{"id":4201,"date":"2017-08-01T14:29:13","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T18:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/?page_id=4201"},"modified":"2017-08-09T15:42:44","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T19:42:44","slug":"gr-11-advanced-map-skills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/our-programs\/nature-center-programs\/wrigley-corners\/gr-11-advanced-map-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Gr. 11 Advanced Map Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Outdoor Education<\/h2>\n<p>A driving tour of North Dumfries gives us the opportunity to explore the use of topographic maps, compasses, and GPS units in a variety of settings. \u00a0The students will triangulate their position using landmarks, plot a course from one location to another, measure linear and non-linear distances, determine slope, decide on optimal routes, and compare their results to the output of a GPS unit.<\/p>\n<h3>Key Concepts\/Skills Developed:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What is the UTM system?<\/li>\n<li>Map projections<\/li>\n<li>Key components of a topographic map<\/li>\n<li>Tricks to better use a topographic map<\/li>\n<li>Compass use: (Azimuth\/quadrants, bearings\/back- bearings, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Finding GPS coordinates on a topographic map<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Quick Links:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/files\/2017\/08\/G11_Outdoor_Mapping_Handout_2010.pdf\">G11_Outdoor_Mapping_Handout_2010<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Outdoor Education A driving tour of North Dumfries gives us the opportunity to explore the use of topographic maps, compasses, and GPS units in a variety of settings. \u00a0The students will triangulate their position using landmarks, plot a course from one location to another, measure linear and non-linear distances, determine slope, decide on optimal routes, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\" role=\"complementary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/our-programs\/nature-center-programs\/wrigley-corners\/gr-11-advanced-map-skills\/\"><strong>Read more about<\/strong> <cite>Gr. 11 Advanced Map Skills<\/cite> &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13969,"featured_media":0,"parent":1584,"menu_order":15,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4201","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-wrigley-corners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4201\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/environmental-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}