:Atlas (Y4)
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Approach: One to one  Level: Year 4
Focus: Understanding and using an atlas
Resources: Book: Oxford International Primary Atlas, recording book, 2 maps,
1 name card
1.7MB
   
Questions / instructions:

Show student the atlas.

Here is an atlas of the World.
[Click on maps to enlarge.]
Atlas Y4
 
% responses
2005 ('01)
Y4
1. Why might people find this book useful?
good for finding out where places are
83
I’ll give you a very quick look through this atlas, then ask you to find some things.
Fan through the atlas and hand to student.
The index in a book tells us where information can be found.		    
2. Where would you find the index in this atlas?
    Tell me how you found it.
    
    Record if student found the index or not.
found index
80
  
If the student can’t find the index, show them, then close the book.
Hand student card – Kenya.		    
3. There is a country called Kenya. Use the index to find Kenya, then find the map of Kenya in the atlas.    
    Record if the student found Kenya or not.
used index to find map
85
  
Atlas Y4
 Let’s look at two maps about New Zealand.

Hand student the two maps of New Zealand.
[Click on maps to enlarge.]
 
4. What is different about the information on these two maps?
 
    Record student’s answer.
mentioned one map is taken from the satellite
13
  
mentioned map uses colour to show height of mountains, rivers, lakes
9
  
mentioned one map has names of places on it
77
  
mentioned one map has clouds and weather systems on it
40
  
mentioned anything else relevant to maps
22
  
Total score:
5–6
16
  

4
27
  
3
34
  
2
14
  
1
7
  
0
2
  

Commentary:
A high proportion of the year 4 students knew what an atlas was for and how to find a particular country using the index. Most were much less successful in identifying multiple distinguishing features of two different types of map.

 
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