Transcript Longitude and Latitude
Longitude and Latitude
Stephanie Morgan ED 629
Latitude and Longitude
Grade 4 Unit includes: • Compass Rose • Definitions of latitude and longitude • Major lines of latitude • Hemispheres • Finding locations using latitude and longitude
Objectives
Students will be able to identify lines of latitude on a map including • Equator • North Pole • South Pole • Antarctic Circle • Tropic of Cancer • Arctic Circle • Tropic of Capricorn. Students will be able to identify lines of longitude on a map including • Prime Meridian
Objectives
Students will be able to locate all four hemispheres including • Northern Hemisphere • Southern Hemisphere • Eastern Hemisphere • Western Hemisphere Students will be able to identify which line divides the earth into the correct hemispheres. Students will be able to find locations on map using longitude and latitude.
Materials
Compass Rose Worksheet Globe World Map Latitude Worksheet Longitude Worksheet Different colors of yarn Scissors Matching Note cards Map of world showing latitude and longitude Globe Bingo Worksheet Skittles Student minds
Activities
Compass Rose Map Hunt Latitude and Longitude Worksheet Signing Latitude and Longitude Yarning about Latitude and Longitude Match Latitude and Longitude Major lines of latitude worksheet Globe Says…activity about major lines of latitude Globe Bingo
Pre-Assessment
Can you… • draw and label a compass rose?
• identify the Equator and Prime Meridian on a map?
• label all the major lines of latitude on a map?
• Identify what line of latitude divides the earth into the Northern and Southern Hemisphere? Can you identify these hemispheres on a map?
• Identify what line of longitude divides the earth into the Western and Eastern Hemisphere? Can you identify these hemispheres on a map ?
Compass Rose Map Hunt
Students will draw and label a compass rose.
Students will discuss why a compass rose is important.
Students will locate cardinal roses on various types of maps. Students will discuss what a compass rose is used for and who uses a compass rose.
Latitude
Students will be introduced to latitude and longitude.
Students will complete the latitude worksheet. Students will trace the equator in green and the other lines of latitude in blue.
Signing Latitude
Latitude: • “I'm climbing the Ladder of latitudes, latitudes, latitudes. I'm climbing the ladder of latitudes, all around the world.”
Longitude
Students will be introduced to longitude by looking at the globe.
Students will complete the lines of longitude worksheet.
Students will trace the Prime Meridian in orange and the other lines of longitude in yellow.
Signing Longitude
Longitude: • “It's a LONG, LONG way from pole to pole, pole to pole, pole to pole It's a LONG, LONG way from pole to pole, so we call those LONGITUDES.”
“Yarning about Latitude and Longitude”
Students will participate in making a globe Four students will be in North, South, East, and West positions Different colors of yarn will make • Lines of latitude • Lines of longitude • Equator • Prime Meridian • North Pole • South Pole
Match Longitude and Latitude
Another name for lines of longitude Meridians Direction that meridians run North and South Direction that parallels run Another name for lines of latitude Major line of latitude at 0 Major line of longitude at 0 Parallels Equator Prime Meridian States that border Ohio The four cardinal directions South Pole Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky North, East, South, West 90 S North Pole 90 N Equator divides Earth into Prime Meridian divides Earth into Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
Major lines of Latitude
Students will do the Major lines of latitude worksheet. Students will locate the major lines of latitude on the map.
Students will identify the latitude degree of each major line of latitude.
Major lines of latitude
North Pole Arctic Circle Tropic of Cancer Equator Tropic of Capricorn Antarctic Circle South Pole
Globe Says…
Students will complete the worksheet on the major lines of latitude • North Pole • Arctic Circle • Tropic of Cancer • Equator • Tropic of Capricorn • Antarctic Circle • South Pole
Globe Says
After learning the major lines of latitude students will perform Globe says….
• Body parts represent the major lines of latitude Top of head – North Pole Ears – Arctic Circle Shoulders – Tropic of Cancer Waist – Equator Knees – Tropic of Capricorn Shins – Antarctic Circle Toes – South Pole
Globe Bingo
To review, students will be given a Blank Globe Bingo Worksheet. Students will fill in the sheet before the next day’s class.
Globe Bingo G L O B E
Equator Meridians Tropic of Cancer Arctic Circle Prime Meridian Parallels Antarctic Circle Word List North Pole East and West North and South Tropic of Capricorn Northern Hemisphere South Pole Cardinal Rose East Southern Hemisphere
Assessment
Students should be able to: • Draw and label a Compass Rose • Identify the major lines of latitude and longitude on a map • Correctly label all four Hemispheres on a map • Find locations on a map using latitude and longitude
Websites for Students
Social Studies for Kids: Basic Geography http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/geo graphy/latitudelongitude.htm
BoatSafeKids: How are flat charts and maps made of our round planet?
http://www.boatsafe.com/kids/mercator.htm
Interactive Latitude and Longitude http://www.geovista.psu.edu/grants/MapStatsKid s/MSK_portal/concepts_latlg.html
Map Stats for Kids http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/appl ications/imaps/maps/g3_u6/index.html
Websites for Teachers
Geography Classroom Game http://geography.about.com/od/teachgeography/a/classlati tude.htm
Great Teaching Tools http://www.classbrain.com/artteach/publish/article_108.sht
ml Latitude and Longitude http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/0 1/popup/lat_long.html
Yarning about Latitude and Longitude http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/02 1/lesson043.shtml