Lesson Plan: Drawing and Measuring Bearings Mathematics
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to draw and measure bearings.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- understand that bearings are measured clockwise from the north and are given as three figures,
- understand the relationship between bearings and compass points,
- read off a simple bearing in a diagram,
- read off a simple bearing in a diagram by subtracting a given angle from ,
- distinguish the bearing of from from the bearing of from ,
- use the bearing of from to work out the bearing of from ,
- solve more complex problems, such as interpreting a word problem to identify a correct bearing or filling in missing angles in a diagram and using them to work out a bearing.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- measuring angles with a protractor,
- simple angle facts and properties.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- drawing scale diagrams.