Thursday, October 20, 2016

Les Points Cardinaux

Hello Parents/Students,


We did a session on the cardinal points (les points cardinaux) today.  Students are expected to know:
"Nord, Sud, Est, Ouest".  They should also know the "points intermédiaires": Nord-Ouest, Sud-Ouest, Sud-Est, et Nord-Est.


We learned what a compass is in French "une Boussole" and what "La rose des vents" is and how it is used on a map.


Students can continue to play and watch the videos to get familiar with these concepts.


Here is a fun science experiment you can do at home find magnetic north using a needle and a magnet.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEze5ZVH2fw




Next class we will be doing longitude and latitude and how to use a legend.

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