Bearings

1-Dec-13

North

Use bearings to describe a journey

Fly on a bearing of 2250

In real life ships and planes use bearings

Level 6/7 (D/C) grade

Sail on a bearing of 1350

How to draw the bearing 4 km at

038o

North

Scale 1 cm to 1 km
North is at the top of your page Draw a line that points to the north Put on your protractor Mark a point at 380 Take off the protractor Join up to your point Make the line 4 cm long A bearing of 4 km at 0380

Scale 1 cm = 1 km

Bearings can be used to describe journeys. Here is an example

A ship needs to go from the north east tip of the Northern territories to the south east point of Tasmania. To do this it sails on these bearings:
700 km at 060 2000 km at 1600
0600 1600

800 km at 2300

Draw an island and describe a journey around its coast

2300

Why shopping makes you dizzy!

Draw a Why Shopping Makes You Dizzy map

Have you ever arrived home from a shopping spree and felt like you had been in a spin drier? Just think of all the angles that you have turned through on your bearing journeys to the different shops!