Social Studies
• Map Skills - Brainpop
• http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geo
graphy/mapskills/
Latitude and Longitude practice
• http://www.allaboutspace.com/usa/activity/l
atlong2/
Fly swatter with maps
• http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/us_
nl.pdf (blank US map)
• http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_ga
mes.htm (game)
Map Vocabulary
• http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ss5/d/m
apvocab.cfm
• GPS - Brainpop
• http://www.brainpop.com/technology/trans
portation/globalpositioningsystem/
Objectives
• 5.3.spi.1. locate continents and significant
bodies of water
• 5.3.spi.4. locate a major United States city
using latitude and longitude.
• 5.3.spi.6. locate the 50 states using a map
with each state outlined.
Review
• What do we use latitude and longitude for?
• Why is it important to know how to locate
places on a map?
• - tests
• - travel
• - others?
Which lines are latitude? Longitude?
What is the colored state?
What are the other directions?
Group activity
• 3 stations/6 groups
• #1. Map with latitude and longitude
(matching)
• #2. Using directions & recognizing
physical features. (answer questions)
• #3. Organize states and rivers (place
answers on a map/show what you
know)
Draw conclusions
• What did people use before the GPS was
invented?
• How would you feel about not having the
convenience of a gps or smart phone?
• HW – Direction Detection
• Before you leave….
Ticket out the door! When you leave
hand it to me as you line up.
• Think about how these activities are relevant to
you…..
• #1-3) Write 3 sentences about what you learned
today and how you will use it in the future.
• #4-5) Answer these questions
• 4. What direction is in between North and East?
A) NW B) NS C)NE D)SE
• 5. What is the postal abbreviation for Florida?
A)FA
B)FL
C)FO
D)FR
Social Studies
TN Standard (Essential Learning Targeted):
5.3.spi.1. locate continents and significant bodies of water (i.e., the
Great Lakes, Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans, Columbia, Missouri,
Colorado, Rio Grande, Ohio, Tennessee, St. Lawrence and Mississippi
rivers).
5.3.spi.4. locate a major United States city using latitude and longitude.
5.3.spi.6. locate the 50 states using a map with each state outlined.
GLE(s)
5.3.01 Understand how to use maps, globes, and other geographic
representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process and report
information from a spatial perspective.
a. Locate the major physical features and cities of the United States on
a map or globe.
b. Understand the latitude, longitude, the global grid and time zones of
the sites within the United States and Tennessee.
5.3.03 Demonstrate how to identify and locate major physical and
political features on globes and maps.
Wednesday
• 5.3.spi.1. locate continents and significant
bodies of water (i.e., the Great Lakes,
Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans,
Columbia, Missouri, Colorado, Rio
Grande, Ohio, Tennessee, St. Lawrence
and Mississippi rivers).
Write #1 – 7 and name the rivers
Rivers (answers)
• 5.3.spi.6. locate the 50 states using a map
with each state outlined.
Time zones
• GLE: Understand the latitude, longitude,
the global grid and time zones of the sites
within the United States and Tennessee.
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/
usstates/timezone.htm
United States Time Zone Map
Hawaii Time
Saturday
9/10/2011
10:13 am
HST
Alaska Time
Saturday
9/10/2011
12:13 pm
AKDT
Pacific Time
Saturday
9/10/2011
1:13 pm
PDT
Mountain Time
Saturday
9/10/2011
2:13 pm
MDT
Central Time
Saturday
9/10/2011
3:13 pm
CDT
Eastern Time
Saturday
9/10/2011
4:13 pm
EDT
Around the world
• http://www.timezonecheck.com/
Friday
• 5.3.spi.1. locate continents and
significant bodies of water (i.e., the Great
Lakes, Atlantic, Arctic and Pacific oceans,
Columbia, Missouri, Colorado, Rio
Grande, Ohio, Tennessee, St. Lawrence
and Mississippi rivers).
# 1-7 Write the name of each continent.
What are the lines going across (east to west)?
What are the lines going north to south?
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Label continents computer quiz
http://www.factmonster.com/quizzes/conti
nents/1.html
interactive gamehttp://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World
_Continents.htm
Test Next Thursday
• Start studying now
• TN and US Geography Test
• What do you have you can use to study?