Location resources

Students describe a path (locus) drawn on a simple map of the zoo using the directions "left" or "right".

Students identify objects on a shelf from given positional descriptions (above, below, over, under, beside, next to).

From a list students select the compass direction or directions that children on a playground grid need to move to reach pieces of equipment or objects.

Students identify books on a bookshelf using the directions left and right.

Students select the correct way to describe where a toy is located on a shelf.

This task requires students to write a set of instructions based on compass directions that would guide a lost tramper to a Rescue Hut on a map with marked paths and landmarks.

Students demonstrate their knowledge of north, south, east, and west by giving the names of people shown on a plan of a forest park.