Introducing maps - Year 6
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This document introduces the key components of maps, including STACK, which is an acronym to help remember the essential elements: Scale, Title, Accuracy, Compass, and Key. It explains that maps use symbols to represent details and includes a key to identify what the symbols stand for. The document also discusses adding a title, scale, compass point, and key to a map to provide important context about what the map depicts and its dimensions.
Introducing maps - Year 6
- 1. Identities and Places: An Introduction to Maps To know what a map is and how it can show your place To understand what is meant by STACK To be able to create a simple map and be able to STACK it
- 2. Did you use any symbols? Where do we use symbols? & Why?
- 3. Maps use symbols! However, not all the detail will fit on the map so we use different images, abbreviations and letters to represent the main items on the map. When drawing a map to scale it is important to include as much detail as possible. These are recorded in the key! Did your map have a key? Could you add one?
- 4. Look at the key:
- 5. Which direction is your map? Where is north? What is even meant by ‘north’?
- 6. Compass Rose ‘Never Eat Squishy Watermelon’ TASK: Copy out the compass rose and the above slogan. Extension: Think of your own slogan! How can we remember the points of the compass?
- 7. Finding your direction… move to the right compass point around the room The direction of: 6 from 1 2 from 7 1 to 5 8 from 12 9 to 3 11 from 8 Let’s play ‘box the compass!’
- 8. Which direction is your map? Can you add a compass point to your map?
- 9. How do you know what your map is showing? E.g. how can you tell what this map is showing? Did your map have a title? Could you add one if you didn’t?
- 10. How big is your map? By the scale! This tells you the distance on a map How can you tell when a map is 1cm; 1m; 1km or 100km in real life? Did your map have a scale? Could you add one?