Teacher. Making and Using Maps

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1 Let's make learning fun! This book belongs to: Teacher Class: Making and Using Maps Education Objectives Your visit to LEGOLAND Windsor Resort will provide an opportunity for your pupils to go on an exciting educational quest either the Time Traveller Quest or the Globetrotter Quest. Part of each quest will help your pupils understand what it is like to be an active geographer by trying out these key mapping skills: reading a map using co-ordinates using keys Before the visit, you can use this resource to help your class: become familiar with key mapping skills use geographical terms make their own maps through a hands-on activity After the visit, you can use the downloadable Post-Visit Resources that relate to the quests for follow-up work. These can be found in the School section of the LEGOLAND Windsor Resort website, at National Curriculum Mapping This resource corresponds to the following areas of the National Curriculum: KS1 Geography Maths ICT 1 KS2 Geography Maths 1, 2, 3a, 3b, 4a Ma2: 1e-g, 5a 1b, 2a-f Ma4: 2b, 2c

2 Dear Class, We've heard that you are all coming on a school trip to LEGOLAND Windsor Resort. We're really looking forward to seeing you, and we're sure that you will have a great time with us! Your teacher will tell you about all the exciting things you can see and do at the Resort. One of the great things about your visit is going to be a special quest which you will be taking part in. You will be able to explore the Resort, look for clues and answer questions to solve a puzzle with a certificate at the end for you and all your classmates! But before you come and visit us, why don t you practise using your mapping skills to help you find your way around the Resort, and find out what it s like to be a real geographical explorer? We know you're going to love your exciting quest at LEGOLAND Windsor Resort! See you soon Professor Albrick Professor Albrick Dept. LEGOLAND Learning LEGOLAND Windsor Resort The whole of LEGOLAND Windsor Resort covers 60 hectares about the same as 85 football pitches. So there s a lot to explore! Distributed in the UK by LEGOLAND Windsor Park Ltd, Winkfield Road, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 4AY. These materials are fully protected by international copyright. They may be photocopied for educational use within the purchasing institution. All other rights reserved. LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Minifigure and LEGOLAND are trademarks of the LEGO Group The LEGO Group. 2

3 Before the visit Show your pupils the interactive map of LEGOLAND Windsor Resort on the website via the whiteboard. Discuss their expectations of the visit and any concerns they may have, e.g. what to do if they are separated from the group or they feel unwell on the day. Look at the information on our website about the Time Traveller Quest and the Globetrotter Quest. Choose the one you would like pupils to follow on your visit then talk to them about the quest. Print a copy of your chosen quest for each pupil, to be used on the day of the visit. Read out the introductory letter on page 2 and all the 'Wow Fact!' boxes to stimulate pupils' interest in the Resort, the quest and the opportunity to use mapping skills. To make the most of your visit to the Resort, use the lesson ideas on the next few pages to plan some pre-visit activities. These are based around using and making maps to introduce your pupils to some of the educational skills they will be practising when you explore during your quest. During your visit The quests Explore the Resort's attractions linked to historical themes by following the Time Traveller Quest. LEGOLAND Windsor Resort has 11 different worlds to explore, with over 55 rides and attractions! Use the Resort's attractions to explore geographical themes by following the Globetrotter Quest. Explore the rest of the Resort and its wealth of additional opportunities to link with the National Curriculum using our downloadable Teachers Map. After your visit Follow up with work back in the classroom: Use the lesson ideas in the Time Traveller Quest Post-Visit Resource to build on learning in History and English. Use the ideas in the Globetrotter Quest Post-Visit Resource to build on learning in Geography and Maths. Find out more and download all the above resources from the LEGOLAND Windsor Resort website at: 3

