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Position and Direction

The document provides instructions on identifying left and right hands, as well as making various turns (clockwise and anti-clockwise) in degrees. It includes examples of how different objects or characters rotate and the resulting directions they face. Additionally, it offers navigation guidance for a character named Bee-Bot to reach specific locations.
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Position and Direction

The document provides instructions on identifying left and right hands, as well as making various turns (clockwise and anti-clockwise) in degrees. It includes examples of how different objects or characters rotate and the resulting directions they face. Additionally, it offers navigation guidance for a character named Bee-Bot to reach specific locations.
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Put your left hand in the air!

The hand that makes an ‘L’ shape is your left


hand.

Left Righ
t
Put your right hand in the air!

The hand that does not make an ‘L’ shape is your right
hand.

Left Righ
t
Making turns - clockwise

We call this one whole


turn or a full turn.

If the frog turns to the right, it is turning clockwise.


Making turns – anti-clockwise

Anti means the


opposite of.

If the rocket turns to the left, it is turning anti-clockwise.


Making turns – a quarter turn clockwise

A quarter means
there are 4
equal parts.

The kite might turn part of the whole turn.


The kite will turn a quarter of the whole turn clockwise.
Making turns – a quarter turn anti-clockwise

The bear turns 1


of the 4 equal
parts.

The bear might turn part of the whole turn.


The bear will turn a quarter of the whole turn anti-clockwise.
Making turns – a half turn clockwise

A half means
there ae 2 equal
parts.

The owl might turn part of the whole turn.


The owl will turn half of the whole turn clockwise.
Making turns – a half turn anti-clockwise

Remember, turning
left is anti-clockwise.
Turning right
is clockwise

The bike might turn part of the whole turn.


The bike will turn half of the whole turn anti-clockwise.
Here is a robot.

The robot has rotated 1 whole turn anticlockwise.


Which picture shows the robot now?

answer
Here is a toy boat.

The boat has rotated a half turn clockwise.


Which picture shows the boat now?

answer
How far has the fish rotated?

answer one quarter turn clockwise


How far has the ladybird rotated?

one half turn anticlockwise


or
answer
one half turn clockwise
Bee-Bot wants to buy a newspaper
How should he get to the Kiosk?

Go straight ahead, then turn right. Go straight ahead again, then


answer
turn left. Continue straight ahead. The Kiosk is on your left.
Bee-Bot wants to buy some meat.
How should he get to the Butcher’s?

Go straight ahead, then turn left. Go straight ahead again,


answer
then turn left. Continue straight ahead. The Butchers is on
your right.
Selma was facing North.
She did a three-quarter turn in a clockwise direction.
Which way is she facing now?

answer Selma is facing West.


Selma was facing North.
She turned 90 degrees clockwise.
Which way is she facing now?

answer Selma is facing East.


Selma was facing North.
She turned 90 degrees anticlockwise.
Which way is she facing now?

answer Selma is facing West.

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