Product Description

Endorsed by ISEB, Map Skills for Common Entrance Geography provides a concise but authoritative Map Skills course for prep schools preparing candidates for the Common Entrance examination.

It covers all essential skills required in using Ordnance Survey maps at 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 scales. It also provides teaching and practice in the use and interpretation of aerial photos alongside Ordnance Survey maps – an increasingly important feature of Common Entrance Geography.

Section 1 provides a short course covering essential map skills including symbols, grid references, direction, scale, relief, drawing sketch maps and cross sections, using maps for decision making.

Section 2 applies those skills to six map-based investigations – one for each theme from Common Entrance Geography: Geomorphological processes; Settlement; Weather and Climate; Economic Activities; Tectonic Processes; Environmental Issues

This book is equally usable in maintained schools as it covers the core skills required for National Curriculum Key Stage 3 Geography.

The book comes with an Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 map extract for pupils to use with Section 1.

Teacher's Material, including answers to activities and worksheet templates, is available to download free of charge from www.hoddersamplepages.co.uk/geog.htm

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #411993 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 48 pages

About the Author
John Widdowson is the author of Hodder Murray’s Earthworks series. This series twice won the Geographical Association’s silver award for outstanding educational material.

Key Adviser
Paul Baker is an experienced teacher and question setter for Common Entrance Geography and is Head of Geography at the Dragon School, Oxford.