9/28 Map Practice

Whenever you need help, please ask for it.

Please write your homework in your assignment book.
Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

Today in class you will 

•  identify parts of the map.
• use absolute locations.
• use relative locations.
• use latitude and longitude.

Why?

• To better understand the map as a tool for learning.
• To better understand and practice how to determine and describe where places are.

1.  Take a copy of the map from the front table & have a box of colored pencils to use.   1 minutes

2.  Do the following to the map:      25 minutes

• Trace the equator green.
• Trace the Prime Meridian yellow.
• Draw and trace the Tropic of Cancer blue.
• Draw and trace the Tropic of Capricorn Orange.
• Draw an appropriate compass rose.
•  lightly shade the eastern hemisphere grey.
• Lightly shade the western hemisphere red
• Put darker diagonal grey lines to show the northern hemisphere.
• Put darker diagonal red lines to show the southern hemisphere.
• Put the letter A where 40* N 40*E is.
• Put the letter B where 30*S 90*E is. 
• Draw an appropriate scale so that 15* = 1035miles.
• What is the relative location of A to B? (Where is A in relationship to B?)

3.  Class check.     5 minutes

4. Practice      10 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child, 
"What Did You Do in School Today?"

Ask them.......

• What are key features of a world map?
• Describe how you use absolute location?
• Describe how you use relative location?