Geography

Year 9 Home Learning Booklet

Map Skills Higher

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Given out: Monday 19 October Hand in: Monday 2 November

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The Importance of Map Skills

This booklet is aimed at helping you improve your map skills. These are very

important skills that you need to know, especially if you plan to take

Geography at GCSE as they count towards 25% of your final mark.

I have included some help pages within the booklet for things you may not

have seen before so read the coloured help sheets carefully before you begin

the tasks.

In addition to this I will be available after school at Homework Club

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to support you, so if you are finding

this difficult please make sure you are there.

If you require further help with your map skills but cannot attend Homework

Club go to the internet and type in this link for further help:

http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/PagesHomeworkHelp/ma

pability/

or Google: “Mapzones, Mapability” and click on the first link that comes up.

Good Luck with your map skills!

Task 1: Using Symbols

All to complete

Here is a help sheet for how to measure distances on a map. Read through it carefully and

look at the pictures to help you understand before you attempt tasks 2 and 3.

Task 2: Long Distances on National Maps (15 mins)

All to complete

Task 3: Short Distances on Local Maps (20 mins)

All to complete

Here is a help sheet for how to tell if the land is high or low, flat or steep on maps. This is

called the relief of the land. Read through this carefully and look at the pictures to help

you understand before you complete task 4.

Task 4: Height on Maps

This is a help sheet for drawing cross

All to complete

This is a help sheet for drawing cross sections. Cross sections are extremely useful

because they allow us to use the contours on a map to draw a side-on view of the hill so

we know what is looks like from the ground. Read this sheet very carefully before you

attempt task 5.

Task 5: Drawing cross sections (20 mins)

Silver

Gold

Task 6: Six Figure Grid References (30 mins)

Silver

Gold

Task 7: Using aerial photographs and maps (1 hour)

Use the map and photograph on the following 2 pages to help you answer these

questions.

1) The aerial photograph is taken from the south west corner of the map looking

towards Castleton. Which direction is the photo looking?__________________

2) What is the name of the ruined castle at R in the photograph?

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3) Why do you think the castle was built on this bit of land?

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4) What is the name of the steep sided valley in the photograph?

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5) Find the church labelled S on the photograph and the map. What symbol is used on

the map to show this building?________________________________

6) Locate V on the map and the photograph. What is the land here used for?

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7) Why do you think the land at V has not had houses built on it?

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8) What is the name of the road labelled T?_____________________________

All to complete

9) What type of farming do you think the land around the village is used for? Explain

your answer. _____________________________________________

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10)What is the name of the road at W? _____________________________

Now just using the map answer these questions.

1) What is the name of the ancient ditch that marks the edge of Castleton?

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2) Give two street names to suggest that Castleton had an industrial past.

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3) If you walk along Back Street from north to south, would you be going uphill or

downhill? What map evidence did you use to answer this question?

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4) We have already seen that Castleton has a church. Use the map to make a list of any

other shops, services and other things that are available in the village for people to

use.________________________________________________________________

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All to complete

Self Evaluation of my Homework

I am a R____________________ learner. I know this because:

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I believe that my effort and attitude to learning for this booklet is a:

1 2 3 4

I know this because:

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