04 December 2012

4 December, 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
Introduction to scale
CIMT Interactive

Homework
Write a route plan explaining how you get home.