TOPIC

STARTER
1.From the OS map below, identify five symbols and give their four figure grid reference.
2. What is the full meaning of OS map
CORRECTION OF STARTER ACTIVITY
1. To be done by students
2. OS map simply means Ordnance Survey map.
They use symbols to show things. They have
numbered grid lines
Open page 34 of Geog Book 1,
 Key words
• Eastings
• Northings
• Ordnance Survey map L/O - To learn
how to read
• Grid 6 figure grid
• references.
Four and six figure grid reference.
 OBJECTIVE ONE: MEANING OF SIX GRID REFERENCE
Six figure grid references are used to pin point a location within a
square of four figure grid reference.
 OBJECTIVE TWO: HOW TO READ SIX FIGURE
GRUD REFERENCE
The four-figure grid reference for this square is 7725
26

Lines meet at
bottom left.

25

77 78
In order to give something a six-figure grid reference, imagine
the larger square split into ten smaller squares.

26

25

77 78
 Then add numbers 1 to 9 between the main lines.

26
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
25
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

77 78
 CLASS ACTIVITY
Geog Book 1, Page 31
Level 1
No 3a, b, c
Level 2
No 4a, b, c
Level 3
No 5,6, 8
 CLASS ACTIVITY
• Worksheet One
• Worksheet Two
 Plenary
5–5–1
Summarise today’s topic in 5 sentences.

Reduce to 5 words.

Now to 1 word.

(with as many variations as there are numbers!)