Lesson Idea Four

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Lesson Idea Four

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Lesson Idea Four - Bing OS Maps
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Once you have an idea of where you would like to
go and what you would like to do it is a good idea
to have a look at that place on a map. You might
do this by yourself or with your class as part of an
ongoing learning activity.
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The great thing about the Internet is that it is now
possible to access digital Ordnance Survey (OS)
maps for free. OS Maps are great and probably the
best maps in the world. The problem is they are
expensive and although you can't beat a paper
map when you are 'out and about' Bing OS lets
you do your planning digitally.
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In this lesson idea you will use Bing OS to
investigate an area before a visit and to
support the teaching of geography and other
social subjects.
With very young children, Bing Maps can be used
to show that information about an area can be
found on the Internet as well as by using paper
versions of maps. You may wish to have a 1:25,000
map of your local area available and use it before
an off-site visit to show where the setting is and
the location of the visit.
Aim
To find out how to access digital OS Maps for free.
Objective
• To become familiar with the Bing OS Map layer
and consider how this might be useful in your
classroom.
• To compare digital to paper OS maps.
'Bing' is the name of a suite of tools from
Microsoft. The most popular tool is 'Bing Search'
but it does lots of other great stuff too (see
Teach-IT 2 - Our World - Idea Twelve).
www.do-be.co.uk/outdoors
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what you will need
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Idea Four - Continued
Step 1 - Open your Internet browser and visit:
The North arrow and compass rose allow you to
navigate around the map. You can also click on the
map with your mouse.
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Images Videos Shopping News Maps Search History | MSN | Hotmail
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Step 2 - Take time to explore the controls.
You will find the main controls for using Bing Maps
at the top right of the map.
The '-' and '+' symbols allow you to 'Zoom in' and
'Zoom out' of the map (you can also double click
on the map to zoom in.)
Step 3 - Click on the arrow on the right hand side
of the screen to display or hide an insert map. This
is useful to show learners your location within a
wider spatial context.
London Street Map
Bird's eye
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World • United Kingdom • Scotland
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Once you have double clicked on a country the
location will appear at the top left of the map.
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Click on 'Maps' at the top of the screen.
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www.bing.co.uk
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Step 4 - Explore the different views and scales of
the Earth.
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Type 'Stonehenge' into the search box and press
the enter key.
Bing Maps will now centre on Stonehenge.
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Bing Maps (like Google Maps) has a number of
different views that it can display. These views
include 'Road', 'London Street Map', 'Ordnance
Survey Map' and 'Birds Eye'. The Birds Eye Map is
an impressive map consisting of photos taken
from the air. You can also select 'Automatic' which
tells Bing Maps to change to the best style as you
zoom in and out.
Step 5 - As well as finding a place by zooming in,
zooming out and double clicking, you can also
search for locations using the Bing Map Search.
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World • United Kingdom • England • Wilts • Salisbury
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Ordnance Survey Map
To take you further…
If you're into Ordnance Survey Maps and things
like the National Navigation Awards or John Muir
Award, then you might also be interested in
teaching map and compass skills to learners.
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Here is a great site to help you do this from the
Barcelona Field Studies Centre: http://bit.ly/dSnXp0.
All you need to do is follow the on-screen
instructions which will allow you to orientate the
map, rotate and read the animated compass and
plot route bearings.
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Use the zoom controls to zoom out. As you zoom
out, the map will change from a 1: 25,000 map to a
1: 50,000 map. The change of scale is obvious
because the look and the feel of the map and the
map symbols change.
Both scales of map are popular for outdoor
learning and in particular hill walking. 1: 50, 000
maps are also popular in Geography exams within
secondary school.
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Spend some time searching and exploring places
you know with the Bing Map OS Layer.
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Step 6 - Once you have zoomed in on Stonehenge,
change the map type from the drop down menu
to 'Ordnance Survey Map'. The map view will
change to a 1: 25,000 OS Map of Stonehenge.
You will be able to see various map symbols and
contour lines.
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What Now ?
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• Explore the layers and try searching for places
that you have visited with learners on previous
outdoor learning experiences.
• Think about how you could use maps more in
your everyday lessons and how digital maps
provide a different experience to paper maps.
• For more information on Ordnance Survey Maps
and some MapZone games visit:
http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/
mapzone/games.html
• If you want to find out more about Bing Maps
you might also like to take this short guided
tour: www.discoverbing.co.uk/bing-maps or try
some of the Bing lesson ideas in Teach-IT 2.
• Bing Ordnance Survey Maps can also be used for
reflection based activities.
• Try something new…What about Planning
Lesson Idea Five?
