Maps with scales and compass work

We talked about what to do if our Apple phones, Garmin, Tom Tom or other navigation broke...

How would we know where to go?

We used a scrap piece of paper to measure the distance from one city to another city.

We started on a corner and placed a tiny mark on the paper to show how far the distance away the 2nd city was away.

Then we placed this corner on the 0 on the map scale.

The little line will show us how far the city is away on the scale

A compass rose is very useful too!

Compare two cities, what direction is the 2nd one from the 1st?

Indianapolis to Fort Wayne?
What direction?

We had so much fun!