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Past Themes - Election Time Is Near!
Roger Jeans, Education Manager at the Ordnance Survey asks What do you know about your local MP? What area does he/she represent? Why are there so many MPs? These are questions that many adults could be asking in the near future and eventually all children when they reach the ripe old age of 18 and get the vote.
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These and many other questions could be answered through the latest website from Ordnance Survey - www.election-maps.co.uk. This site has been prepared for use by MPs, councillors, candidates and party workers to see the extent of electoral constituencies against various scales of mapping backgrounds, and it has been seen as an invaluable resource for education. The site is available for all teachers to use as a classroom resource, so why not have a look?
To help teachers use the site, Ordnance Survey has commissioned some superb resources through the Geographical Association that suggest ways of using it in a classroom environment. The resources have been prepared for use at all key stages, particularly covering the subjects of geography and citizenship, and a strong emphasis on literacy, numeracy and ICT. However, there is scope for it to be used on humanities courses, Cymraeg (Welsh), modern studies, mathematics and English.
The resources give pupils an opportunity to understand and become involved in the election processes through practical examples for key stages 2-4. Why not give it a try?
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Not getting your vote? Then try having fun on MapZone® the website designed for 7 to 16 year-olds to help them learn about geographical topics in a fun way. This site is in both English and Welsh and covers all the map-reading skills you could ask for plus many novel ideas to help pupils understand and use maps.
Coming soon is the additional section to MapZone called GISzone, where you use simple GIS techniques to solve scenarios relating to crime, the environment, and where to site ambulances to best effect. A good way to introduce how GIS can produce solutions to complex situations.
These and lots more useful classroom ideas, many produced by teachers, are available via the Education pages.
Roger Jeans, Ordnance Survey Education Team
See past theme for further ideas on Using maps |
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