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Do now: Write a min of 3 lines: Why were we off school
yesterday?
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Please have your handbook notes on your desk. We will begin where
we left off on Friday.
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Homework: For Thursday, you must have the entire note
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Each group will present your findings to the entire class.
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packet for the handbook completed. You will receive
either: full, partial, or zero credit. If you are missing the
notes that I provided on Thursday 28 August, they can
be found on my teacher page in the folder “daily
PowerPoint/warm—ups.”
Make sure you turn in the homework from Wednesday for
partial credit.
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What is the purpose of knowing your location
or the location of others?
Identify:
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Relative location
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Absolute location
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It is a general location that one provides using
land markers.
For instances: Mr. Zolnak lives off route 22 (E)
in Monroeville, by the old Giant Eagle and GetGo.
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Is a specific place on the Earth, identified by
using longitude and latitude.
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For example: 40°25′52″N 79°45′55″W
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Longitude: Distance East/West of the Prime
Meridian
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Latitude: Distance North/South of the
Equator.