Reading the coast on a map
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About this resource
Learn to read a coastal map. Give 4- and 6-figure grid references, measure straight and curved distances, work out directions and heights, and match map clues to coastal landforms.
15 slides.
Lesson outline
- Hook
- Do Now — Retrieval
- Keywords for This Lesson
- Teach — Symbols on an Invented Coastal Map
- I Do — Reading a Grid Reference on the Map
- I Do — Writing It Down
- Hinge Check
- We Do — Six Figures for the Pub
- We Do — Check Your Reference
- Task — Measure Distance and Direction
- Back to the Photo: Studland Map and Old Harry
- Task — Ten Questions on the Carrow Bay Map
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