The use of the compass rose can be traced back to early nautical times and it first appeared on maps and charts in the s. The term "rose" refers to the compass points that resembled the petals of the rose flower. Initially, the compass rose was used to indicate the wind directions and therefore it was named as the wind rose. On compass roses, cardinal directions were often marked along with the direction of the wind.
During the Renaissance , the north was marked by a spearhead above the letter T. This symbol later evolved into the F leur de lys symbol and was first used on Portuguese maps.
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Then they discuss differences in temperature due to location. Direction is used to determine where things are in relation to other things. Students explore a map of a park and use map symbols, a map key, and cardinal directions to analyze it.
Join our community of educators and receive the latest information on National Geographic's resources for you and your students. Skip to content. Twitter Facebook Pinterest Google Classroom. Read aloud a poem about cardinal direction s. Introduce the compass rose. Explore the World Map. Africa Ask: What is all the way to the west on this map?
Arctic 4. Have students use the compass rose. Extending the Learning Show students the true cardinal directions using a compass app on a smartphone or tablet. Replicate the directions by drawing a compass rose in chalk on the classroom floor, or alternately on the playground blacktop.
Review what N, S, E, and W represent. What do you see? The concepts of cardinal directions and Earth-sun relationships may be challenging for students, so this activity is designed to help students connect the abstract terms of north, south, east, and west with their known world. Be safe when looking in the direction of the sun, and make sure that students do not stare at the sun.
Have them quickly point in the direction of the sun, and then move their arms down from the direction of the sun to where the sky meets land.
That direction should be east. Label it with N, S, E, W and then each day place a sun in the morning and afternoon as noted above. You can use an image of the wind for north and south.
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Students listen to a poem that uses cardinal directions. They use a compass rose to help describe locations of places on a world map. Introduce young students to the concept of maps as representations of places with this classroom map. Join our community of educators and receive the latest information on National Geographic's resources for you and your students.
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Prepare materials for the activity. Find east and west by observing the sun in the morning and afternoon. Observe north and south, and label the classroom walls. Add the north and south labels to the classroom walls: Use a compass, or a compass app on a smartphone or tablet, to show north and south and reinforce east and west. Have students line up the E and W on the compass with east and west labeled on the wall.
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