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Year 4 (2B)

Measurement & Geometry
Chapter 16 | Directions and maps
Overview
Rich tasks
- This is an open-ended task that requires students to create a map which incorporates a range of elements such as landmarks, compass points and coordinates. The task can be given at the start of a topic and done as the students gain enough knowledge to complete them, inserted into a topic at an appropriate place, or given as homework.
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Maps and directions page 266
- Use clockwise and anticlockwise turns, and landmarks to give or follow directions on a map.
- Know and be able to use NESW to give, follow or describe direction or position.
- Identify and compare different pathways on a map and determine position and distance in relation to landmarks or a scale.
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Maps and co-ordinates page 273
- Understand the purpose of coordinates on maps.
- Use co-ordinates to identify and describe locations on a map.
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