Activity 4: Gigi's home to school roadmap
In this activity you should be able to make a roadmap that shows how Gigi get to school from their house.
SCENARIO
Gigi is a grade 7 student who lives 250 meters away from their school, she would always wake up early to walk to school with her friends. To go to school she travels 20m north of their house towards a store near the crossing, she then walks 30 meters west of the store until she arrives at a big blue house. From the north of the big blue house she then walks 100 meters towards an eatery, and then walks another 100 meters east of the eatery before arriving at their school.
PROCEDURE
1. Read the given scenario above, take note of the given landmarks and distances.
2. Using your gathered data, draw Gigi's house-school roadmap on a short bond paper. Decide on the most convenient scale to use when you draw your roadmap. An example is shown below.
Scale: 1cm = 10m
3. Label your roadmap properly, including the given landmarks. Specify also the length of road. You can use coloring materials to make your work more creative.
Question 1. What is the total length of Gigi's travel from their house to school?
Question 2. What is the total displacement of Gigi's travel?
Topic: Distance and Displacement
Answers
Explanation:
Gigi is a grade 7 student who lives 250 meters away from their school, she would always wake up early to walk to school with her friends. To go to school she travels 20m north of their house towards a store near the crossing, she then walks 30 meters west of the store until she arrives at a big blue house. From the north of the big blue house she then walks 100 meters towards an eatery, and then walks another 100 meters east of the eatery before arriving at their school.
1. Read the given scenario above, take note of the given landmarks and distances.
2. Using your gathered data, draw Gigi's house-school roadmap on a short bond paper. Decide on the most convenient scale to use when you draw your roadmap. An example is shown below.
Scale: 1cm = 10m
3. Label your roadmap properly, including the given landmarks. Specify also the length of road. You can use coloring materials to make your work more creative.