Still sorting through the USB, I found a nice file that I used for teaching bearings. Some time ago the geography department gave ordnance survey maps to each pupil in year 7, after a few years of doing this there was a bit of a surplus. So I took 16 of these and cut A3 sized sections out of each one, centred on the maths department within the school, cue a growl from the geography dept but I don't think they had considered copyright issues. On each map I drew a line pointing north from the maths department, mounted them on thick card and got them laminated so they could be drawn over with drywipe pens. We then played a few games in the lesson with pupils starting to find bearings of various locations from the maths department, move on to finding bearings from other locations and then finding locations when given bearings from two points. I also made sure that the scale was cut from the maps and pasted onto the bottom so that we could discuss scale and ratio. I also used the maps to introduce the concept of vectors, with all pupils facing north they have to describe where the local towns were and fairly soon realise you need a direction and a distance.
I can't upload a file for this as there are copyright issues on the map and it will only work to it's maximum effect if it is centred around the school they are in, in an area they know. I also worked on a version using a map of the school but it didn't work quite as well. Hopefully given someone an idea.
I can't upload a file for this as there are copyright issues on the map and it will only work to it's maximum effect if it is centred around the school they are in, in an area they know. I also worked on a version using a map of the school but it didn't work quite as well. Hopefully given someone an idea.