Prepare pupils for success in the ISEB Common Entrance Geography examination with this concise but authoritative Map Skills course.

Endorsed by ISEB, this resource covers all essential skills required in using Ordnance Survey maps. It also provides teaching and practice in the use and interpretation of aerial photos alongside Ordnance Survey maps.

- Provides a short introductory course covering all the necessary Ordnance Survey map skills including symbols, grid references, direction, scale, relief, drawing sketch maps and cross sections, using maps for decision making
- Includes six map-based investigations - one for each theme from Common Entrance Geography: Geomorphological processes; Settlement; Weather and Climate; Economic Activities; Tectonic Processes; Environmental Issues
- Includes an Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 map extract

This book is part of a book series called Geography For Common Entrance .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 48 pages in this book. This is a book of maps. This book was published 2005 by Hodder Education .

John Widdowson is the author of the award winning Key Stage 3 series Earthworks, from which this book is adapted.

This book has the following chapters: SECTION 1: MAP SKILLS - A BASIC COURSE 1. 1 What's special about maps? 1. 2 Symbols - the key to using a map 1. 3 A sense of direction 1. 4 Finding places on a map 1. 5 Distance - the long and the short of it 1. 6 Relief - the third dimension 1. 7 A route with a view 1. 8 Sketch maps and cross-sections 1. 9 Decision time! SECTION 2: STUDYING MAPS 2. 1 Geomorphological processes What is the flood risk in Shrewsbury? Flooding in Shrewsbury, Autumn 2000 2. 2 Settlements What patterns do you find in a town? How has Ashford grown? 2. 3 Weather and climate What happens to all that water? Would you be safe on the mountain? 2. 4 Economic activities How has the Swansea Valley changed? Was it a good location for new industry? 2. 5 Tectonic Processes Is it safe to live in Zafferana? Why live so close to a volcano? 2. 6 Environmental Issues What can you do in a National Park? How should the park be managed?