Data map types worksheet

Help your students become confident in selecting, interpreting and creating different types of data maps with this revision activity aligned with GCSE geographical skills requirements.

What's included

• A structured table covering 6 essential data map types, from choropleth maps to desire lines
• Detailed teaching notes with learning objectives, common misconceptions and extension activities
• Suitable for any GCSE geography exam board specification

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Using this resource for GCSE geography revision

This versatile resource works brilliantly as a structured revision activity, homework task or group discussion starter. Students develop critical thinking skills whilst learning to identify appropriate mapping techniques for different data sets. Perfect for exam preparation and building confidence in geographical skills paper questions.

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Try our Graph types worksheet, perfect for reviewing and building confidence with different types of maps in geography.

For more teaching resources that build students' cartographic skills and understanding, try:

• Data presentation maps lesson
• Mapping data: Paper practice exercise
• Creating choropleth maps: Population density focus
• Essential choropleth mapping skills