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
Location: Finding the way
Aims
Programme Outline
Background
Activities
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Out of the Map Room: Maps as research tools
Credits
OS Map Extracts and Key
National Curriculum Relevance
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Location: Finding the way

Aims

  • To provide a locational framework for the programme.
  • To build up an annotated sketch map showing a route and landmarks.
  • To consider factors influencing locational decision-making processes.
  • To use maps to locate features on aerial photographs.
  • To interpret contour lines in order to recognise relief features.
  • To demonstrate the purposes of OS Superplans.