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Unit 18

Position, direction and movement.


Lesson Objectives =
Students will learn how to read a compass and read map
coordinates.

Lesson Outcomes=
Students will be able to read a compass and read map
coordinates.
What Is a Compass?

What is our rhyme to remember the compass points?


For example:
Never Eat Silly Worms
or
Naughty Elephants Squirt Water
Compass Points Quiz
What is missing from the
compass?
Click the boxes to reveal the answers.
north

west east

south
More Compass Points
What do you notice about these
compasses?
Some compasses can be divided into
eight with these letters. What do you
think they mean?
NE north-east

SE south-east

NW north-west

SW south-west

answers
Using a Grid Map
Some maps use grid references to give locations.
The caves are at the grid reference (6,6).
y-
8
axis

x-
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 axis
Using a Grid Map
To find the grid reference for the caves, on x-axis go to 6 on y-axis
go to 6, there you will find caves..
y-
88
axis

You will find the 77


caves where the
66
x-axis and y-axis
cross, giving the 55
grid reference
(6,6) 44

33

22

11

11 x-
22 3 3 4 45 5
6 76 8 7 9 8
10
axis
How to Play
Play in your team. Take it in turns to select a coordinate on the
grid. Say the coordinate out loud and click on the square to
find the hidden seahorse. The team who finds the seahorse
first wins points!

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3
Clue= X-axis =6!!! ( 6, _) Back
y-axis to
menu

9
8
7 You found
6 the seahorse!
5 Click this box to get
back to the menu.
4
3
2
1
0 x-axis
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Clue= X-axis =5!!! (5,_) Back
y-axis to
menu

9
8
7 You found
6 the seahorse!
5 Click this box to get
back to the menu.
4
3
2
1
0 x-axis
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Clue= Y-axis =1 !!! ( _ , 1) Back
y-axis to
menu

9
8
7 You found
6 the seahorse!
5 Click this box to get
back to the menu.
4
3
2
1
0 x-axis
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Learner Book P 222
North-east

South-west
Learner Book P 223
Burd

South-East North-East South-West


Learner Book P 223
Learner Book P 225
Learner Book P 225

Sofia shows the


coordinates (1,4)

Sofia has used


the wrong
coordinates.
X=4 Y=1
(X, Y)
Learner Book P 226
Learner Book P
226

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