Geography Homework Grid
Each week you must choose one homework task from the list of activities provided. You should choose the tasks where the challenge is related to your MAG. E.g. someone with a MAG of Band 5 shouldn’t be doing a 1 acorn challenge.
Challenge summary
These tasks are the most challenging and will stretch your thinking and push you to the highest levels of understanding.
These tasks have an element of challenge and will help you to apply what you have learnt in class.
These are the easiest tasks and might be useful if you are struggling to understand a topic.
Challenge
Level
Week 15
Week 16
Map skills 1 = symbols quiz
Week 17
Week 18
Map skills 2 = Grid references.
Week 19
Week 20
Using your OS map create a quiz (with answers on a separate sheet) of 10 locations or landmarks for someone to find by giving them the 6 figure grid You will take quiz 3 in the lesson to test your memory, drawing some and creating reference.
your own quiz of the symbols from memory. E.g. question = 148307
answer = battlefield. Map skills 3 = what do you know?
Create a guide for other y7 students to show them the map skills you have learned. It should include clear instructions on…
1. OS symbols – what are they –
give 10 examples.
2. How to do 6 figure grid references. 3. How to state the location of a place using latitude and longitude. Map skills 1 = symbols quiz
Map skills 2 = Grid references.
Map skills 3 = latitude & longitude.
You will need to memorise the map symbols from the sheet your teacher will give you.
You will take quiz 2 in the lesson which will involve drawing the symbols from the description given. Find the 4 locations for the grid references on the sheet.
Then make up 4 more for someone else to have a go at in class – E to H. Using your atlas FIND and state the location of…
1. Greenwich
2. Paris
3. Moscow
4. Mumbai
5. Washington DC
Map skills 1 = symbols quiz
Map skills 2 = Grid references.
Map skills 3 = latitude & longitude.
You will need to memorise the map symbols from the sheet your teacher will give you.
You will take quiz 1 in lesson to test your revision.
Get less than half right and you’ll need to take the test again in a C2. Get vivos for the top 3. Find the 4 locations for the grid references on the sheet.
1. What does latitude mean?
2. What does Longitude mean?
3. What is the Prime Meridien?
You will need to memorise the map symbols from the sheet your teacher will give you.
Do this carefully as you will be tested to see if you understand in class. Challenge
Level
Week 13
Week 14
Map skills 1 = symbols quiz
You will need to memorise the map symbols from the sheet your teacher will give you.
You will take quiz 3 in the lesson to test your memory, drawing some and creating your own quiz of the symbols from memory. Fold me to test your
self on each one.
Map skills 1 = symbols quiz
You will need to memorise the map symbols from the sheet your teacher will give you.
You will take quiz 2 in the lesson which will involve drawing the symbols from the description given. Map skills 1 = symbols quiz
You will need to memorise the map symbols from the sheet your teacher will give you.
You will take quiz 1 in lesson to test your revision.
Get less than half right and you’ll need to take the test again in a C2. Get vivos for the top 3.