| Approach: Station |
Level:
Year 4
and year 8 |
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1.8MB |
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| Focus:
Knowledge
of locations on a world map. |
| Resources:
Laptop computer
with a special programme. |
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Questions/instructions:
Students were
presented with a map of the world, with four countries deleted (New Zealand,
Japan, Samoa, and the Cook Islands). These countries were available at
the bottom of the map. Students were asked to drag these countries to
what they believed were the corrrect locations. The computer recorded
where the students left each country, on an East-West scale from 0 to
800 and a North-South scale from 0 to 600 (effectively actually 70 to
470). The index point for each country was the centre of the rectangle
in which it was displayed.
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%
responses |
| y4 |
y8
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| Year
4 (New Zealand) |
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| Year
8 (New Zealand) |
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New
Zealand:
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within
500km E-W and N-S
|
9
|
17
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within
500km in one direction and
500-1000 km out in the other
|
21
|
32
|
|
500-1000
km out in both directions
|
3
|
10
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| Year
4 (Samoa) |
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| Year
8 (Samoa) |
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Samoa:
|
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within
500km E-W and N-S
|
2
|
9
|
|
within
500km in one direction and
500-1000 km out in the other
|
5
|
13
|
|
500-1000
km out in both directions
|
1
|
2
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| |
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%
responses |
y4 |
y8 |
| Year
4 (Japan) |
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| Year
8 (Japan) |
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Japan: |
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within
500km E-W and N-S |
3 |
19 |
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within
500km in one direction and
500-1000 km out in the other |
4 |
12 |
|
500-1000
km out in both directions |
3 |
5 |
| |
| Year
4 (Cook Islands) |
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|
|
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| Year
8 (Cook Islands) |
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|
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Cook
Islands: |
|
within
500km E-W and N-S |
1 |
1 |
|
within
500km in one direction and
500-1000 km out in the other |
1 |
6 |
|
500-1000
km out in both directions |
2 |
4 |
| |
|
|
1 |
3 |
|
5–7
|
4 |
23 |
|
3–4
|
14 |
24 |
|
1–2
|
23 |
27 |
|
0
|
58 |
23 |
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