Mapping Our School Yard Together

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Year 2 Geography Creating maps with symbols and legends Understanding our familiar spaces

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WALT - We Are Learning To

Create maps of our school yard using symbols and legends Understand different ways to show places Work together to make a shared map Explain what our symbols represent

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Different Ways to Show Places

{"left":"Globe - shows the whole Earth as a round ball\nAerial Photo - picture taken from high above","right":"Map - drawing with symbols and pictures to show where things are"}

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Let's Explore Our School Yard!

Look around and notice key features What do you see? Playground, trees, buildings, paths How can we show these on a map? Think about symbols we could use

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Creating Symbols for Our Map

Tree = green circle or triangle shape Playground = rectangle with slide symbol Building = square or rectangle Path = lines connecting places We need a legend to explain our symbols!

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Our School Yard Map

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Your Turn - Create Your Own Map!

Draw your own map of our school yard Use symbols and include a legend Make your symbols clear and easy to understand Be creative but keep it simple!