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 towns and cities on a map using compass points.

Students identify the correct resultant vector of two component vectors, and also identify the correct diagram of a vector that is written in column form.

Students identify grid references on a movie theatre seating plan.

Students use grid references to locate places on a map of Auckland and give grid references of specified places.

For this practical task students are required to follow, by physically stepping them out, a set of compass directions.

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

Students locate positions on a treasure map using the major compass directions.

For this task students are required to record, in a table, the compass bearings of objects shown on a submarine radar screen. Distances from the submarine are also recorded.

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 draw in places onto a map following compass directions given in relation to existing landmarks.

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

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

Students show their understanding of directions by identifying which child will be chosen in a circular game for which “clockwise” instructions are given.

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

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

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.

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.