Using symbols to represent objects and placing them on a map

Key Stage 2

Physical education

Outdoor and adventurous activity: planning and making a journey

﻿Hi there, it's Mr. Roberts again and this is our second lesson of indoor orienteering. And the objective of today's lesson is what we're going to be doing is we're going to use the same objects that we used in lesson one or similar types of objects. But this time we're going to try and create some symbols to show what they mean if we put them on a map. So we're actually going to be creating some maps as well. So we'll be looking at creating objects and putting them on a map, okay? So good luck and let's have some fun. Okay, so just like every other PE lesson, we need to use some equipment and what I'm going to do now is I'm going to tell you the equipment you're going to need in today's lesson. So in lesson one, you needed five objects that you're going to hide around your living space. On this particular occasion, we need five objects again but they need to be smaller than the last time because we need to put them on one table without them falling off. So to give you the sorts of ideas that I would use if I was playing this game at home, I might make my first object an apple, okay? Small enough to be put on a table without it falling off. The next object would be the toy soldier you saw in lesson one. The next object will be a small ornament. On this particular occasion, it's a little goblin from Estonia. My next object is a rubber squishy ball. And my fifth object is the toy robot that we used in lesson one. So we need to have five objects that you can hide but they need to be small enough this time that they can actually go on a single table. The other thing you need to have are some sheets of paper. So I've got my paper. The next object you need to have is a pencil. And the next object you need to have is a pair of scissors. Now it's really important that we take seriously the safety with regard to scissors. If you're going to use scissors, you must be supervised by a parent or a carer. So you must have a responsible adult with you if you're going to do any cutting using scissors. So they're the objects you need in today's lesson. What I'd like you to do now is I want you to go off and find those objects. So pause the video, go and find your five objects, a pair of scissors, some paper and a pencil and when you got those five objects, please come back to the video and then we can carry on with the lesson. Okay, off you go. Okay, so we've got some key words we must remember from today's lesson. So as always, there's some important vocabulary that will go with the subject that we're learning about. So the first word is the word map and the map is simply a drawing that shows you places and objects. The second key word is the word feature and this is really important because it's in orienteering and it's an object that can be shown on a map. The third important word, this is going to be a really important word in today's lesson is the word symbol and that's a shape or an image that we will use to show an object or a feature on a map. And the final word of today's lesson is the word key and in this particular case, it's a list of symbols that we would use that would go alongside a map, so you know what you're looking at. So it shows you what they mean. So they are the key words in today's lesson. Okay, so the first activity we're going to do today is called features tag and before we get going, we've got to assign some symbols to the five objects that we've got. So I showed you my five objects. You will hopefully have your own five objects and for each of those objects, you must give them a symbol. And as you can see on the screen, I've got five objects in a row and below them you can see each object has got its own symbol. So I'll give an example. I've got my robot, which I showed you earlier and I've decided my robot is going to have a triangle. And so our triangle is just like this. So there's number one. What you're going to do is I want you to try and work out five symbols that will go with your five objects. Now you can use the ones I put on the screen, or you can come up with your own. You might decide to have one as a smiley face. You might decide to have one as a cloud but it's your choice. So I want you to assign each of your five objects to a symbol. So pause the video, have a think about it. And I want you to use one of the pieces of paper and your pencil and I want you to write them all or draw them on a sheet of paper with the actual object on top of the symbol, okay? Pause the video, go and do that and when you've done it, come back to the screen and we can walk on with the rest of the lesson. Okay, so the first activity is called features tag. And what you're going to do is you're going to draw your five symbols on to a sheet of paper. So it's just like this one. So I've got my piece of paper with my five different symbols on it. And the course setter, my partner is going to go and hide the five objects around the living space, just like we did in the first lesson. when they've hidden them, they must come back to you, okay? Right, so the course setter has gone off and they've hidden five objects around the living space. And the orienteer has sat by the screen waiting them to come back and the orienteer has got this sheet of paper in front of them, which has got the five different symbols on it. What you're going to do now is the course