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Scale and distance

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  • about 30 minutes
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How to use a map's ratio scale to work out real distances, and how to measure both straight-line and curved routes.

14 slides.

Lesson outline

  1. Hook
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. Keywords for This Lesson
  4. Teach — Ratio Scale and Scale Bars
  5. I Do: Straight-Line Distance, Church to Stack
  6. Poll
  7. We Do: Curved Distance Along the Coast Path
  8. Task: Measure Three More Straight Distances
  9. Task: Measure and Convert Two Curved Routes
  10. Task: Measure the Minor Road's Length
  11. Self-Check
  12. Homework
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