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Road Race

This activity encourages students in Key Stage 3 to practice and develop their map skills using their free OS maps of the local area

  • Key Stage Three,
  • Urbanisation, migration and society,
  • Fieldwork

Students are presented with a fictional proposal for a five kilometre road race in their area. They are required to use map skills and various fieldwork techniques to investigate the proposed routes, and to make informed decisions as to which is most suitable for the race.

Downloads

  • Road Race Introduction to Activity (.pdf)
  • Road Race Introduction to Activity (.doc)
  • Road Race Presentation (.ppt)
  • Road Race Starter Resource (.pdf)
  • Road Race Starter Resource (.doc)
  • Road Race Fieldwork Booklet (.pdf)
  • Road Race Fieldwork Booklet (.doc)
  • Road Race Follow-up Resource 1 (.pdf)
  • Road Race Follow-up Resource 1 (.doc)
  • Road Race Follow-up Resource 2 (.pdf)
  • Road Race Follow-up Resource 2 (.doc)
  • Road Race Report Resource (.pdf)
  • Road Race Report Resource (.doc)
  • Road Race Risk Assessment (.pdf)
  • Road Race Risk Assessment (.doc)
  • Road Race Sample Map (.pdf)
  • Road Race Sample Map (.doc)
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