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Reading Longitude and Latitude for Elementary Geography

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Look Inside · 10 pages · answer key included

Cover: Let's Learn About Latitude & Longitude, a globe with the equator at 0° and a boy asking which line is longitude
Hook to open the unit on imaginary lines of the globe
Imaginary lines intro: students compare a plain Earth with a gridded Earth and name their own town or city on a map pin
Opening discussion on why geographers use grid lines
Latitude runs east-west, longitude north-south: students label the North and South Poles on two globes using a compass rose
Direction practice with the compass rose
Mouth-movement trick for line directions: students write line names on tongues, draw motion arrows and label a globe's lines
Kinesthetic memory aid; have students say the words aloud
Christopher Columbus method: a memory story linking (l)attitude to east-west sailing and long(itude) to north-south routes
Read-aloud mnemonic to reinforce line directions
Giraffe and pig memory tricks for longitude and latitude; students use words and drawings to explain another trick
Reflection task: students share their own memory trick
Equator and prime meridian: students draw and label the equator, label Northern and Southern Hemispheres and fill in blanks
Guided practice on dividing the globe into hemispheres
Degrees on a world map: students label the equator and prime meridian at 0° near the circled United Kingdom
Map practice introducing measurement in degrees
Latitude and longitude angles: students fill in blanks, then label latitude every 30° and longitude every 60°
Applying degree notation on a labeled world map

Answer key included

Answer key included
Attributes
Subject

Social Studies, Geography

Grades

Grade 2, 3, 4, 5

Types

Teacher Tools, Lesson Plans

File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
Chuck's Cornucopia
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About This Product

Help your student explore the world with this in-depth longitude and latitude PDF. With over 9 worksheets, the basics of geography have never been easier to understand!

BONUS: teacher answer keys included!

What's Included

• 35-page ready-to-print PDF including 9 different longitude and latitude map examples

Resource Tags

geography directions location map hemisphere longitude and latitude worksheets pdf latitude longitude worksheets simple latitude

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