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A Plan Of The World

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How do we know where things are? How do you find your way around? What if you were in a place you did not know? What would help you find out where you were? That’s why people draw maps to represent features around us. Simple maps are just plans whilst atlases show the entire world! You might draw a plan of your bedroom, or a route map of how you get to school.

How much do you know about the different ways we use to represent the world? Let's discover!

In Sam’s bedroom there is a bed, a closet and a cupboard. Sam draws where they are on a piece of paper. Sam has drawn a ____ of his bedroom.

Book

Plan

Photo

Table

Can you draw a plan of your bedroom?

Sam lives in a town. Sam looks at a big plan of his town. Sam is looking at a ___.

Painting

Photograph

Map

Mirror

Do you have a map of where you live?

Sam wants to find out where Kenya is. He looks in a book of maps of the world. Sam is looking in an _____.

Album

Atlas

Newspaper

Magazine

Do you have an atlas of the world? Where is Kenya?

Sam knows the Earth is round. He has a model of the Earth in his bedroom. It shows all the oceans, continents and countries of the world. It is called a _____.

Globe

Star

Football

Atlas

The Earth is a sphere

Sam knows that people on boats can find their way round the world using satellites. They do this using ___.

GPS

Sky

ABC

XYZ

GPS stands for Global Positioning System

Sam’s cousin has moved. Sam’s cousin now lives in a town in France. Sam can see the street in France that his cousin lives in. Sam uses ______ _____ to look at the street in France.

Binoculars

Telescope

Google Earth

Computer Game

Sam’s cousin takes a picture of his new home in France. How can he send this picture to Sam?

Sam’s Dad has just got a new car. It is fitted with _______ to help him find his way to places.

Radio

Sat-nav

Seat belts

Clock

What does sat-nav do?

Sam’s Mom has just downloaded an ___. This ___ is an interactive map of big cities.

Video

Photo

File

App

There are lots of apps now to help you find your way

Sam’s Dad has lots of maps on phones and computers. But he likes to use maps printed on _____.

Paper

Glass

Wood

Metal

Lots of people still use paper maps

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Sam likes studying the Earth on the globe in his bedroom. He spins the globe. When it stops spinning, Sam is looking at the biggest ocean in the world. Which ocean is this?

Atlantic

Indian

Arctic

Pacific

Try spinning a globe. It will stop at a different part of the world each time

Author: David Bland