Rich tasks for this chapter - page 267
- These are problem solving open-ended questions that require students to investigate maps and scales. The tasks 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, or extension.
- Pamphlet delivery
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1. Pamphlet delivery
- Part 1 is preparation for part 2.
You could give the students some more of these diagrams (see below) and ask them to work out the characteristics that allow the roads to be travelled only once.
Scales on maps - page 268
- Understand and use simple scales on simple maps.
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Teacher notes
- Some students find scales difficult to work with if they can’t multiply. You could encourgage them to learn their times tables with this real-life context in mind.
- It is important to work with maps of the local area that students are familiar with so that they can get a better understanding of scale and distances in real life.
- Encourage students to find a way of remembering the order of the compass directions. They could make up a mnemonic like Never Eat Soggy Weetbix, or find another way and share it with the rest of the class.
Using maps - page 271
- Follow directions given as coordinates or distances and directions to find a place on a map.
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Teacher notes
- For the Practical on page 274, you might need to teach your students how to use a compass.
- Remind students that when working with coordinates the horizontal reference is always given first. For practice with coordinates, try this interactive game of battleships.
http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/games/battleship/
