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A Blank on the Map (Mapping)

By: Jonny Huck

Currently Used By: Jonny Huck

Instructions

Gather the students outside the front of the centre and give out the equipment. Explain how fundamental the map and compass is to any Geographer.

Get the students to work out exactly where they are (to the millimetre) - get them to orientate the map as part of this, explaning what this is and why it is important.

Explain the main parts of the compass (north needle, north arrow, capsule, direction of travel arrow, mirror) and get them to use the needle to verify their map orintation.

Select a student to navigate the group to Skelgill Farm. Stop half way up the road and get them to identify Swinside. Stop a bit further up and get them to identify Skelgill Bank (as opposed to Cat Bells further along).

Once they arrive at Skelgill Farm, make them prove it using the buildings, the shape of the road and the footpaths. Demonstrate the use of the mirror to take a bearing to the tip of the triangular mine scar on the opposite valley. Select a new student to Navigate to Cat Bells Terrace.

Equipment

Each student should have:

• 1x Student handout
• 1x Clipboard
• 1x Pencil
• 1x Compass-Clinometer

Staff require:

• 1x Staff Handout

Handouts

• Student Handout
• Staff Handout