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Skill 4.4 Recognising Visual Symbols

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity provides students with a colour-coded map of the world. Students must try and interpret the visual representation.

A series of images gradually give more information, and finally a legend, which allows students to fully understand the image.

The activity highlights the importance of symbols and legends in visual representations of information.

An alternative activity uses a plan of a laboratory. Students highlight hazard warning signs that should be displayed in the different areas. They then produce a poster to explain what the hazard symbols mean.

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Subject(s)Science, Chemistry, Biology, Physics
Age14-16
Published2000 - 2009
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