AO1: Communicate and interpret locations and directions, using compass directions, distances, and grid references.

This unit uses games and puzzles to explore co-ordinate systems and their uses. The students are given the opportunity to invent their own systems by locating counters on a sheet of paper and by finding the dead centre of a set of objects. The Cartesian and polar co-ordinate systems are used to locate position on maps. The polar co-ordinates are also useful to describe certain loci.

This unit uses explores the mathematics of maps, including scale, grid references and bearings.

In the film The Hunt For Red October, at one point the escaping Russian submarine has to navigate a complicated underwater trench. This unit is built around that idea and brings in the measurement of angle and distance. It is expected at this stage that the students will know how to use protractors.

This is a level 4 geometry strand activity from the Figure It Out series.

This is a level 4 geometry strand activity from the Figure It Out series.

This is a level 4 geometry strand activity from the Figure It Out series.

This is a level 4 geometry strand activity from the Figure It Out series.

This is a level 4 geometry and measurement activity from the Figure It Out theme series.

This is a level 4 geometry and number activity from the Figure It Out theme series.

This is a level 4 probability activity from the Figure It Out theme series.

This is a level 4 geometry and level 3 number activity from the Figure It Out theme series.

This is a level 4 measurement, geometry, statistics and level 5 number activity from the Figure It Out theme series.

This is a level 4 geometry activity from the Figure It Out theme series.

This is a level 4 geometry activity from the Figure It Out theme series.

This unit of work is based on the Māori medium unit Te Ahunga me te Taunga, and investigates the main compass directions, degree measures of direction and the use of a grid system to define locations on a map.