Position and orientation resources

Students use vectors to describe the movements made by a boy doing an orienteering course.

Students identify directions on a grid map as vector co-ordinates.

Students use given times to calculate how long it takes to travel between two towns on a network map, including finding the quickest route.

Students use vectors and select correct vector diagrams for practical problems.

Students identify the compass direction that describes travel between two towns on a map.

Students use a protractor to locate towns on a map from given compass bearings.

Students use co-ordinates to identify a coded message.

Students identify where they face after making clockwise and anticlockwise turns.

Students show their understanding of clockwise and anticlockwise directions by identifying which objects in a circle a pointer will point at.

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 calculate the shortest distance between two points on a grid map by using a scale.

Students make a series of rotational turns based on compass positions.

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

Students identify the major compass directions (North, South, East, and West) to describe the paths people took on a simple plan of a zoo.

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

Students identify place names that children on a map of Pirate Island will be facing after making clockwise or anticlockwise turns.

Students are required to describe the compass direction and distance that an ant travels toward different items of food positioned on a grid.

Students identify turns as left or right to describe a path taken on a simple street map.

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

Students respond to and give directions about a simple path on a map involving right or left turns.

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 give grid references, and drag and drop grid references onto a grid.

For this NEMP task students use a grid map of an island to locate positions and describe ways to move from one position to another.

The context for this task is a grid-referenced map of historical sites. Students locate items at three grid references then write the grid references for all the castles on the map.