Map Skills for Common Entrance Geography & Key Stage 3

"Map Skills for Common Entrance Geography" provides a concise but authoritative Map Skills course for prep schools preparing candidates for the Common Entrance examination.

It covers all essential skills required in using Ordnance Survey maps at 1:25,000 and 1:50,000 scales.

It also provides teaching and practice in the use and interpretation of aerial photos alongside Ordnance Survey maps - an increasingly important feature of Common Entrance Geography.

Section 1 provides a short course covering essential map skills including symbols, grid references, direction, scale, relief, drawing sketch maps and cross sections, using maps for decision making.

Section 2 applies those skills to six map-based investigations - one for each theme from Common Entrance Geography: Geomorphological processes; Settlement; Weather and Climate; Economic Activities; Tectonic Processes; and, Environmental Issues.

This book is equally usable in maintained schools as it covers the core skills required for National Curriculum Key Stage 3 Geography.

The book comes with an Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 map extract for pupils to use with Section 1.