Map reading and using a compass

• * find a position on a map from a given 6-figure map reference
• *  give a 6-figure map reference for a position on a map
• *  describe from a map the main features of a 3-mile journey
• *  show how to set a map with a compass
• *  give a bearing between two points on a map
• *  use the key on a map
• *  say when and where a compass would be practically useful (e.g. under difficult weather conditions like fog  and terrain)

The links will take you to appropriate sections of the Ordnance survey MapZone MapAbility site - an interactive site to help teach yourself how to map read (the sound is annoying - I'd turn it off!)

This Map reading made easy leaflet from the Ordnance survey might also be useful