Slide 1: ED 417-01 Social Studies LessonBy: Rachel Sammons & Kelly RiceThird Grade

Slide 3:Objectives

To identify the location of the equator, Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, North Pole, South Pole, Prime Meridian, the tropics and the hemispheres on maps and globes. Equator Arctic Circle Antarctic Circle North Pole South Pole Prime Meridian Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere

Slide 4:Materials

Power point presentation Map of Earth with areas for information to be filled in from the presentation Picture of Globe with area for information to be filled in from the presentation Word Bank Pencils

Slide 5:Web Sites

Busy Teacher’s Website k-12 Earth Science http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/BusyT/earth_sci.shtml Dive and Discover http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/arctic/index.html Earth Our World in Motion http://ology.amnh.org/earth/ Geography Lesson Plans and Resources http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edgeography.htm Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/sci-tech/scies.html NASA http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Slide 6:Student Activities

Following the power point presentation and answering the questions on the slides Filling in the blanks on their worksheets of the Earth

Slide 7:Equator

The equator is an imaginary line that circles around the middle of the earth. This line separates the earth in half from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Slide 8:Arctic Circle

The arctic circle is an imaginary line which marks where once a year there is 1 sunlit day

Slide 9:Antarctic Circle

The antarctic circle is an imaginary line which marks where there is one whole day during which the sun does not set, and one whole day in which the sun does not rise.

Slide 10:North Pole

The North Pole is the northern point on Earth Temperature at the North Pole is 0°F North Pole

Slide 11:South Pole

The South Pole is the southern point on Earth Temperature at the South Pole is - 60°F South Pole

Slide 12:Prime Meridian

This imaginary line separates the East and the West side of the Earth zero degree (0°) longitude

Slide 13:Tropic of Cancer

This parallel line marks the farthest point north at which the sun can be seen directly overhead at noon

Slide 14:Tropic of Capricorn

This parallel line marks the farthest point south at which the sun can be seen directly overhead at noon

Slide 15:Northern Hemisphere

The northern hemisphere half of Earth that is above the equator. Contains more land and less ocean Equator The part of the earth above the equator is called what?

Slide 16:Southern Hemisphere

The southern hemisphere is the half of Earth that is below the equator. Contains more ocean and less land Less pollution Equator The part of the earth below the equator is called what?

Slide 17:The Earth

Slide 18:Resources

http://www.thebrightmonkey.com/equinox.jpg worldatlas.com/aatlas/newart/imagee.gif http://www.3dnworld.com/users/1/images/UltimateEarth.jpg http://images.google.com/