Paris Match - a new look at map skills

Categories: s1 and s2
Thinking about how to teach direction a little bit differently, so have created a 'Paris Match' competitive exercise for s1. This depends on computer access and the filter for students letting you access google maps:


It's basically an exercise combining direction and scale. The object is to travel from the Eiffel Tower to the Bastille, passing through some of Paris' major attractions in the shortest possible distance. Students as collaborators would be able to draw a line of their route, which would let them calculate their distances. Will be interesting to see how pupils take to this.