China- Mapping Skills

Today Room's 9 & 10 worked collaboratively on mapping skills. Together we viewed a map of China from askasia.org for kids. We came up with a list of criteria to use when creating our own maps. Here is the list of things we need to include on our maps.
* Title
* Names of places eg cities, towns, rivers, mountains, oceans, deserts
* Compass showing N S E W
* Names of surrounding countries or islands
* Famous landmarks or man-made buildings
* Colours to show desert, ocean, fertile land
* Animals native to China and areas they live
* Key to show things like mountains, rivers etc
* Neatness in handwriting and pictures
* Correct spelling