| Task Name : Pirate Maps | Task Level : F (Grade 5) | ||
| Semester : 2 | Topic : Lines and Coordinates | VC Strand : Location and Transformation | |
| Web Address : http://maths.crusoecollege.vic.edu.au/ltfF | |||
| Equipment Needed : Map template | |||
| Victorian Curriculum outcome : Use a grid reference system to describe locations. Describe routes using landmarks and directional language | |||
| Task description : Students create a pirate map with 6 places of interest. They describe a tour of the island starting at the first point of interest and ending back there. The tour should use scale, compass directions and grid references. | |||
| Assessment options : Photographs of map, handwritten/typed descriptions of locations; screencast. | |||
| Teacher notes : | Downloads : pirate map blank | ||
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