.
Additional information on implementation and assessment - seminar paper, 30%
- written exam. 70%
