Student Resource: Navigation: Travelling in Natural Areas - Self-Check (junior)

1. Select the things you can find on a map to help you find your way to a place.

buildings
trails
lakes
roads
hills and valleys
buses

2. Fill in the blanks. The sun rises in the [insert response], and sets in the [insert response].

3. Using your compass rose, identify something in our classroom that is directly in line with North, Southeast, Southwest, and West:

  • Something in line with North: [insert response]
  • Something in line with Southeast: [insert response]
  • Something in line with Southwest: [insert response]
  • Something in line with West: [insert response]

4. List 3 places in your school such as the library, the office or the gym. What are 3 landmarks you would tell someone who doesn’t know the layout of the school to look for to find each of these locations?

  • Place: [insert response]
    Landmark: [insert response]
  • Place: [insert response]
    Landmark: [insert response]
  • Place: [insert response]
    Landmark: [insert response]

Answers:

Question 1: Check all except buses.

Question 2: East; West.

Questions 3 and 4: Answers are dependent on the location of the school.