Geography at key stage 3 (Year 7)
Unit 6: World sport
Section 2: How do I get to the match?
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Objectives |
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- to plan journeys using maps of different scales
- to plan different journeys based on shortest linear route, cost and time distance
- to obtain information from the internet
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Activities |
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Outcomes |
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Children: |
- Ask pupils to select a team they follow/support/have some interest in and, using a variety of information sources,
eg a road atlas, timetables, brochures, to plan a journey to the team's next home game and/or a series of journeys to an away match - the shortest in linear distance, in time distance and the cheapest. An extension task would be to repeat the exercise for a team in the Champions' League (Europe).
- The internet can provide access to a range of sites for route planning and rail and bus timetables, which are interactive and enable pupils to search for options more quickly. Although pupils should develop the skills for route planning manually, route planning software can enable them to investigate more alternatives and gather more evidence for analysis and decision making.
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- produce plans of journeys to different destinations
- exemplify the differences between actual, time and cost distance
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Points to note |
- Mathematics: understand and use scales, perform calculations in the context of money, distance and time, and, if appropriate, to use a calculator.
- ICT: it is possible to set up a simple spreadsheet which pupils could use to compare routes.
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