:Auckland Zoo
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Approach:  Station Level: Year 4 and year 8
Focus: Interpreting a map 
Resources: Map, red pen, blue pen
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Questions/instructions:

This is a map of Auckland Zoo.

Use this map to help you answer the questions.

[click on map to enlarge]

 

% responses
2003 ('99)
y4
y8
1. Find the entrance to the zoo. Mark it with a red X.
88 (87)
97 (95)
2. Start from the entrance. Draw in red the quickest way to get to the tigers. Mark T for tigers.
quickest way from the entrance to the tigers
56 (53)
80 (82)
tigers marked with T
81 (84)
92 (91)
3. Start from the tigers. Draw in blue the quickest way to get to the bats. Mark B for the bats.
quickest way from the tigers to the bats
32 (26)
67 (62)
bats marked with B
85 (86)
93 (91)
4. Some parts of the map are coloured purple. What does this mean?
buildings
55 (58)
86 (87)
5. Find the toilet nearest to the elephants. Circle it in red.
65 (75)
93 (93)
 
Total score:



7
12 (9)
50 (47)
5–6
46 (52)
39 (42)
3–4
30 (29)
10 (8)
1–2
9 (9)
1 (3)
0
3 (1)
0 (0)
Commentary:
Year 4 and year 8 students achieved very similarly in 1999 and 2003. Students were particularly strong in most aspects of locating places on a map (Q1 and Q5).
 
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