The average level of the world’s oceans, which we use as a baseline to measure the height of the land.

Lines on an OS map that show areas of equal height.

Elongated ridges that extend downwards from a hill or mountain.

Lower-lying areas of land between two higher areas of land.

Showing height and relief on OS maps

Geography

Pupils will use atlases, maps and globes to develop their locational knowledge of the world. Pupils will focus in on specific places to develop an awareness of how geographers examine place. OS maps and GIS will be used alongside fieldwork to build pupils' procedural knowledge.

Geography: what makes a geographer?

Contours on a map show areas of equal {{}}.

are always found at the top of hills and mountains.

show the exact height of a place in metres.

give a grid reference of where a place is.

are usually found on top of a hill or mountain.

are sometimes found not on top of a hill or mountain.

On a map, steep land is shown by contours that are {{}} together.

the Earth's natural features and processes

how societies, cultures and economies differ around the world

the relationships between people and the environment

Match each category of geography to what it studies.

What does the 'OS' stand for when referring to OS maps?

the distance things are on the map relative to the ground.

the symbols that can be found on the map.

the system we use to find a place on a map.

If a map scale is 1:25 000, then 1 centimetre on the map will equate to ...

Put these map scales in order, from small scale to large scale. 

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Showing height and relief on OS maps

Lesson outcome

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.