2. Which planet is it? What can you see?
This is the Earth. The Earth is
our planet. In this picture you
can see continents and oceans,
as well as the moon.
3. An atlas is a
book of maps.
There are many
maps on the
Internet.
How can we represent the Earth?
A globe is the
same shape as
the Earth. It’s a
sphere.
A wall map is flat.
On this map you
can see all the
continents and
oceans.
4. What are the different imaginary lines that
divide the world?
The Earth’s axis
Southern Hemisphere
South Pole Equator
Northern Hemisphere
North Pole
5. A compass has a needle. This needle is a magnet and the red end always
points north. We can use a compass, together with a map, to find our way.
What’s a compass? What are the cardinal
points?
A compass has a face that shows the cardinal points: north (N), east (E), south
(S) and west (W).
6. What types of maps are there?
A relief map shows
high land and low
land. It also shows
rivers.
A political map
shows the borders
of a country and its
different regions.
This is a road map. It
uses different colours
for different types of
roads.
7. Maps are smaller representations of a place, so they have a scale, for
example 1 cm = 100 km. We measure the distance on the map between two
places. Then we can calculate the real distance.
What’s the scale of a map?
8. A street map shows the position of the streets, squares, parks and the most
important buildings and places. Street maps are divided into squares and
have symbols for important places. They also have a scale.
What are street maps?
9. What are plans?
A plan represents a room or a building. It shows the position and size of the
furniture or the rooms. It also has a scale.
10. What have we learnt?
on the Internet on wall maps
We can find maps…
in atlases on globes
11. What have we learnt?
north west
The cardinal points are…
east south
12. What have we learnt?
There are different types of maps…
road mapsstreet mapsrelief maps political maps plans
