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. Map Locations and labeling Include: Compass Rose, Title, pictographs of Mtn. Ranges Moscow, Russia Mediterranean Sea Kabul, Afghanisthan Alps Syria Canadian Shield Falkland Islands (7) Continents Andes Mountains (5) Oceans Himalayan Mountains Brazil Nile River Volga River Columbia River Siberia

23. 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

24. 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