Longitude and Latitude

1. Longitude and Latitude Stephanie Morgan ED 629

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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?

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. Signing Latitude • Latitude: • “I'm climbing the Ladder of latitudes, latitudes, latitudes. I'm climbing the ladder of latitudes, all around the world.”

11. 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.

12. Signing Longitude • Longitude: • “It's a LONG, LONG way from pole to pole, pole to pole, pole to poleIt's a LONG, LONG way from pole to pole, so we call those LONGITUDES.”

13. “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

14. Match Longitude and Latitude

15. 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.

16. Major lines of latitude • North Pole • Arctic Circle • Tropic of Cancer • Equator • Tropic of Capricorn • Antarctic Circle • South Pole

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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.

20. Globe Bingo

21. 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

22. Websites for Students • Social Studies for Kids: Basic Geography http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/geography/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/MapStatsKids/MSK_portal/concepts_latlg.html • Map Stats for Kids http://www.eduplace.com/kids/socsci/books/applications/imaps/maps/g3_u6/index.html

23. Websites for Teachers • Geography Classroom Game http://geography.about.com/od/teachgeography/a/classlatitude.htm • Great Teaching Tools http://www.classbrain.com/artteach/publish/article_108.shtml • Latitude and Longitude http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/01/popup/lat_long.html • Yarning about Latitude and Longitude http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/02-1/lesson043.shtml