Using a Map Scale

Use Map Elements on a Town Map first so the parts have names. City Map Grid Coordinates and Directions and Compass Bearings build on it, and Using a Map Scale works best with rulers or calculators nearby.

Multiply map distances by a scale of 1 cm to 50 km to find the real distance between towns. The directions on the page read: Read the box. Use the distances on the map and the scale to find each real distance in kilometers. Show your work on the line. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade Map Skills and Coordinates, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with map parts and scale. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Map Elements on a Town Map covers six parts: the compass rose, grid, inset, legend, scale bar and title. Students match each to a number on the map of Millbrook, then use them to answer questions.

A bearing is a direction given in degrees, measured clockwise from north. North is 0°, east is 90°, south is 180° and west is 270°. Directions and Compass Bearings has students find bearings between places on an island.

Name a square with its letter and number, such as C3. City Map Grid Coordinates has students find landmarks this way and follow a route counted in squares.