The Individual Elements of the Map

The problem is how to convert/reduce this school into a 3D model then to a 2D piece of paper!

A Special Perspective -- The vertically overhead view (VOV) - getting the right view!

This is the special view unique to maps

• Plan, Plain and Angle views
• plan view...where's the cat?
• room picture and the room plan
• Where Mandy lives picture 1 and map 1, picture 2 and map 2, picture 3 and map 3, in her town

The Compass Rose -where? NSEW!

The compass Rose indicates direction on a map...never forget where they are

• Where is North..How many 'norths' are there?
• How do we locate north
  • sun
  • stars
• Major and Minor Cardinal Points
• Cardinal and bearings and again here
• Bearings in degrees to draw a map

Direction - left, right...right! Over there!

Direction is indicated on a map by all or part of the face of a compass.

• direction exercises using graph paper
• tracing a route
• from here to there

Symbols

• larger than life...smaller than life
• symbol recognition on a coloured map or bw map
• some common symbols
  • roads, bridges, churches, railway, vegetation
• symbols on the map

Map Grids - Over and Across....Hey this is Social Studies not Math!

• letters and numbers in Kansas
• paired numbers in the neighbourhood
• floorplans
• latitude and longitude
• latitude
  • norther hemisphere
  • southern hemisphere
• longitude
  • eastern hemisphere
  • western hemisphere
• International date line

Distance - How far is it from here to there?

• walking distance
• calculating distance in Florida...Walt Disney World to Cocoa Beach
• in Denver and Colorado

Scale

The scale is used to help you find distances on a map.

• scale ratios
• large scale or small scale
• room plan to scale
• scale plan and plan to map 

How do we indicate relief or the ups and downs on a map?

• using layer colouring or hypsometric tints
• contour lines
• and in cross sections

Thematic Maps

• food
• linear