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Rainforest: use a grid map

Rainforest: use a grid map

TLF ID L350

Use grid references to find places on a map. Follow instructions to find four locations. As you go, look up the meaning of tricky words.

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Educational details

Key learning objectives
  • Students decode texts incorporating visual elements.
  • Students relate a text to their own knowledge and experiences.
  • Students identify the meaning of a text by referring to diagrams and maps.
  • Students follow a sequence of directions.
Educational value
  • Demonstrates how grid references can be used to identify locations.
  • Provides opportunities to interpret grid references on a map.
  • Contains a glossary of difficult terms and their pronunciation.
Year level

3; 4; 5

TopicsGrid references; Landmarks; Maps (Geographic location)
Learning area
  • english;
  • mathematics
Strand
  • English/Language
  • English/Literacy
  • Mathematics/Measurement and geometry
Strand
  • English/Language
  • English/Literacy
  • Mathematics/Measurement and geometry
    Concept
    • English/Information
    • English/Unfamiliar vocabulary
    • English/Multimedia texts
    • English/Signs and symbols
    • English/Comprehension
    • English/Brief texts
    • English/Critical literacy
    Skill
    • Knowledge;
    • Comprehension;
    • Application
    Student activity
    • Interactives;
    • Analysis;
    • Modelling;
    • Comprehension activity
    Learning design
    • Experiential learning;
    • Independent learning;
    • Problem solving;
    • Visual learning

    Other details

    Contributors
    • Subject matter expert
    • Organisation: Deakin University; Faculty of Education; Consultancy and Development Unit
    • Address: Burwood VIC 3125 Australia
    • URL: http://www.deakin.edu.au/
    • Technical implementer
    • Publisher
    • Date of contribution: 2016-10-17
    • Name: Education Services Australia
    • Organisation: Education Services Australia
    • Address: Melbourne VIC 3000 AUSTRALIA
    • URL: www.esa.edu.au
    • Copyright holder
    • Date of contribution: 2016-10-17
    • Name: Education Services Australia
    • Organisation: Education Services Australia
    • Address: AUSTRALIA
    • URL: www.esa.edu.au
    Metadata contributors
    • Resource metadata contributed by
    • Name: Education Services Australia
    • Organisation: Education Services Australia
    • Address: AUSTRALIA
    • URL: www.esa.edu.au
    Access profile
    • Colour independence
    • Device independence
    Learning resource type
    • Tablet friendly (Interactive resource)
    Browsers
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox - minimum version: (MS-Windows)
    • ms-internet explorer - minimum version: 9.0 (MS-Windows) - maximum version: 11.0 (MS-Windows)
    • Safari - minimum version: 7.0 (MacOS) - maximum version: 7.1 (MacOS)
    Operating systems
    • ms-windows - minimum version: 7 - maximum version: 8
    • macos - minimum version: v7.1 - maximum version: OS X 10.10 Yosemite
    Rights
    • © Education Services Australia Ltd, 2016, except where indicated under Acknowledgements. This material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Australia (CC BY-SA 3.0 AU) licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/au/.

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