29 November 2012

29 November, S3 - 7/F*

Title: Map Reading
Room 28
Learning Objectives
Level 4
To be able to demonstrate the use of bearings.
Can you describe how we plot a bearing?
Level 5
To be able to demonstrate using a map to find distances, measure bearings and identify positions.
Can you explain the step involved in plotting a 6 figure grid
reference?

Resources
Level 4
Introduce student to the idea of bearings.

Introduce the idea that we can "triangulate" our position by taking a bearing from two know points on the maps.


Level 5

Use maps to come up with a route (including distance and bearings) between two locations. 


Homework
To create a poster explaining how to measure bearings.