Approach: One
to one |
Level:
Year 4
and year 8 |
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Focus:
Interpreting
a map
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Resources:
Map |
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392KB |
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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] |
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%
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) |
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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). |