Roby Park Primary School Year 2 Geography What

Roby Park Primary School Year 2 Geography What makes a good map? What should I know already? ü ü The Power of Four Directional language , left, and right , backwards and forwards. The countries that make up the United Kingdom. Some Oceans that surround Australia v There are Seven continents, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. Left Right v The five Oceans are the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern , Arctic v The capital cities of the countries of the United Kingdom. England – London Scotland -Edinburgh Wales –Cardiff Northern Ireland - Belfast Key Vocabulary Aerial view -also known as a Bird’s eye view -this is the viewpoint seen at a high elevation. Atlas – a book of maps Compass- a device for finding direction North /South/East /West – directions on a compass Symbol drawing, shape, or object that represents an idea, object, or amount of something. Globe- map displayed on a round surface Coordinate -a set of numbers or numbers and letters together that show you a position on a map. Grid reference - grid of squares helps the map-reader to locate a place. Route - a way or course taken in getting from a starting point to a destination. Scale -size of an object compared to the size of the object's smaller representative on a map. v The “key” or “legend” is a small table of symbols that is used on the map, with their explanations Geographical Skills and Fieldwork Ø Make a messy map of our school Ø Make a plan of your class room Ø Take photograph of places around the school and add them to a aerial view of our school.

Roby Park Primary School Year 2 Geography What makes a good map? 3 W’s What are the seven continents? Write the names of 5 Oceans 321 Name 3 features of a good map …………………. . ……………………. What the countries that make up the United Kingdom? …………………. . ………………………………. . ……………………………. What are the 4 points of a compass? List 2 reasons why you might use a map ………………………………. . . ……………………………. . … VOCABULARY UNSCRAMBLE S l a t a a book of maps B l e og map displayed on a round surface Smopacs a device for finding direction Give 1 capital city Speedy Pencil. Write as much as you can remember in 5 minutes. ……………………………. …. . . . . . …………………. . . . ………………………………………………………………. . . . ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. .