Bearings 16 Feb 2020 North

Use
Use In
Inreal
life
real
lifeships
ships
bearings
bearings to
to and planes
and planes
use
use
describe
describe aa bearings
bearings

journey
journey

Sail on a
Fly on a bearing
Level 6/7 (D/C) grade bearing of 1350
of 2250

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 North
How to draw the bearing 4 km at 038 o

Scale 1 cm to 1 km
North is at the top of
your page

cm
4
Draw a line that points
to the north
Put on your protractor
Mark a point at 380
AA bearing of 4 km at 038
bearing of 4 km at 038
00
Take off the
protractor Scale
Scale 11 cm
cm == 11 km
km
Join up to your point
Make the line 4 cm long
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 Bearings
Bearings can
can be
be used
used to
to
describe
describe journeys.
journeys. Here
Here
is
is an
an example
example

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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 0600
1600
2000 km at 160 0

800 km at 2300

Draw
Drawan anisland
island
and
anddescribe
describeaa
journey
journey 2300
around
arounditsits
coast
coast
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Why shopping makes you dizzy!
Draw
Drawaa‘Why
‘Why
Shopping
ShoppingMakes
Makes
You
You Dizzy’
Dizzy’ map
map

Have
Haveyou
youever
everarrived
arrivedhome
homefromfromaa
shopping
shoppingspree
spreeand
andfelt
feltlike
likeyou
youhad
had
been
beenininaaspin
spindrier?
drier?Just
Justthink
thinkof
of
all
allthe
theangles
anglesthat
thatyou
youhave
haveturned
turned
through
throughon onyour
yourbearing
bearingjourneys
journeystoto
the
the different
different shops!
shops!

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