TITLE: PLOTTING A HURRICANE USING LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE AUTHOR:
Kathy Mendoza, Redemptorist High School, LA GRADE LEVEL/SUBJECT:
9 - 12 OVERVIEW: It is important for students to be able to read
maps and understand the purpose of maps. Map skills support
instruction in geography by helping students understand the role
played by location. PURPOSE: This map skills lesson is to be
used in the early part of the school year. It is designed to
help students learn how to use the grid system to locate areas
on a map and to help students understand that geography puts
emphasis on "place." OBJECTIVES: Students will be able to: 1.
Define "absolute location." 2. Define latitude and longitude. 3.
Use the grid system. 4. Locate on a map or globe the Earth's
poles, circles, tropics, and beginning points of measurements
for latitude and longitude. 5. Use Cardinal and intermediate
directions as well as latitude and longitude to locate places on
a map. RESOURCES/MATERIALS: Atlas, map and worksheet handouts,
colored pencils ACT