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Lesson Idea Three - Photo Orienteering
Core
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Photo Orienteering in your school grounds or
further afield is a novel and interesting approach to
traditional orienteering. Unlike normal orienteering
courses, it does not rely on trying to find red and
white markers. Instead, it encourages participants to
look at pictures of their surroundings in a
completely different way.
The Hidden Park App is another approach which
can be undertaken by small groups of learners
with adult support. It does require time to set up a
trail beforehand. For more information visit:
The activity also works well if learners are
visiting from another school (perhaps for a
transition activity) and you want to use a team
challenge to help get them more familiar with
the school grounds.
Aim
www.do-be.co.uk/outdoorapps
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Objectives
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To set up a Photo Orienteering course in your local
area, school grounds or when you are on a school trip.
A simple variation or introduction for very young
children includes photographing key features in
your school grounds and the learners having to
find them as they walk around as a whole class. At
each feature, stop and undertake a simple activity
e.g. do ten star jumps or play a game of 'Simon
Says' or sing a song. This activity can be repeated
with the features becoming increasingly obscure.
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To find out what Photo Orienteering is and how
to set up a course.
To encourage learners to develop their
orienteering skills.
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what you will need
PC/MAC
Idea Three - Continued
Step 1 - Go out into your school grounds and take
some pictures of things close up. For example, a
door handle, a gate post, a bird box, a corner of the
school sign etc. Anything really, the more obscure
the better!
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Note: For some tips on taking good digital images, see the
Hints and Tips Section.
Step 2 - Download your pictures to your computer
and then either:
• Print them out (more expensive but if you
laminate them they will last longer).
• Put them in a presentation slide and project
them onto your wall.
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Step 3 - Get a map of your school.
If you don't have a map of your school, make one
using Planning Section Lesson Idea Six.
Note: You might want to take your group on a map walk
around your school or location. On your walk help your
learners to orientate their map. If you are doing this activity
in a new place, then map walks are really important.
Remember to add a compass rose to your map to help
learners understand direction.
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Step 4 - See if your class can find the location of
your pictures.
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Working individually, in pairs, or in small groups,
conduct variations of the following activity:
• When they get it right they get a new picture
and continue until they have found all or a set
number of pictures.
• Each group is given a camera and has to take a
photo from the same place as the original. This
provides evidence for the teacher that the
group found the correct place for each photo.
A great website from the British Schools Orienteering
Association that has lots more information about
orienteering as well as some ideas for curriculum
linking:
www.bsoa.org
If you like orienteering, you might want to have a
look at Open Orienteering Map (UK):
http://oobrien.com/oom/uk
• Give a group a picture but you keep the map.
• The group go and find the location of the
picture and then come back to show you where
it is on the map.
• If they get it wrong they go back and try again.
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What Now ?
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• Think about variations of this method of Photo
Orienteering. For example:
• Learners could take the pictures or some of the
pictures.
• Get learners in different year groups to do this
together.
• Don't limit this to your school grounds. Think
about other areas in your local area where this
could be useful, or how this could be used as an
urban photo trail.
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• Have a look at 'Street View' in Google Earth.
Encourage your class to choose a street
(possibly where they live). Ask them to take
some photos of their street. Remind learners
not to stand in the middle of the road when
taking a photo. When you are back in class,
compare the actual photos with the ones in
Google Earth. Are there any differences? What
has changed and is it possible to gauge when
the Street View photos were taken?
• Have a look at the Stories from Space website:
www.storiesfromspace.co.uk/data/html/menu.html
Look at the 'Secret World' photos of miniature
sculptures in cracks, crevices, walls and other
tiny spaces. Create miniature artwork outdoors
and photograph it from a distance and close up.
Which is easier for other groups to find?
• Try something new…What about Practical
Lesson Idea Four?
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This is an ever growing archive, based on Open
Street Map, used to re-draw the UK as one large
orienteering map. It is particularly useful if you are
looking for an orienteering map of a place that
you are going to visit. Much of rural UK is already
mapped, including lots of country parks.
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Lesson Idea Five - Google Earth Measurements
Core
Many learners enjoy undertaking simple
measurement activities outside. Following this up
with using Google Earth can add to the magic of
the experience.
In this activity, learners are challenged to measure
the boundary of the school, or other sizeable
feature that can be seen and measured on Google
Earth. In groups, learners should decide what
equipment would be useful and how to organise
themselves. Back inside, they can compare their
results with measurements taken using the Google
Earth ruler tool.
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For Early Years classes, many young children
enjoy freely exploring Google Earth. They may
need some help, for example, finding their home
through the search function. Very quickly some
children will learn to navigate, open up street
finder, and generally experiment with all the
functions. Don't forget that Google Earth
can be a really powerful tool to use on an
Interactive Whiteboard.
