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What are maps?
Compasses . . .
Using Direction
Map symbols
Finding heights
So where are
those places?
Compasses
North
West
East
South
NW N
NE
E
SE
SW
S
Never
Wheat
Eat
Shredded
Using Direction
When people move from one place to another
they will describe their movement by using the
directions that allowed them to travel.
To practice this there are a few exercises over
the next pages to help you to practice your
direction-finding skills.
North
Use Direction sheet 1 and answer the
questions
West
East
South
North
West
East
South
Draw a symbol on the board and then write below what it is!
Quick Quiz
On a page at the back of your book - write down what
you think of the following symbols means
There are 10 of these to guess if you dont have an idea - have a go! But
do remember that you are trying to think of things that might be shown on
a map!
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3.
2.
5.
4.
Quick Quiz
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7.
9.
8.
10.
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Answers
2.
1.
Caravan Park
3.
Information Office
Golf club/course
5.
4.
Telephone
Battlefield site
6.
7.
Lighthouse
8.
Picnic site
9.
CG
Coastguard
10.
Rail station
your textbook
They can be found on most OS maps
Or you will be given a sheet with the
same symbols on it
You need to learn some of the main
symbols for homework
Homework for
Learn 4 of the sections of the symbols
Tourist Information
Water features
General Features
Abbreviations & Antiquities
Symbols Activity 1
Use the map from the previous slide and along
with Symbols sheet 1, answer the questions
about the use of symbols on local maps.
Symbols Activity 2
Draw a map of the area where you live on A3
paper and try to include as much detail as
possible. You must note all of the key features
in the area phone boxes, buildings, roads,
railway lines, bus stations etc.
The only problem is that you must draw this
map using ONLY the symbols that you have
learnt and been shown
You have already looked at the symbols on this map but the blue
lines on the map also help us to find exact places on the map
14
13
Go along the corridor
and then up the stairs
ACROSS AND THEN
UP
12
Along = 02
Up = 11 GR = 02 11
11
01
02
03
04
Answer these
questions in your
books
Is in square _____
14
Is in square _____
Is in square _____
13
Is in square _____
Is in square _____
Is in square _____ 12
11
01
02
03
04
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21
20
12
13
14
22
21
13
14
220
219
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217
216
215
214
213
212
211
2 10
130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137
138
139
140
Lost Addresses
Lost
Addresses
Patrick has a problem. He works as a
postman in Larne and he has just received a
batch of parcels that he must deliver as
quickly as possible. The problem is that
before he goes out in his van to deliver the 10
parcels he must work out where the parcels
will be delivered and mark the 6-figure grid
reference in the space below.
Parcel 1
Parcel 2
Olderfleet Castle
Parcel 3
Seacourt House
Parcel 4
Glynn School
Parcel 5
Patrick now needs your help to plot the route he will use to
deliver these. Using the copy of the map that you have
follow the instructions below.
1
Finding Heights
How can we measure relief on a
map?
Layer Colouring
Areas of the same
height are shaded
a different colour
Spot Heights
These give the
exact height of a
place on the map.
They are shown as
a black dot with a
number alongside.
The heights are
given in metres
320
270
90
100
Contours
These are lines that
are drawn onto a
map and they join
up places that are
the same height.
The heights are
given in metres
300
200
100
Height Activity 1
Use the map on the next page and the one
on Height Sheet 1 to help you to answer a
few questions
Height Activity 2
The more that you use the maps the
more that you will be able to read the
contours, heights and colours that are
shown on a map
Describing Routes
How did you get here?
The Fugitive
The Fugitive is a Thinking skills exercise
where you will hear a tape of a radio
broadcast that takes place following the
escape by a known criminal from the local
prison. Your job is to use the descriptions o
track down where he has got to . . . . .