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Direction and map symbols: reading an OS map

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  • 28 marks
  • about 30 minutes
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How many points does the compass used in this unit have?

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Pupils use the eight-point compass to give direction between map features, and read common OS symbols from a key, using the invented Carrow Bay map.

15 slides.

Lesson outline

  1. Hook
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. Keywords for This Lesson
  4. Teach — Finding Symbols on Carrow Bay
  5. Teach — Using the 8-Point Compass
  6. I Do — Naming OS Symbols
  7. We Do — Direction to the Stack
  8. Poll
  9. Task — Identify Four More Symbols
  10. Task — Compass Directions Between Features
  11. Task — Write a Route Description
  12. Self-Check
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