Compass Worksheet PDF

The older students in our homeschool co-op are doing a Mapmaking block (this is a combination of grade 4 Local History & Geography and grade 8 World Geography). Here are two books I recommend for a Mapmaking block:

Charting the World: Geography and Maps from Cave Paintings to GPS
by Richard Panchyk

Mapping the World with Art
by Ellen Johnston McHenry

This block is mostly freehand map drawing using McHenry's book, but I also have lots of ideas for other map-related activities we can do. Yesterday I was looking up simple printable activities for practicing the directions on a compass rose. We ended up designing our own activity -- the Word Find Game -- but I wanted to keep track here of some of the resources I found.

Hint: If you're looking for a worksheet for something, put "PDF" in the search request. Here are some things that came up for "compass worksheet PDF":

Royal Castle Floor Plan (PDF)

Compass Directions (PDF)

Make a Map Using Clues (PDF)

Collect Letters to Make Words (PDF)
(this is what inspired the Word Find Game)

a perfect use for the homemade Outdoor Scrabble tiles that were donated many years ago! first, we lay them out in a grid
making puzzles for friends to solve
in round one, we only used the four cardinal directions

in round two, we added in the four intercardinal directions

I should also share that Hello Wood makes a beautiful Compass Rose Puzzle.

Today we also made a Floating Compass, a favorite activity! Next week we are going to move into using a compass and doing some orienteering.

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