Here is a list of skills to revise for this topic:

• The points of a compass – N, E, S and W but also SE etc (and perhaps even SSE etc)
• 4 Figure grid references
• OS Map Symbols
• 6 Figure grid references
• Scale and Measuring Distance
• Relief and Contours
• Bearings (if you have covered them in class)

Here are a few handy online resources for revising all of the skills we have been learning in this unit.

Take care to notice the things we have learned and the things we haven’t when looking at these.

Easy – Map Reading Made Easy Peasy by mapzone at ordnancesurvey.co.uk

Medium – BBC Bitesize map skills revision – this is really for GCSE students but covers some of the same things we have learned in Year 7.

Notice there are four pages for the above – click on the page numbers at the top or bottom.

Medium – Map Reading Made Easy Videos with Simon King on wildlifewhisperer.tv

Medium – Map Reading Made Easy by Ordnance Survey (who make UK maps). The first 7 pages are the most useful.