The water feature in the quad is exactly in the middle of the grassed area. How far is it from each corner of the grass to the water feature?

You may not walk on the grass.

How will you work this out?

What questions do you need to ask?

You have one 30cm ruler, but you only use it once!

Year 7 Map work

Maps, Plans and Scale

Learning objectives

To understand what a scale is and how to use it.

To understand how to measure distance on a map.

The water feature in the quad is exactly in the middle of the grassed area. How far is it from each corner of the grass to the water feature?

You may not walk on the grass.

How will you work this out?

Sorry forgot to say you only have 1 30cm ruler and you can only use it once!

20 minutes to do this… run!

Wait… What do we need to do?

Outside –Inside –

Plans and Scale

A plan or map…. is a birds-eye view of a place

A plan can be rough or drawn to scale.

Why do we have scales on maps?

Scale tells you… how the size of something on the plan relates to the size in real life.

What are the three types of scale?

We can express scale in 3 ways:

In words: 1 cm is equal to 30m on a map

As a ratio: 1:3000 Or Graphically

Km

0 30

Draw a plan (to scale) of the water feature in relation to the grass.

What must you plan (map) have?

Marking your own work from last lesson

Exercise A1.Arthur’s Bench2.Mitchell’s Autos3.Playground4.Post Office

Exercise B1.True2.False3.False4.True5.True6.True7.False8.True

Write your mark out of 12 on the sheet.

We will not include Exercise C

Measuring Distance on a map

What do we mean by “as the crow flies”?

How would you measure the A24 (the main road) on the map you stuck into your book last lesson?

Let’s have a goHave a go at measuring the distance on the sheet given.

You will need to read this sheet first.

If you are not sure, ask you neighbour.

If you both can’t work it out, ask me!