KS2 > Geography
Sports and Leisure > Plan a Route
LESSON
PLAN
PLAN
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Describe and understand key aspects of:
- physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle
- human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water
Geographical Skills and Fieldwork
Use the eight points of a compass, four and six- figure grid references, symbols and key (including the use of Ordnance Survey maps) to build their knowledge of the United Kingdom and the wider world.Comparing satellite images and ordinance survey maps to plan a route and finding north.
- Google maps (or other online map services) are very useful when used in conjunction with satellite images. However, they do not always have enough detail. Your task is work out where is the towpath beside the Thames in South West London because you are planning a walk from Richmond to Kingston via Teddington Lock. Look at the images below and then look at an Ordnance Survey map (1:50,000 – Landranger Map 176 – West London) of the same area. Work out from the OS map key the symbol for paths and find it on the map to decide which side of the river you should start your walk at Richmond Bridge.
- Draw a map of your route.
- Add a compass rose to your map and line it up correctly with north.
