:Tripping Around
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Approach:  One to one Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Interpreting a map 
Resources: Map
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Questions/instructions:

In this activity you will need this map of the North Island.
The map was designed to show driving distances between towns and cities.

Give student map of North Island. Help student locate cities if necessary.

[Year 4 map was as adjacent, with some town names in colour.
Year 8 map was in black only.]

[click on map to enlarge]
 
% responses
2003 ('99)
y4
y8
1. How far is it from Rotorua to Tauranga?
60km
77 (83)
94 (94)
2. How would I work out how far it is from Auckland to Kaitaia?
325km
35 (40)
75 (60)
3. If I wanted to go the shortest way from Taupo to Hamilton which town would I go through?
Cambridge
91 (90)
92 (98)
 
Total score:



4
32 (34)
67 (58)
3
8 (11)
20 (23)
2
35 (37)
10 (16)
1
22 (16)
3 (3)
0
3 (2)
0 (0)
Commentary:
There was relatively little change between 1999 and 2003 in the ability of year 4 and year 8 students to determine distances and routes on a map. About twice as many year 8 students as year 4 students got all questions correct in 2003 (67 percent versus 32 percent).
 
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