Channel 4 Learning



GEOGRAPHY
Place and People: On the Map
 
Points of View: The functions of maps
The Grid: Using co-ordinates
Relief and Contours
Aims
Programme Outline
Background
Activities
Links
Location: Finding the way
Out of the Map Room: Maps as research tools
Credits
OS Map Extracts and Key
National Curriculum Relevance
TV Transmissions
Feedback
Print Version

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Relief and Contours

Aims

  • To provide a locational framework for the programme.
  • To show relief features on OS maps using contour lines (including hills, valleys, ridges and plateaux).
  • To follow routes on OS maps.
  • To orientate maps with landscape features.