Mapwork - duration 5/6 weeks

General aim: To revise some of the skills learnt by pupils in Years 7 & 8 and to introduce pupils to the drawing of cross sections.

ICT: Web sites www.mapzone.co.uk

Key Topic Content/Skills

Guidance Notes

Literacy/Numeracy

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.

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.

Revision work

  • Direction
  • Scale
  • Symbols
  • Co-ordinates
  • Grid references

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

 

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

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.