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Make a Map

Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of Geographical Skills - Mini topic Building Skills in Geography

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Objectives

Geography

  • Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to recognise landmarks and basic human and physical features
  • Devise a simple map; and use and construct basic symbols in a key.

Enrichment Activities

  • Art and Design: Develop a wide range of art and design techniques in using colour, pattern, texture, line, shape, form and space; Use painting to develop and share their ideas, experiences and imagination.
  • English: Compose expanded noun phrases.
  • Science: Perform simple tests; Use observations and ideas to suggest answers to questions; Gather and record data to help in answering questions; Describe the simple physical properties of a variety of everyday materials; Identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, for particular uses.
  • Maths: Interpret and construct simple pictograms, tally charts, block diagrams and simple tables; Ask and answer simple questions by counting the number of objects in each category and sorting the categories by quantity; Ask and answer questions about totalling and comparing categorical data.

Lesson Planning

Are you ready for your aerial mapping challenge? You will need to create a 3D map using everyday objects based on an aerial photograph. Capture your 3D map digitally and create your own symbols to accompany it.

Teaching Outcomes

  • To recognise landmarks and other features from aerial photographs.
  • To devise a simple map.
  • To construct basic symbols for a map.

Children will

  • Use aerial photographs and plan perspectives to identify landmarks and human and physical features.
  • Devise, make and photograph their own 3D map.
  • Create symbols to make a key for their map.

Enrichment Activities

  • Make a collage based on an aerial photograph.
  • Translate map symbols into paintings.
  • Compose rhymes to describe aerial photographs.
  • Test properties of map materials.
  • Make chart to analyse map symbols.

Provided Resources

You don't need any provided resources for this session; however there are provided resources for the Enrichment Activities.

You Will Need

  • Internet access
  • Digital cameras
  • Range of everyday items such as
  • PE cones, beanbags, construction blocks, balls, ropes
  • Tracing paper
  • Selected Ordinance Survey map symbols

You will need additional resources for the Enrichment Activities.

Weblinks

Get Mapping from 1.getmapping.com
Resources from Ordnance Survey including PDFs of Map Legends

There are additional weblinks for the Enrichment Activities.

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