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Mathematics / Year 4 / Space
Curriculum content descriptions
create and interpret grid reference systems using grid references and directions to locate and describe positions and pathways (AC9M4SP02)
Elaborations
- interpreting a grid reference map of a familiar location of interest, such as a map of the showgrounds, a food festival, a botanical garden, a park in the local area or a train station, and writing instructions using grid references for a friend to find them at a specified location
- recognising that a spreadsheet uses a grid reference system, locating and entering data in cells and using a spreadsheet to record data collected through observations or experiments
- comparing and contrasting, describing and locating landmarks, people or things in a bird’s eye picture of a busy scene, such as people in a park, initially without a transparent grid reference system overlaid on the picture, and then with the grid overlaid; noticing how the grid helps to pinpoint things quickly and easily
- using different sized grids as a tool to enlarge an image or artwork
- simulating the actions of autonomous or robotic vehicles moving to different positions within a grid, using grid references and directional language to describe positions and pathways; for example, imitating an autonomous mobile warehouse robot moving stock to different aisles, using grid reference systems to locate positions
General capabilities
ScOT terms
Location (Geometry), Relative directions, Landmarks, Grid references