Treasure Map Assignment

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L.O: To use skills in cartography to develop a map with clues for treasure hunting.

Your graded assignment Use the blank grid A3 template to design

an island. It can be any size or shape, or multiple islands You need to follow correct map conventions▪ Compass▪ Linear scale▪ Key▪ Symbols▪ Birds-eye-view

Look at an atlas to see what map symbols you should use and what a map really looks like.

Clues You need to identify a start point (you are here

arrow?) From there you need 10 clues that use:

Compass directions Bearings Distance Grid references

For example:1. From the start point, go 1.5 km in a NNE

direction2. Turn to face bearing point 1800 and continue

forward until you get to the golf course in grid 0521.