landscape
assessment - part 2 - the assessment
Now that you have a better understanding
of the language of the Landscape Assessment form you are equipped
to do a landscape assessment of your own.
You will need to practice and
fine tune your skills before going out and doing a landscape assessment
in the field. Landscape assessments can be undertaken in a variety
of places in order to record the features and characteristics of
different types of landscape. In the Objective Checklist you will
soon learn to identify and describe the features you see - the land
may be flat or steep, the ground might be covered in conifer woods
or pasture, the beach might be rocky or sandy, the landscape may
contain streams or pylons or houses.
You will also learn to describe
how you feel about different landscapes by completing the Subjective
Checklist and deciding whether you think the colours are muted or
garish, is the view offensive or beautiful, boring or interesting?
You are going to undertake a
landscape assessment for the landscape viewed from a classroom window
at your school or use one or more of the following photographs:
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Cornish rural landscape
with houses |
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Moorland landscape
- Warleggan Marsh |
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Panoramic view
of rural landscape |
If you would like to choose a
different landscape, click here
and choose one or more landscapes from those illustrated. You can
click on the images to get a higher resolution image of the photograph.
• You will need a print
out of the Landscape Assessment form (L12a
diag).
• Complete all the sections
in the form, remember to sketch a picture of the landscape that
you have assessed or take a photograph.
• Once you have completed
your classroom view landscape assessment compare your assessment
sheet with someone else.
• What features have you
recorded that are the same? What differences are there between the
two assessment forms?
• Now that you are becoming
more skilled, complete a landscape assessment form for the view
out of a bedroom window at home, illustrate your assessment with
a sketch.
You are now ready to do a landscape
assessment in the field!
• You will need a copy
of the landscape assessment form, something to lean on and something
to write with.
In groups of three people do
a landscape assessment of a view on your visit to a nearby stream
or river.
When you return to the classroom
you will need to mark the places where you did your landscape assessments
on a map.
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