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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Location and Direction

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using latitude and longitude to find a location.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Location and Direction Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for an earth science unit on latitude and longitude. Review questions are included at the bottom of the study guide.
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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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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today Scientists Go Below to Find

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, using the USA TODAY Infograph "Scientists go below to find," students will graph a city's location by using latitude and longitude coordinates. Students will determine the distance to travel between cities using a...
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eBook
Quia

Quia: Noise Pollution?

For Students 3rd - 8th
This quiz will determine whether you can use latitude and longitude properly to find absolute locations on the earth.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Where Is Here?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In this lesson, learners are shown the very basics of navigation. The concepts of relative and absolute location, latitude, longitude and cardinal directions are discussed, as well as the use and principles of a map and compass.
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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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Interactive
NASA

Nasa: Sea Wi Fs Biosphere Globes

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive globe allows you to get any view of the earth by entering latitude, longitude and season criteria.
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Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Judy Brophy: The World's Biggest Address Book

For Students 9th - 10th
Great slideshow to learn about latitude and longitude. There are many great discussion questions as well as maps to enhance your learning.
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Website
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution: Time and Navigation

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore navigation methods by sea, air, and space, what latitude and longitude mean, how GPS works, about satellite navigation, and learn about professional navigators. Includes a timeline of developments in navigation from 1280 to the...
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Website
Geographyiq

Geography Iq

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...
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Website
Other

Physical Geography: Glossary of Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Teachers who are looking for a complete course study in physical geography need this site. It is very well organized and colorfully designed. It contains an online glossary, study guides, links, clip art, maps etc.
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Website
City University of New York

Earth and Environmental Sciences: Treasure Hunt

For Students 9th - 10th
Looking for enrichment? Here's an online treasure hunt requiring skill with directions, distance, contour maps, latitude, and longitude. Also supplementing the activity are interactive quizzes on latitude, longitude, and other related...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Discover the World of Gps and Geocaching

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson will be a creative approach to learning latitude and longitude, and will introduce the students to new technology. Seventh grade students will be given the opportunity to utilize GPS Handheld Tracking Units to understand...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Latitude and Longitude

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Latitude and Longitude."
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Lesson Plan
Harvard University

Harvard University: Maps and Mapping

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site is provided for by Harvard University. Students follow a map on a scavenger hunt, create a map of their classroom and their town, learn how to read topographic maps, and discover latitude and longitude in these inquiry activities.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today Dangerous Births

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, using the USA TODAY Snapshot "Dangerous births" students will explore the geometric relationships of triangles using perpendicular bisectors of the sides, bisectors of the angles and medians of the triangle. They will...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Plotting Earthquakes With Near Real Time Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson teaches the concept of plate tectonics. Students will access the United States Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center and plot the longitude latitude and depth of earthquakes on a physiographic chart.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Sextant Solutions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The earliest explorers did not have computers or satellites to help them know their exact location. The most accurate tool developed was the sextant to determine latitude and longitude. In this activity, the sextant is introduced and...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Gps Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson plan will provide 7th and 8th grade students the opportunity to utilize GPS Handheld Tracking Units in order to understand latitude and longitude. Students will work in groups of four to complete a scavenger hunt around the...
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Handout
NSTATE

Net State: The Geography of New York

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learn about the geography of New York. Includes latitude and longitude information, as well as information about the highest and lowest areas of land.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Location on the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Using latitude and longitude to find a location.
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Study Guide
Ohio Test Prep

Ohio Test Prep: Module 4: Geography Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
Test preparation material for the Ohio tests in Social Studies provides video tutorials, practice interactives and assessment on geographic tools, latitude and longtitude, and regions.
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Graphic
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: World Atlas: Taiwan

For Students 9th - 10th
Grab quick facts about Taiwan (capital, total area, population, languages, literacy, religions, government, currency, industry, and more) while looking at a map, complete with cities, elevations, bodies of water, longitude, and latitude....

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