(Rural) Map making

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Comparing People and Places Local Area

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Objectives

Geography

Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography in a region of the United Kingdom.
Describe and understand human geography including types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water.

Maths

To complete, read and interpret information in tables. Connect their work on coordinates and scales to their interpretation of graphs.

Lesson Planning

Make a map of the school grounds. Highlight the main geographical features using a key and include photographs to show images of the main features.

Teaching Outcomes:

To plan and produce a map of the school grounds, with the main geographical features and a key.
To take photographs of the main features of the school and plot them onto the map, using coordinates.

Children will:

Be able to plan and produce a map of the school grounds, with main geographical features represented on a key.
Plot photographs of the local area onto the map, using coordinates.

Planning

Provided Resources

Map scaling

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Different maps (showing a variety of scales and purposes)
Print-outs of the school grounds from Google Earth
Tracing paper
Coloured pencils
Large sheets of card
Glue
Cameras

Weblinks

How to locate and print out an aerial view of the school grounds from education.usgs.gov
Aerial views and coordinates, for printing out views of the school ground from earthexplorer.usgs.gov