:Finding Your Way
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Approach: Station Level: Year 8
Focus:   Interpreting a map 
Resources:  Map in work book, ruler
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Questions/instructions:

Here is a map of Fairlie. If you drive into Fairlie from Timaru, you come in on Main Street.
 
% responses
y8

[click on map or key to enlarge]


1. If you turned from Main Street into School Road what direction would you be going
d
87
2. Look at the key. On the map put a circle around the motor camp.
circled motor camp correctly
79

3. What street is the information centre in?
b
91
4. What is the grid reference for the sports ground?
B–2
62
2–B
7

5. Where is the police station?
b
91
6. Look at the scale on the map.
How long is Hamilton Street?
400–500m
58
 
Total score:



7
33
6
23
4–5
30
2–3
11
0–1
3
Commentary:
Just over 50 percent of year 8 students obtained a total score of six or seven. Interpreting straightforward information from a map was achieved by about 80 to 90 percent of students. Using the scale of the map to interpret distance was done successfully by 58 percent of students. 
 
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