Longitude and Latitude
Stephanie Morgan
ED 629
Latitude and Longitude
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Grade 4
Unit includes:
• Compass Rose
• Definitions of latitude
and longitude
• Major lines of latitude
• Hemispheres
• Finding locations using
latitude and longitude
Objectives
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Students will be able to identify lines of
latitude on a map including
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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
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Students will be able to locate all
four hemispheres including
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Latitude:
• “I'm climbing the
Ladder of latitudes,
latitudes, latitudes.
I'm climbing the ladder
of latitudes, all around
the world.”
Longitude
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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
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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”
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Students will participate in making a globe
Four students will be in North, South, East,
and West positions
Different colors of yarn will make
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Lines of latitude
Lines of longitude
Equator
Prime Meridian
North Pole
South Pole
Match Longitude and Latitude
Indiana, Michigan,
Pennsylvania,
West Virginia,
Kentucky
Another name for
lines of longitude
Meridians
States that border
Ohio
Direction that
meridians run
North and South
The four cardinal
directions
Direction that
parallels run
East and West
South Pole
90 S
Another name for
lines of latitude
Parallels
North Pole
90 N
Equator
Equator divides Earth
into
Northern Hemisphere
and Southern
Hemisphere
Prime Meridian
Prime Meridian divides
Earth into
Eastern Hemisphere
and Western
Hemisphere
Major line of
latitude at 0
Major line of
longitude at 0
North, East,
South, West
Major lines of Latitude
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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
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North Pole
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Equator
Tropic of Capricorn
Antarctic Circle
South Pole
Globe Says…
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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
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After learning the major lines of latitude
students will perform Globe says….
• Body parts represent the major lines of
latitude
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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
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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
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Word List
Equator
Prime Meridian
North Pole
South Pole
Meridians
Parallels
East and West
Cardinal Rose
Tropic of Cancer
Antarctic Circle
North and South
East
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Capricorn
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Assessment
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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
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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
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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/021/lesson043.shtml