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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Titanic's Lost Sister: Camera Overboard!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about different diving equipment in order to determine which would be most useful in recovering a sunken object and exploring underwater. Find a location on a globe or map using latitude and longitude coordinates.
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Website
Fourmilab Switzerland

John Walker: View From Satellite

For Students 9th - 10th
View images of the Earth taken by various satellites that are orbiting the Earth.
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Unit Plan
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: In Quiry: Minutes From Me: Latitude, Longitude and Vacations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An explanation of latitude and longitude along with a classroom activity that uses the location of students' vacation destinations for charting latitudes and longitudes.
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Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Latitude & Longitude

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here is an interactive & printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is Latitude & Longitude.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Assessing the Situation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students will use the scale, the key, and longitude and latitude on a map to determine where they have crashed. They will then use the map scale to determine the distance to the nearest city and how long it will take...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Parts of the Globe

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores the vocabulary of studying the parts of the globe: north pole, south pole, equator, longitude, latitude, etc.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Geographical Skills

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students understand how physical processes (weathering, erosion, climates, soils, and landforms) shape earth's surface patterns and systems.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Global Knowledge Where in the World Am I?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the division of the hemispheres, northern and southern, and eastern and western. The Equator and Prime Meridian are defined, as well as latitude and longitude. Students are given...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Major Topographical Features of the u.s.

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will locate major topographical features of the United States of America. Website links covering Identify rivers, mountain ranges, the equator, prime meridian, and lines of...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: What Time Is It In?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you figure this? If it is afternoon in San Francisco, California, what time is it in Cairo, Egypt? Explore positive and negative number values in this one page activity using time zones from different parts of the world.
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Unit Plan
City University of New York

Brooklyn College, Cuny: Latitude and Longitude

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can read about how lines of latitude and longitude form a grid that makes it easy to pinpoint one's location on Earth. Then they can take an online quiz to check their understanding.
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Handout
Other

Boat Safe Kids: Longitude and Latitude

For Students 9th - 10th
This website starts at the very beginning and explains how round globes are transferred to flat maps. Then they explain the use of longitude and latitude.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is the International Date Line?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Discover interesting and fun facts about the International Date Line.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Globe

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Globe