setter, your partner, is going to point at one of those symbols. They're not going to speak to you. They're simply going to point at one. So they might point at the triangle. Now, if you remember correctly, I said that the triangle means the robot, okay? But the robot has been off and hidden. It's not next to you now, it's actually hidden somewhere in the living space. What you must now do is you must go off, sensibly and safely and you must go and find that robot. Now on your travels, you might see the other four objects. You might see the apple. You might see the toy soldier or whatever it might be on your travels but you mustn't stop there. You must go to find the robot. When you find the robot, you come back to your partner and tell them where you found it. They will now point at a different one. They might point at the cross. And what you must now do is you go and find the object that you think is indicated by the cross and you keep going until they've pointed at all five objects and you're got to try and remember where those five objects were hidden, according to what symbol they'd point at. When you've done it, swap round and you have another go but this time, you're going to hide the objects and your partner's going to go and find them, again, using the symbols that you've been pointing at. So pause the video, go and have a go and see how you get on and come back to the screen when you're happy that you've both been and done the activity and you're happy and you're confident that you can remember what symbol goes with which object. Well done. So you've been off and you've gone around and you've collected up the objects or you've found the objects and you knew how to find them because of what the symbol was that told you to go to them. Now you remembered each symbol and you now know what symbol represents what object. So you now need to bring all the objects back to the middle and what you're now going to do is an activity called tabletop maps and the way this is going to work is the partner, the course setter, you're going to set up the five objects on the table. So clear the table altogether, just put the five objects randomly onto the table. Once you've done that, the orienteer, if that's you maybe, you're going to put a piece of paper down and you're going to draw on the piece of paper where those objects are that you're going to use the symbols. So the piece of paper is a map of the table. So for example, if the robot is on the corner of the table you remember I said, the robot is indicated by the triangle. You draw a triangle by the corner of the piece of paper. So as you can see on the screen, you've got the course setter. She has put the objects onto a table and the little boy is sitting on a chair. Now, she set them up and he then shows you the piece of paper which shows the symbols as they are on the table. So have a go, see how you get on and then switch it around. So you put the objects onto the table and your partner can try and draw their map on another piece of paper. So pause the video, have a go and when you've had a go, both of you, several times, come back and we can move the activity on to the next stage. Excellent. So that's called tabletop maps and that's a very simple activity that introduces you to the concept of drawing a map and your map was a simple, just a tabletop but now we're going to take it up to another level. We're going to make it harder and we're going to use the floor space that you're working in. So it's not the whole house or the whole living space, it's just the floor space of the room that you're in. And what you're going to do now is just spread the objects out a little bit wider, a bit further around the room. They're still in plain sight and I want you now to make that piece of paper, the piece of paper now is a map of the room, not just a map of the table. And I want you to draw on the sheet of paper where you think those objects are relative to the walls of the room. So the walls of the room are the edges of the paper and you draw the objects using the symbols where you think they are. So you have a go and then switch around. So you hide the object or place the objects around the space and then your partner is going to draw the map of the room showing where the objects are. So pause the video, go and have a go. Maybe two or three goes each and when you're ready, come back to the screen and we can move you on to the next part of the lesson. Okay? So you've done that. You've done tabletop maps and you've done the same activity but using the floor or the room. So now we're going to do it in reverse. We're going to go back to tabletop maps but we're going to do it differently because what you're going to do this time is you're going to put the symbols on the sheet of paper and then the orienteer is going to place the object on the table where you think they are using the map to show you. So, for example, if you put the triangle in the corner of the sheet of paper, that tells you that the object that goes with the triangle should be near the corner of a table. So if you remember triangle meant the the robots. The robots, my little robot, would go on the corner of the table because that's where the triangle is on a sheet of paper. So you're doing the same activity you did before but you're doing it in reverse. So draw the symbols and then see if you can put the objects on the table where you think the symbols mean they should go. Switch it round, have two or three goes