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Globe and Map Skills

A person can know the world and never leave his/her home -source unknown. Objective:. The student should become more familiar with some important globe/map skills and some strategies/activities to facilitate learning in social studies. Specifically become more familiar with:.

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Globe and Map Skills

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    1. Globe and Map Skills Content Check and Strategies Miss Smith

    2. A person can know the world and never leave his/her home -source unknown

    3. Objective: The student should become more familiar with some important globe/map skills and some strategies/activities to facilitate learning in social studies

    4. Specifically become more familiar with: size and shape of the Earth hemispheres rotation, axis, tilt, North Star revolution, seasons, direct rays

    5. Map Skills Orient a map and note directions Use scale and compute distances Interpret map symbols Express relative location Locate places on maps and globes

    6. Map Legends The legend is the key to unlocking the secrets of a map. Objects or colors in the legend represent something on the map.

    7. Can you understand this legend?

    8. Age Expectancy

    9. Hemisphere “Hemi”-Greek word for half “Sphere”-a three dimensional closed surface consisting of all points that are a given distance from a center.

    10. Four Main Hemispheres Northern Hemisphere-”Landed” divided by the equator from the Southern Hemisphere-”Water” Western Hemisphere- “Americas” divided by the Prime Meridian & International Date Line from the Eastern Hemisphere

    12. Where is 0 degree? The equator is 0 degree latitude. It is an imaginary belt that runs halfway point between the North Pole and the South Pole.

    13. Compass A compass is a tool that helps the user know what direction one is headed. On a map, a compass or a compass rose helps the user locate these directions.

    14. Compass Facts The needle on a compass is magnetized to point to the earth's north magnetic pole. Thus with a compass, a person can roughly tell which direction they are headed. There are four major or cardinal directions on a compass- north, south, east & west. In between are the directions northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest. Direction Quiz

    15. Two movements of planet Earth Rotation-Earth spinning on its axis Revolution-Earth making a wide circle around the Sun

    16. Rotation Earth spinning on imaginary line called an axis Takes 24 hours or one day Causes day and night Axis is tilted at 23˝ degrees (This is why we have seasons). Axis always points at North Star

    17. Time Zones The Earth is divided into 24 time zones, corresponding to 24 hours in a day. As the earth rotates, the sun shines in different areas, moving from east to west during the course of a day. Places that have the same longitude will be in the same time zone.

    18. Where is 0 degree? The prime meridian is 0 degrees longitude. This imaginary line runs through the United Kingdom, France, Spain, western Africa, and Antarctica.

    20. Revolution Wide circle around sun Takes 365 & 1/4 days With 23˝ tilt of axis and North Star orientation it causes seasons Direct rays & first day of each season

    21. Two other lines as a result of Revolution Arctic Circle-66 2/3° North Antarctic Circle-66 2/3° South Marks the area that experiences 24 hours of total darkness and 24 hours of total light

    22. Atlas --a.k.a Matthew

    23. Lines Longitude lines run north and south. Latitude lines run east and west. The lines measure distances in degrees.

    24. Exact Location Grid System-Single Quadrant Longitude and Latitude

    25. Lines of Latitude Latitude lines are parallel, “parallels” Run E & W but measure N & S of the equator which is O degrees latitude Ľ of 360 degrees = 90 degrees maximum latitude- N & S Poles

    26. Lines of Longitude Longitude lines not parallel but converge at the N & S Poles “meridians” Run N & S but measure E & W of the Prime Meridian-0 degrees Longitude Arbitrary point/Greenwich Observatory ˝ of 360 is 180 degrees max-IDL

    27. Legend Reading Activities What You Can Learn From A Map What do Maps Show Activity Road Map Road Map Legend Road Map of Salt Lake City Region Map Worksheet

    28. Sites to visit Look up Latitude and Longitude for US Cities Maps and Map Skills Degrees, Latitude, & Longitude Worksheet Latitude and Longitude Map (lesson plan) Scale Time Zones Anchors Aweigh (a map adventure) Map Quiz Make Your Own Map Topography Maps U. S. Map Collection GeoSpy Game Globe Projector GeoGame

    29. Latitude and Longitude Resources Latitude & Longitude Activity A Printable Latitude & Longitude Map of the World Latitude & Longitude Map Making Latitude and Longitude Quiz

    30. Additional Sources Atlas - World (Holt, Rinehart and Winston) Outline Map of US Map Packet Download Maps.com National Geographic Xpeditions Maps & Globes

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