4 LESSON 1: Reading maps Introduction On the whiteboard, find LEGOLAND Windsor Resort in Google Maps. Switch between the satellite and map views. Explain the need for making maps and compare the different views. By using something the children are familiar with such as a park or lake, and by zooming in and out on the maps, demonstrate that things drawn on maps are much smaller than in real life and that they are drawn to scale or in proportion. (Also see our Globetrotter Quest Post-Visit Resource for follow-up activities on the use of scale in maps). Using co-ordinates Hand out Worksheet 1 Reading maps to the class. Explain that the map is divided into a grid of squares. Each square is represented by a letter (along the top of the grid) and a number (down the side of the grid) and that these are called co-ordinates. In pairs, ask the children to study the map for a short time. Each pair should discuss the map and agree on an area that they would like to visit. Ask them to write down the area's co-ordinates, giving the horizontal co-ordinate first, e.g. E4. Using a key Explain that keys are used on maps to make them easier to read and to save space, so that a map is not obscured by lots of writing. Numbers or symbols are often used instead of written labels. Look at Worksheet 1. There are routes marked on the map for the Time Traveller Quest and the Globetrotter Quest. On a piece of paper, ask the children to design a symbol for each quest, then draw their symbols in the key and at the start of each route where there is an empty circle. There is a LEGOLAND resort in Denmark, one in Germany and two in the USA. A fifth resort is opening in Malaysia in What else is shown in the key? Can they use the key to find a feature and give its co-ordinates? 4

5 LESSON 2: Giving directions Using a local map Before the lesson, source a map of the local area with a grid and clear co-ordinates. Enlarge it on a photocopier and highlight prominent features with a marker pen. Display it in the classroom. In the lesson, explain directions in terms of the points of the compass. Illustrate this to the children with a compass and your map of the local school area. Have the children work in pairs. They should choose two features on the map and write down the names of the features and their co-ordinates. Can they describe where the features are in relation to each other, using the terms north, south, east and west? Using the terms north, south, east and west, ask the children to give directions from their first grid square to their second grid square. For instance, directions might be two squares west, seven squares south etc.. Over 15 million LEGO bricks have been used in the Resort's new hotel, bringing the total number in the Resort to 80 million! Reproduced by permission of Geographers' A-Z Map Co. Ltd. A1147. This map is based upon Ordnance Survey maps with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty s Stationery Office. Crown Copyright

6 LESSON 3: Comparing maps Using interactive and printed maps Using a secondary source of information the LEGOLAND Windsor Resort website find the interactive map of the Resort and compare it with the LEGOLAND map on Worksheet 1. You could display the interactive map on a whiteboard. Ask questions, such as: What are the main similarities between the two maps? What are the main differences between the two maps? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each map? Discuss as a class and compare ideas. The world's tallest LEGO tower, built in Brazil in 2011, was 31.19m tall the height of six giraffes! 6

7 LESSON 4: Making maps Fantasy theme park Ask the children to invent their own fantasy theme park. In pairs or small groups, they should discuss and make notes on: What the theme of the park is What the name of the park is and how it relates to the theme The indoor LEGO Star Wars TM Miniland Experience has eight scenes from the famous films and animated series, built to a scale of 1:20. What the main features are How the rides would be powered Hand out Worksheet 2 Fantasy theme park. Each child should then write a description of their theme park, saying what s exciting about it. Continue on a separate piece of paper if necessary. Fantasy theme park Now ask the children to draw a map to go with the piece of writing, to include the following features: A title (the name of the park) The main features of the park, including any symbols they might want to use A key to the symbols A decoration showing the four compass points 7

8 WORKSHEET A B C D E F G Reading maps Write down the name of the area of the Resort that sounds the most fun. What are its co-ordinates? Find a restaurant, toilets and a lost services point on the map and write the coordinates in the key below. Draw symbols in the empty circles below and on the map for the two quests. KEY Restaurant Toilets Lost services Time Traveller Quest Globetrotter Quest

9 WORKSHEET 2 Fantasy theme park Write a description of your theme park here. Now draw a map of your theme park. Include: The title (the name of the park) The main features, including any symbols you want to use A key for the symbols A decoration showing the four points of the compass NAME OF PARK: KEY

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