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Education Objectives

Your visit to LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort will

provide an opportunity for your pupils to go

on an exciting educational ‘quest’ –

either the Time Traveller Quest or the

Globetrotter Quest. Part of each quest will

help your pupils understand

what it is like to be an active

geographer by trying out

these key mapping skills:

reading a map

using co-ordinates

using keys

Before the visit, you can use this

resource to help your class:

become familiar with key mapping skills

use geographical terms

make their own maps through a

hands-on activity

After the visit, you can use the

downloadable Post-Visit Resources that

relate to the quests for follow-up work.

These can be found in the School section of

the LEGOLAND Windsor Resort website, at

www.legoland.co.uk/Book/education

LEGO® Making and Using Maps - Teachers' Notes

National Curriculum MappingThis resource corresponds to the following areas of the National Curriculum:

KS1

Geography 1, 2, 3a, 3b, 4a

Maths Ma2: 1e-g, 5a

ICT 1

KS2

Geography 1b, 2a-f

Maths Ma4: 2b, 2c

LEGO® Making and Using Maps - Teachers' Notes 2

Dear Class,We've heard that you are all coming on a school trip to LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. We're really looking forward to seeing you, and we're sure that you will have a great time with us! Your teacher will tell you about all the exciting things you can see and do at the Resort.

One of the great things about your visit is going to be a special quest which you will be taking part in. You will be able to explore the Resort, look for clues and answer questions to solve a puzzle – with a certificate at the end for you and all your classmates!

But before you come and visit us, why don’t you practise using your mapping skills to help you find your way around the Resort, and find out what it’s like to be a real geographical explorer? We know you're going to love your exciting quest at LEGOLAND Windsor Resort!

See you soon

Professor Albrick Dept. LEGOLAND Learning LEGOLAND Windsor Resort

Professor Albrick

Distributed in the UK by LEGOLAND Windsor Park Ltd, Winkfield Road, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 4AY. These materials are fully protected by international copyright. They may be photocopied for educational use within the purchasing institution. All other rights reserved. LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Minifigure and LEGOLAND are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2012 The LEGO Group.

The whole of LEGOLAND Windsor Resort covers 60 hectares – about

the same as 85 football pitches. So there’s a

lot to explore!


Before the visit Show your pupils the interactive map of LEGOLAND®

Windsor Resort on the website www.legoland.co.uk via the whiteboard. Discuss their expectations of the visit and any concerns they may have, e.g. what to do if they are separated from the group or they feel unwell on the day.

Look at the information on our website about the Time Traveller Quest and the Globetrotter Quest. Choose the one you would like pupils to follow on your visit then talk to them about the quest. Print a copy of your chosen quest for each pupil, to be used on the day of the visit.

Read out the introductory letter on page 2 and all the 'Wow Fact!' boxes to stimulate pupils' interest in the Resort, the quest and the opportunity to use mapping skills.

To make the most of your visit to the Resort, use the lesson ideas on the next few pages to plan some pre-visit activities. These are based around using and making maps to introduce your pupils to some of the educational skills they will be practising when you explore during your quest.

During your visit

The quests

Explore the Resort's attractions linked to historical themes by following the Time Traveller Quest.

Use the Resort's attractions to explore geographical themes by following the Globetrotter Quest.

Explore the rest of the Resort and its wealth of additional opportunities to link with the National Curriculum using our downloadable Teachers Map.

After your visit Follow up with work back in the classroom:

Use the lesson ideas in the Time Traveller Quest Post-Visit Resource to build on learning in History and English.

Use the ideas in the Globetrotter Quest Post-Visit Resource to build on learning in Geography and Maths.

Find out more and download all the above resources from the LEGOLAND Windsor Resort website at:

LEGOLAND Windsor Resort has 11 different worlds to explore, with

over 55 rides and attractions!


LESSON 1:

Reading maps

Introduction

On the whiteboard, find LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort in Google Maps. Switch between the satellite and map views. Explain the need for making maps and compare the different views. By using something the children are familiar with such as a park or lake, and by zooming in and out on the maps, demonstrate that things drawn on maps are much smaller than in real life and that they are drawn to scale or in proportion. (Also see our Globetrotter Quest Post-Visit Resource for follow-up activities on the use of scale in maps).

Using co-ordinates

Hand out Worksheet 1 Reading maps to the class. Explain that the map is divided into a grid of squares. Each square is represented by a letter (along the top of the grid) and a number (down the side of the grid) and that these are called co-ordinates.

In pairs, ask the children to study the map for a short time. Each pair should discuss the map and agree on an area that they would like to visit.

Ask them to write down the area's co-ordinates, giving the horizontal co-ordinate first, e.g. E4.

Using a key

Explain that keys are used on maps to make them easier to read and to save space, so that a map is not obscured by lots of writing. Numbers or symbols are often used instead of written labels.

Look at Worksheet 1. There are routes marked on the map for the Time Traveller Quest and the Globetrotter Quest. On a piece of paper, ask the children to design a symbol for each quest, then draw their symbols in the key and at the start of each route where there is an empty circle.

What else is shown in the key? Can they use the key to find a feature and give its co-ordinates?

There is a LEGOLAND resort in Denmark, one

in Germany and two in the USA. A fifth resort is opening in Malaysia

in 2012.


LESSON 2:

Giving directions

Using a local map

Before the lesson, source a map of the local area with a grid and clear co-ordinates. Enlarge it on a photocopier and highlight prominent features with a marker pen. Display it in the classroom.

In the lesson, explain directions in terms of the points of the compass. Illustrate this to the children with a compass and your map of the local school area.

Have the children work in pairs. They should choose two features on the map and write down the names of the features and their co-ordinates.

Can they describe where the features are in relation to each other, using the terms north, south, east and west?

Using the terms north, south, east and west, ask the children to give directions from their first grid square to their second grid square. For instance, directions might be ‘two squares west, seven squares south’ etc..

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LESSON 3:

Comparing maps

Using interactive and printed maps

Using a secondary source of information – the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort website www.legoland.co.uk – find the interactive map of the Resort and compare it with the LEGOLAND map on Worksheet 1. You could display the interactive map on a whiteboard. Ask questions, such as:

What are the main similarities between the two maps?

What are the main differences between the two maps?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of each map?

Discuss as a class and compare ideas.

The world's tallest LEGO® tower, built in Brazil in 2011, was 31.19m tall –

the height of six giraffes!


The indoor LEGO® Star WarsTM Miniland Experience has eight

scenes from the famous films and animated

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LESSON 4:

Making maps

Fantasy theme park

Ask the children to invent their own fantasy theme park. In pairs or small groups, they should discuss and make notes on:

What the theme of the park is

What the name of the park is and how it relates to the theme

What the main features are

How the rides would be powered

Hand out Worksheet 2 Fantasy theme park. Each child should then write a description of their theme park, saying what’s exciting about it. Continue on a separate piece of paper if necessary.

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A title (the name of the park)

The main features of the park, including any symbols they might want to use

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