Week Three 

Hopeville project: Look at the map below of the imaginary village “Hopeville”. Work through the challenge cards below.

PROJECT IDEA: Design your own map of an imaginary town, include a key with map symbols.

Mapwork Week Four 

Access the ppt below to explore essential map skills: 

• Complete Pg 2-3 in your Mapwork booklet (in pack) 
•  Compass Directions – eight points of the compass
• Scale and Legend: Island of Turrip- consider where the features would be best located; their size in comparison to one another and distance apart i.e. mountain areas; river source and flowing to the sea; airports and connections to cities.

Week Five: Make a Country 

Make a country - following on from the last activity you can now construct your own country using your own legend and scale. Remember that there are familiar symbols used on maps to represent certain features as you will have seen in the previous PowerPoint. This should help you! Again consider where the features would be best located; their size in comparison to one another and distance apart i.e. mountain areas; river source and flowing to the sea; airports and connections to cities. 

Week Seven 

Finish the "reading maps" page. All the information you need to answer the questions are found on the map. 

Mapwork - Blank Map Task:

Activity one: Important Features of the British Isles (using the online atlas link provided). Locate the features mentioned and mark them on the blank map as accurately as possible.

Activity two: Locate and draw the following features unto the blank map (back page):

1. Capital cities of England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland and Republic of Ireland
2. Lough Neagh
3. River Mersey, River Tyne and River Shannon
4. Isle of Wight
5. Mourne Mountains
6. Scottish Highland Mountains
7. Glasgow, Galway, Londonderry, Manchester, Swansea
8. Birmingham Airport