Map
• a diagrammatic drawing of something such
as a route or area made to show the
location of a place or how to get there
• to discover something and create a visual
representation of it
Encarta dictionary UK
Geography Curriculum 2014
The national curriculum for geography aims to ensure that all
pupils are competent in the geographical skills needed to:
• interpret a range of sources of geographical information,
including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
• communicate geographical information in a variety of ways,
including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and
writing at length.
AND - There is a specific mention of OS mapping in NC 2014:
‘... 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 ... knowledge of the United Kingdom
and the wider world’. (DfE 2013)
(DfE 2013)
Why use Maps?
• Maps help geographers to enquire about, describe and explain
what places are like and why, how and why they are changing
and how they compare to other places.
• Maps communicate
• Maps help geographers ‘zoom’ in and out of different scales of
enquiry.
• Maps can highlight patterns, similarities and differences
• Maps are tools for explaining the world
• Maps are only ever imperfect models: variable in design and
interpretation
Where do I hang out?
CHILD
Nanny and Granddad's house
Supported
map
Beach
Eastchurch School
Sheerness
Cliffs
Local shop
Nanny and
Granddad's house
Daddy’s shop
xxxxxx
Bus
Town
House
Shops
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Start with your own
house.
Draw lines to show
places you go to.
Design symbols for
different types of
places.
Use colours
/patterns to show
different types of
landscapes
Sittingbourne
Walk
Car
School
What does this tell you about this
child’s range and freedom to
explore?
How might this range develop in the
next few years?
Starting out – with us
Maps help tell stories about who we are and where we live
Where I live and
types of housing
Where my school is and
how I get there.
Talking about the immediate
locality
Add a star to all the places you go to at least once a week...
Talking about the wider locality
Add a different symbol star to show places you go to at least
once a month ..
Talking about Great Britain
What places in
Great Britain have
you visited?
Zoom in on one and add a holiday snap.
Range and scale
I’m allowed to play out in the street and can walk to the shop and
back with my friends. I mustn’t go anywhere else. (Boy aged 8)
Text courtesy Wikipedia Graphic courtesy Tagxedo
http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
Ask children to
brainstorm words
that signify the UK.
Paste into Tagxedo to
show Thought
Shower.
Could do for the
‘world’ and for other
continent shapes.
Starting out- through stories
Little Red Riding Hood’s journey through the woods – sequence
and recall,
•features, symbols and way marks,
•emotions e.g. danger!
•Best routes?
•Drama to act out the journey and ‘read’ the map
OR be subversive!
http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/younggeographers/resources/southborough/
Patterns & Comparisons
Fraserburgh
Weymouth
Simple land use comparisons: 1:25 000 scale. What do you notice?
New Quay
Ullapool
Transport Patterns
•Why and how are these places
connected?
•Why does that motorway go around
London and not through it?
•What came first the cities or the
motorways?
•Where do you think airports are
situated? On A roads, B roads or
•Can you name these cities?
Motorways?
•Can you add ...
www.digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk
Sounds around us
London Sounds http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/81/35/
Grid 20 has sounds from Kings
Cross Station and Regent’s Park
Sound Cities http://soundcities.com/
A woman singing in her
house, Bangkok City
Talking about Changes over Time
What did it look like
before the Olympic Park
was built?
Toggling between current and
1890s historical map views
Me in the World
www.scribblemaps.com
What everyday items do you use each day?
How do they connect you to the world?
Breakfast items? Clothes? Toys?
Compare your map to others – what do you notice?
Country Connections
I live in England, UK.
Australia
Canada
China
Malaysia
France
Spain
ME
Iran
Wales
Ireland
Scotland
Family links
Visited
Friends
Lived
What categories could you add?
Cultural links?
Food, clothes etc?
Email links?
Music TV and other media?
Children and ‘Messy Mapping’
Photos Nell Seal
Pupils from Hillside Avenue
Primary School doing
fieldwork at Wells – next Sea
Useful Links
OS Digimap for Schools www.digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk
Geographical Association www.geography.org.uk
Geography Champions http://geographychampions.ning.com
London Mapper http://www.londonmapper.org.uk/
Mapping our Globe http://www.geography.org.uk/resources/mappingourglobe/
Go Local http://www.geography.org.uk/cpdevents/onlinecpd/younggeographersgolocal/
Some online resources http://www.geography.org.uk/resources/onlineresources/#15331
Think Maps http://www.geography.org.uk/projects/valuingplaces/cpdunits/thinkmaps/
Making Maps http://www.geography.org.uk/gtip/thinkpieces/makingmaps/#787
Maps to help you make sense of the World http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/maps-that-will-help-you-make-sense-of-the-world/
Do you know Europe? http://stephanmendler.de/thinkmaps/puzzle/index_en.html
How well do you know the world? http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/interactive/2012/dec/20/geography-gamehow-well-know-world
Global wind and weather http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/isobaric/1000hPa/orthographic=-1.37,52.87,1070
World Hunger Map http://cdn.wfp.org/hungermap/#ES
Life Expectancy http://www.mapsofworld.com/africa/thematic/life-expectancy-at-birth.html
Interactive London Map http://www.mylondonmap.com/
Street map http://www.streetmap.co.uk/
London Toilet Map http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/transport-and-streets/clean-streets/Pages/toilet-map.aspx
Googlemaps www.maps.google.com
Jane Whittle takes her Y1/2class out to do Journey Sticks
London Profiler http://www.londonprofiler.org
London Sounds http://www.soundsurvey.org.uk/index.php/survey/soundmaps/more/81/35/
Where is Matt?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwepA6TaZk&feature=youtube_gdata_player