Geography teachers will find the drawing tools in Fun With Construction easy to use. This combined with the ability to copy and paste any image into the canvas allows for content to be imported from other mapping programs or from Google maps in a web page. Once on the FWC canvass, the image can be worked on with our specific mapping tools.

• Protractor
• Eight Point Compass
• String Line tool
• Compass tool

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An exercised to map out a reverse bearing to a ship. This exercise involves students working with scale and ratios as well as measurement to calculate distance and bearings.

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In this exercise students use the graphical drawing tools in Fun With Construction to do front and side sectional elevations of the mountain.

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An example of relief mapping and doing an angled cross section of a mountain.

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A completed elevation of a mountain showing the cross section.

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An exercise where students work with the scale data on a Google map to calculate a distance on the map.

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In this exercise students use the rectangle tool in Fun With Construction to measure the surface area of a building roof at their school. using this data and the scale on the Google map, students then collect rainfall data from the meteorology website for their calculations.

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Homework Sheet - This sheet sets out a scenario which students are to map out with FWC. Their working will allow them to find the solution to the problem. In this scenario we have used a real life example which students can relate to.

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Solution - The Solution to the exercise in a Word document.

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Answer- This FWC file shows the answer to the homework problem with all distances and bearings completed.