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Activity 6: Which way is south-east?
You will need:
Preparation: Print out and photocopy maps L,
M, and N
and give one map to each group, so that a third of the class works with
L, a third with M, and the rest with N. What to do: 1. Discuss the compass points with the class. Explain that south-east is halfway between south and east on the compass, i.e. 45 degrees south of east, and 45 degrees east of south. 2. Ask the group to make a 45 degree angle with their piece of paper. They can do this by folding the paper diagonally, to make a right-angled triangle. 3. Ask them to find London and mark it on their map. Ask them to place the triangle on the map, as shown in diagram A. 4. Explain that the bottom right-hand point of the triangle is in a south-easterly direction. Ask them to draw a line from London, in a south-easterly direction, using their triangle as a guide (diagram B). What countries, towns, and bays does the line pass through? (They will need to check globes and atlases for the names.) 5. Pair up groups who have worked with different maps and ask them to compare the lines they have drawn. Do the lines pass through the same places on each map? If not, can they guess why not? If all the lines pass through different places, can they all be going south-east? 6. Pupils can try this with other directions, for example north-west and north-east. 7. Explain that different maps are different projections: L is Eckert, M is Mercator, and N is Peters. They have been drawn for different purposes. Eckert and Peters were drawn to show the areas of countries accurately, but Mercator was drawn to show direction accurately. This is therefore a good projection to use when finding directions. (More details of these projections are given in the maps section.)
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