Pirate Map
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Approach: Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Making a map
Resources: Ruler, map in work book
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Questions/instructions:
 
% responses
2007 ('03)
y4
y8

Help the old pirate finish his treasure map.Here is the information you need to draw on the map:
a hut 3 km east of the treasure
a large tree 2 km south of the lighthouse
a cave on the south tip of the island
a small lake 4 km north-east of the treasure
a stream running straight between the lake and Captain’s Beach.
Finish the map by:
a. finishing the key
b. drawing the things on the map.
 = range accepted for marking
[Click on map to enlarge.]
   
Key drawn & labelled correctly:
hut
53 (61)
81 (83)
tree
54 (66)
82 (87)
cave
50 (58)
77 (80)
lake
54 (65)
82 (86)
stream
48 (62)
78 (80)
Map drawn & labelled correctly:
(within marked area)
    
hut
38 (47)
80 (75)
tree
49 (57)
87 (87)
cave
57 (63)
87 (78)
lake
30 (31)
64 (70)
stream
(anything joining lake to Captain’s Beach)
27 (22)
56 (64)

Total score:
9–10
14 (18)
56 (60)
7–8
22 (32)
22 (17)
5–6
16 (15)
7 (11)
3–4
13 (8)
7 (7)
0–2
35 (28)
8 (6)
Subgroup Analysis [Click on charts to enlarge] :
Year 4
Year 8
Commentary:
There was strong growth from year 4 to year 8 in the ability to complete a map with appropriate symbols in the proper locations. Year 8 students were generally quite good at this task. There was a slight decline in performance for year 4 students from 2003 to 2007. Mäori and Pasifika year 4 students performed comparably, but Mäori students did better at year 8 level.