Mapping area and distance – Geography 7–10

This resource for Stages 4 and 5, a guide to teaching mapping area and distance, is a support document that provides teachers with lesson instructions for teaching Geography 7–10 geographical tools and skills.

The guide to teaching mapping – area and distance resource is designed to be used as a support resource for teachers addressing the tools continuum. This resource is not guiding teaching and learning of a specific topic content in geography 7–10; rather, it provides resources and strategies that can be applied at any point across the stages in the context of the content they are teaching.

Students will learn about:

  • key features of area and distance
  • the different ways to measure distance on topographic maps.

Related resource

Area and distance (video) – how to measure distance on a map using a linear scale. The video also demonstrates how to use grids to estimate the area of a place or feature on a topographic map.

Syllabus

Please note:

Syllabus outcomes and content descriptors from Geography K-10 (2015) Syllabus © NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) for and on behalf of the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales, 2024.

Category:

  • Geographical skills and tools
  • HSIE - Geography
  • Stage 4
  • Stage 5

Business Unit:

  • Curriculum and Reform
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