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What is an Angle?
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Objectives

• Know that angles are measured in degrees
• That a whole turn is 360º
• That half a turn is 180º
• Right angle is 90º
• Half a right angle is 45º
• Understand clockwise and anti-clockwise

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Vocabulary

• Angle
• Right Angle
• Degrees
• Position
• Direction
• North
• East
• South
• West
• Clockwise
• Anti-Clockwise
• Horizontal
• Vertical
• Grid
• Turn
• Compass
• Whole
• 360º
• 180º

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Using your Compass
N



E
W
S
5

Compass Direction
N
E
W
S
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Clock Face
Clockwise
Anti - Clockwise
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Compass Direction
0/360º
N
45º
315º
NW
NE
270º
90º
E
W
135º
225º
SE
SW
180º
S
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In which direction would you be facing if you
turned clockwise
N
E
W
S
180º from N
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In which direction would you be facing if you
turned anti-clockwise
N
E
W
S
180º from S
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Success Criteria

• I can understand the difference between 360º,
  180º, 90º and 45º.
• Have I used degree turns?
• I can turn clockwise and anti-clockwise.
• I am able to follow and give directions.

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In which direction would you be facing if you
turned clockwise
N
E
W
S
90º from N
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In which direction would you be facing if you
turned Anti-clockwise
N
E
W
S
90º from S
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In which direction would you be facing if you
turned Anti-clockwise
N
E
W
S
360º from S
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Directional Bingo

• Teacher mimes the word and children put their
  hands up to guess which word it is. First to get
  a line are the winners.