Compass Drawings

Fun With A Compass
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To start them off with something fun to do, Crackers split them into 2 groups and gave each group a sheet of paper with instructions on it, together with some string, some tent pegs, and a compass. They went out into the garden and started off by making sure they were facing North. The instructions told them how many paces to take and in which direction.

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Boo Helps Fasten The String
They laid the string down on the ground as they paced, securing it with a tent peg at every change of direction.

These were the instructions for the first group: 4 paces South, 4 paces West, 4 paces North, 5 paces East, 1 pace North, 6 paces West, 1 pace South and then 1 pace East.

When they looked back, they were very surprised to see a drawing that looked just like the side view of a box with a lid on it!!

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Looks Like A Box With A Lid
How clever was that? They were all extremely delighted. Then Custard noticed that if he stood facing South, the drawing looked like a top hat!!

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