More About Google Earth
Google Earth is a fantastic, free, cross-curricular
resource that can be used to bring the wonder of
our world into the classroom. It displays detailed
satellite imagery of the earth's surface. There are a
number of different versions of Google Earth,
however the free version is fine for educational use.
Before starting this lesson idea you will need to
have Google Earth installed on your computer.
You can download Google Earth from here:
www.earth.google.com
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Idea Five - Continued
Aim
Basic Controls
Rotate the world using the directional arrows.
To understand how using satellite images can be a
powerful tool for measuring distances.
Objectives
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'Zoom In' and 'Zoom Out' using the slider or '+' or
'-' buttons.
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• To become familiar with some of the functionality
of Google Earth.
• To use the 'Ruler Tool' to reinforce aspects of
measurement and to compare this with
traditional field measurement tools such
as trundle wheels, metre sticks and
measuring tapes.
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Change the orientation and perspective using the
'N' button on the 'Look Joystick'.
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what you will need
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Step 1 - Set your class the challenge of measuring
the boundary fence in small groups. If possible
have a range of tools such as tape measures,
trundle wheels, metre sticks, string, etc.
Each group should decide upon one measuring
tool that their group will use. Discuss some of the
potential issues and how these will be overcome.
This could be practical considerations such as the
need to measure accurately.
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Behaviour issues such as remote supervision and
staying focused on the task may need to be
covered along with any health and safety matters.
For example, accessing the car park.
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Step 2 - Go outside and complete the practical
activity. If your school grounds are huge, or the
boundary is not easily accessible then you may
decide that just one part of the boundary should
be measured.
Step 3 - Once you are back inside the classroom,
open Google Earth.
After Google Earth has opened you will be faced
with the globe.
Spend a little time figuring out the controls.
Step 4 - Make sure the 'Search Box' is open in the
top left hand corner of the application.
Ask each group to gather any other equipment
needed. This may include clipboards and pencils
for recording measurements taken.
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Step 5 - Make sure the 'Fly To' tab is open within
the Search Box.
Fly To
Step 6 - Type the name of your school and the
town or village where it is located.
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Try to be as specific as possible. If you have a
postcode of the area you visited or the place name
this task will be much easier.
Step 7 - Click on the magnifying glass or press
'Enter' to 'Fly' to your location.
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Step 9 - Using the slider at the right of the screen
'Zoom In' on your location until you can view
where you started and finished your measurement.
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Just seeing where you have been, as a high
resolution satellite image, is a great way to help
your learners reflect on where they have been,
what they have seen, and what they have achieved.
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Step 8 - Use the arrows on the 'Look Joystick' to
adjust your viewing angle. This will allow you to
look across the land and get a really good view of
where you have been.
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Step 10 - Open the 'Ruler Tool' by clicking on the
'Ruler' icon in the toolbar at the top of the screen.
Step 11 - Click on 'Path' at top left of the box.
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The following box will appear. You can change the
ruler's unit of measurement by selecting an option
from the drop down menu.
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Step 12 - Click on a corner of the boundary fence
of your school. Now start to click on the path that
you travelled, a yellow line will join your clicks.
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You should continue to click until you have
covered the perimeter of the fence or the part that
you measured. The length of the line in the 'Ruler'
box will show you the distance you have travelled.
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Step 13 - You can now use this data to prompt
further work:
• Ask your learners to work out the distance in
different units of measurement.
• Compare this distance to other measurements
taken by each group. How can the class determine
which method is likely to be the most accurate?
What human errors may have occurred in each
method? Is it the median or is it the mean result
that is the better fit?
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Path
Measure the distance between multiple points on the ground
Length:
Mouse Navigation
491.52 Meters
Save
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yellow line with red dots...spelling out
distance
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You might also want to have a look at the Google
Earth 3D Buildings layer. This enables you to
accurately measure the length and width (but
not height) of buildings etc in other places and
compare them to your local surroundings.
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• In this activity, the class used standard measuring
devices. A fun non-standard approach is for
learners to work in groups of around seven (odd
numbers work best). They have to hold hands
in a wide circle and become a giant human
trundle wheel. One learner needs to be 'Clicker'
and count the number of times his or her back
passes the boundary fence. After moving round
the boundary and counting the 'Clicks' the
group works out the median armspan. This can
be multiplied by the 'Clicks' and you will have
an answer which can be compared with the
other forms of measuring. This exercise is a very
practical team challenge as the whole group
needs to work slowly and carefully together.
• Use Google Earth to look at any planned walks
or off-site work that you are doing. Can the class
work out the route to travel and the distance it
will take?
• In Practical Lesson Idea Seven, you had to find a
Waypoint. Can you measure the distance
between the Wayponts? What's the difference
between the distances walked and travelling as
the crow flies?
• Try something new…What about Reflection
Lesson Idea Six?
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Lesson Idea Four

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