Activity 5: Unlocking Maps with Keys Unlocking Maps with Geography / Key Keys Map Stage 1 / – Geographical skills Timeframe: 1 hour Post-it notes and fieldwork Issue a copy of the map presented in the Where Am I? Miniclip to each student. Ask students to Geography / Key identify the following features: trees, mountains, cities, houses, farms, roads, paths. Ask Stage 1 / Human and students to explain how they were able to identify these features and discuss the use of physical geography symbols in maps. Discuss the purpose of a or in a map and ask students to draw a key for their “key” “legend” map. You might want them to do to this on a post-it note, so that students can easily attach it to their map. Extension Students can create their own map based on the key they created earlier in this activity.
Activity 5: Unlocking Maps with Keys Timeframe: 1 hour Issue a copy of the map presented in the Where Am I? Miniclip to each student. Ask students to identify the following features: trees, mountains, cities, houses, farms, roads, paths. Ask students to explain how they were able to identify these features and discuss the use of symbols in maps. Discuss the purpose of a “key” or “legend” in a map and ask students to draw a key for their map. You might want them to do to this on a post-it note, so that students can easily attach it to their map. Extension Students can create their own map based on the key they created earlier in this activity. Unlocking Maps with Keys – Map Post-it notes Geography / Key Stage 1 / Geographical skills and fieldwork Geography / Key Stage 1 / Human and physical geography
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