“Learning the Language of Landscape” Using OS Maps with Year 7 (ish) groups Alan Parkinson Secondary Geography Curriculum Leader Geographical Association Image by Victoria Ellis – with thanks for use

Image by Flickr User: fourcotts Free Maps for Schools Since 2002 Over 5 million maps given away Each map worth £7.49

Paper copies no longer produced. First digital version “coming soon”.

Back copies available to download from OS website... Full of ideas for how to use the OS maps...

What have other colleagues done with their free maps ? Treasure Hunts Murder Mysteries Display materials

My Patch: Val Vannet

The research found that since the launch of the initiative: the number of pupils confident in their understanding of maps has doubled the number of pupils who enjoy using maps has trebled the proportion of children who perceive maps as important has doubled 98% of teachers say the scheme had been 'beneficial' to geography teaching and learning in their school

The study showed that the mapping skills of pupils in inner urban schools were significantly more limited than those attending schools in rural areas. Also pupils who walk or cycle to school tended to have significantly higher standards of map-reading skills than those driven on the home-school run. Children who travelled more widely in their neighbourhoods by walking or cycling became more aware of their surroundings and so may go on to develop better map skills.

OS MAPPING NEWS : Spring 2009 Bringing Maps to Life Based on book: “The Map that came to Life”

Favourite maps – and why ? Collect the views of your colleagues....

Image: Flickr user Emma Bradshaw Plotting your route to school

GET A MAP http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/getamap Use an OS map wherever possible to introduce the location of case studies, or the places that are being discussed....

http://www.geograph.org.uk

http://www.umapper.com Make your own GEODART games.... Need to register – just need e-mail

Night, night, sleep tight....

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/gettinginvolved/language-of-landscape/

5 x 5

Producing some more map cards

GEOPACKS – free resources.... http://www.geopacks.com/Resources.aspx

Living Graphs Maps Father Christmas has a series of cryptic letters from boys and girls in the Rotherham area... He needs to decipher where the present needs to be delivered, or there’ll be some disappointed children on the 25th of December. Which grid square does he need to get to ? e.g. James has asked for a bike. He lives 500m north of a church with a tower, which lies next to the A624 and south of a primary school

‘JIGSAW PUZZLES’: http://befuddlr.com Use an image of your own – works on IWB

A

B

C

Which slide is this MOST LIKELY TO BE…. A, B or C Why ?

1. “I can hear the sound of people singing hymns….”

2. “Imagine being here hundreds of years ago, patrolling the battlements and watching for enemies who might attack you…”

3. “Two pints of bitter and a cheese and ham sandwich please…”

4. “The woman in the Tourist Information Centre says that they close at 3 o’ clock on Wednesdays so we’d better hurry up….”

5. “Let’s go in there, I need to buy some postcards to send to the family…”

6. “Are you sure this is the way to Castleton ?”

7. “Have you got any bread to feed to the ducks dad ?”

10. “Come on granny, it’s only 4 steps up and 4 steps down…”

6 x 6

GeoSquishing....

Look at it this Way: KS3 Toolkit

Mission : Explore http://geographycollective.co.uk

Map addict

Acknowledgements Images all credited except: Image of Cioch by Flick user stuart.lampard