the lives of humans and we will go through the list and talk about how each item relates to or does not relate to geography. -The Map of the world (45 minutes): As a class we will go over to the world map and begin to study it. I will ask the students what they know about maps and about the map of the world. Then we will begin by introducing the terms latitude and longitude. We will talk about how they are the lines on the map that help us say exactly where we are and they are measured in time. The trick to remembering latitude is that you on lat” because you can sit on the horizontal lines, “sat or the lines of latitude. Then we will introduce the important longitude and latitude lines: the equator, the prime meridian, and the international date line. The equator divides the globe in half horizontally, and the prime meridian and international date line divide it vertically. The international date line marks the change of a day. Next we will talk about the directions on a compass and the different hemispheres. As we talk about each of these, we will label them on the map. Then we will label the seven continents and the four oceans. Day 2 Magic Project – Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: Label the equator, prime meridian, and international date line on a blank globe. the seven continents and the four oceans on a blank globe. Materials: -model magic balls (dried) one per students and one for you – markers -list of things to be labeled equator, prime meridian, international date line, continents, oceans – Activities: -Geography game (10 minutes): We will use this time to review the continents and oceans using the following website: . As a class we will complete these two quizzes. We will start off by doing the beginner quiz. Each student will have a chance to come up and answer one of the questions. Then we will do the same thing with the intermediate quiz.
the lives of humans and we will go through the list and talk about how each item relates to or does not relate to geography. -The Map of the world (45 minutes): As a class we will go over to the world map and begin to study it. I will ask the students what they know about maps and about the map of the world. Then we will begin by introducing the terms latitude and longitude. We will talk about how they are the lines on the map that help us say exactly where we are and they are measured in time. The trick to remembering latitude is that you “sat on lat” because you can sit on the horizontal lines, or the lines of latitude. Then we will introduce the important longitude and latitude lines: the equator, the prime meridian, and the international date line. The equator divides the globe in half horizontally, and the prime meridian and international date line divide it vertically. The international date line marks the change of a day. Next we will talk about the directions on a compass and the different hemispheres. As we talk about each of these, we will label them on the map. Then we will label the seven continents and the four oceans. Day 2 – Magic Project Objectives: By the end of this lesson, students will be able to: Label the equator, prime meridian, and international date line on a blank globe. the seven continents and the four oceans on a blank globe. Materials: -model magic balls (dried) – one per students and one for you markers -list of things to be labeled – equator, prime meridian, international date line, continents, oceans Activities: -Geography game (10 minutes): We will use this time to review the continents and oceans using the following website: . As a class we will complete these two quizzes. We will start off by doing the beginner quiz. Each student will have a chance to come up and answer one of the questions. Then we will do the same thing with the intermediate quiz.
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