Unit 16: What's in the news? Section 7: What is in the radio traffic news today?
Objectives
Children should learn:
to investigate places
to use secondary sources
to use and interpret maps and plans
about wider geographical contexts
Activities
Outcomes
Children:
Use daily traffic news on the radio as a stimulus for problem solving about journeys. Ask the children to use Ordnance Survey maps to plan alternative routes to 'work' or school when normal routes are not usable. For each route, ask the children to note grid references and distance and to use Ordnance Survey symbols to identify what they might see on each journey.
identify and record details of alternative routes in the local area
Points to note
To answer the enquiry question, focus activities on specific questions, eg How will this affect journeys to work or school? What alternative routes could be used?
Mathematics: this work may provide links to work on co-ordinates and understanding and using measures.
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