each and then when you're ready, come back to the video and we can move it on. So pause the video, go and have a go and then come back when you're ready. Well done. So you've done tabletop maps and you've done the same activity using the floor space and you've done it in reverse. And now we're going to move on to another stage where we're going to make it a little bit more challenging and to make you think. So what you're going to do this time is you're going to draw four maps and you're going to put the object onto the table but the objects must be just like one of those four. So three of those maps don't apply and what you're going to try and do is work out which map shows the table as it is with those objects. Switch it round until you've done all four maps. So that's your next challenge. Pause the video, go and have a go. So your four maps, make the table look like one of those four maps. Excellent. So the next activity we're going to do is called clue sheet orienteering. So we're used to the symbols, we know what they mean and we know that they apply to a different object and what's going to happen now is the two of you are going to go and set up a course where you're going to hide the five objects around your living space and make sure that you both know where all those five objects are and then you come back to the screen. And what you're going to do is you're going to put all five object symbols onto the same sheet of paper. So it'd be like this, okay? And that is what we call your clue sheet. So go and do it, pause the video and then come back to the screen when you're ready for me to explain how the activity will actually work. Okay, so you've gone off and you've hidden those five objects around your living space and what you're going to do now is you're going to create four different clues sheets. So I've created one and I showed you it's got the five different symbols on it. You're going to pick four of these and they must be all different, okay? So that's your challenge. It may well be that you put them on the same sheet of paper and then you cut it into strips. If you do that, you must be very careful with the scissors and the adult who's with you must supervise you to make sure you're cutting safely and you know what you're doing, okay? So four different sheets showing the clues. So that's a clue sheet. When you've done that, come back to the video. So pause the video, create four sheets and then come back. Excellent, so you've got your four sheets and you know where those objects are hidden around your living space. So what will happen now is you take your sheet and your partner is going to see how fast it is for you to go to the objects in the same order that are on my sheet. So remember, I'd go to the triangle first. Now, if you remember from the start of the lesson, I said the triangle is the robot. So I'll go to the robot and then I go to the other four and when I've been to all five of them, I then come back to the start, which is where my partner will be waiting for me. And we'll see how long it took me. So you've got to go in the same order that is on the sheet of paper. When you've done that, swap around so your partner gets a different sheet and they go off and they see if they can do it quicker than you did it. So you might even want to use a stop watch. But remember, you must be safe, you must be sensible when you're running or moving around the house. Don't hurry. Don't rush. It's really important that you take your time and you do it properly. So take your clue sheet and you must go around the five objects following the clues, which are the symbols and you must do them in the same order that's on the sheet. You have a go, then your partner has a go with the second clue sheet. You have a go with a third one and see if you can beat the time you took on the first time you went and then your partner will go on the fourth. So it's four goes, two goes each and we see how go on. So pause the video and go and see how you get on and then come back to the video when you've both been twice. Excellent. So we've had a really successful lesson. So you now know what we mean by symbols. You know what we mean by a map. You know what we mean by checkpoint. You know what we mean by a clue sheet and you've been able to plan routes and you've been able to follow routes dictated by those clue sheets. So really, really well done. So I've got some questions for you to discuss with your partner before we finish the lesson. So the first question is did you always go to the right object? So when you first started and you had symbols, all these strange symbols on a sheet of paper, did you know automatically what the triangle meant, what the square meant, what the cross meant, or whatever it might be? Or did you need to sometimes have a bit of a prompt where you might've gone back to the sheet which is what we call the key? The next question is did you always remember which object matched the symbol, or did you take a while to get used to that idea? And my final question is, did it get easier over time as you became more confident and more competent, did you find yourself having a lot more success? Why do you think that is? Something to think about. Okay, so well done in today's lesson and I look forward to seeing you in the next lesson.

Using symbols to represent objects and placing them on a map

Using symbols to represent objects and placing them on a map

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