Position and orientation resources

Students draw in arrows to show the locus of a girl as she moves on five different pieces of playground equipment.

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 a compass to draw the path (locus) that a goat, on a rope tied to a corner of barn, makes around the barn.

Students select the diagram that shows the path (locus) taken by dogs undertaking obedience tests keeping equidistant from points or lines.

Students draw in the path (locus) that everyday objects take.

This task requires students to demonstrate their understanding of locus by drawing in the paths that people follow in three given situations. An understanding of scale is also required to complete this task successfully.

Students match descriptions of playground activities with diagrams of the pathways they make.

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.

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 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.

Students identify positions on a grid using grid references.

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

Students select the diagram that best shows the path (locus) made by various animals as they move around stationary objects.

This task requires students to draw in arrows to show the path that water takes from a tap, a watering can, and a fountain.

Students draw the locus (path) that a ball follows when thrown between two people in different ways.

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

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

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

Students identify distances and mark positions on a treasure map with a scale.

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