| Key Topic |
Content/Skills |
Guidance Notes
Literacy/Numeracy
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| Introduction |
Glossary and title page
Pupils design a title page to illustrate
this topic.
Pupils write a glossary of key words to be
used in this topic.
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Glossary at beginning of topic will familiarise
the pupils with the keywords to be used, their meanings and
spellings.
Keywords can be displayed around the classroom.
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Revision work
- Direction
- Scale
- Symbols
- Co-ordinates
- Grid
references
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Which way do we go?
Maps and mapping p. 20 Qu. 1 – 10
A question of size.
Maps and mapping p. 8 Qu. 1 – 8
But how far is it?
Maps and mapping p. 11 Qu. 1 – 3 What’s
the point?
Maps and mapping p. 14 Qu. 1 – 6
Where are you?
Maps and
mapping p. 15 Qu. 1 – 3 |
This is a revision topic and can be gone through
quickly. Some may have forgotten it many will just need a refresher.
Most of it can be done on the sheets themselves and the work
can be gone though at a fast pace.
Internet web site - www.mapzone.co.uk can be used to reinforce the pupils learning. |
| Height on a map |
The ups and downs . . . Contour models
Maps and mapping p. 24 Qu. 1 – 10
Steep or gentle?
Maps
and mapping p. 20 Qu. 1 – 3
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Practice at drawing contour lines – but
starting off with lines in a lake!
Emphasise contour intervals.
Contour models.
Layer colouring.
Interpretation of a map.
Recognition of steep and gentle slopes.
Simple contour
diagrams. |
| Gradients and cross sections |
It is all to do with the gradient
Maps and mapping p. 27 Qu. 1 – 7
A piece of cake . .
. the cross section
Maps and mapping p. 28 Qu. 1 – 3 & 1 – 6
P. 29
Extension work – Cross sections using an OS map |
Gradient – this may be hard for
some pupils. Try to keep it simple.
Cross-sections.
Photocopy
the pages so the pupils can do it on a sheet.
Makes it
easier for those who take a full lesson to copy things. |
| Extension work |
Bringing it all together
Maps and mapping
p. 30 Qu. 1 – 20 |
Revision exercise.
Multiple choice type
questions.
This could be used as an end of topic quiz along
the lines of ‘who wants to be a millionaire’? |
| Assessment |
Self assessment sheet and target setting
Assessment based on OS map questions
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Use of self-assessment sheets to highlight
gaps in the pupils learning and set targets for the next topic.
OS map questions
Pupils to record their test scores against the class average.
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