Latitude

Longitude Project

Christina, Chriseta, Kandice


4th Grade
Earth Science
Fulfills Common Core State
Standards for English Language
Arts/Literacy k-5
Overview/Purpose:
better understanding of cardinal
direction (north, south, east, west),
Longitude and Latitude concepts (grid
system and how to locate places
on a map)
introduce new vocabulary and discuss
major cities, and landmarks
 Warm Up/Review
CYCLE We will start inquiry. Ask warm up questions such as:
CYCLE
- How many of you know what direction north is?
CYCLE
- Can anyone point to where New York City is on a
map?

Answer? - Brain teaser

Tricycle
We will start with some visuals such as a map, compass
or globe.
 Introduction/Presentation
Overview, introducing the basic concepts

Activities/examples

Go over directions
Practice/Activity
Worksheets:

There will be several different activities the student

will have to do.
-Fill in the map with the correct direction
-Plotting coordinates on Longitude and latitude map
-Land and water worksheet to fill in and color
-Mountains and Rivers worksheet
-Fill in the blank with vocabulary
 Explain Earth's grid
system, and how to locate
places using a grid, and
Christinas degrees of latitude and
worksheets
longitude. Explain cardinal
directions (North, South,
East, West)
 Equator

prime meridian

Globe

Map

Atlas

Special lines of latitude (Tropic of Cancer,

Chrisetas Tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle, North
Pole)
worksheets
Special line of longitude (International Date
Line)
Introduce new vocabulary:
Parallels

Meridians

Northern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere
 Name and locate the
world's continents, major
Kandices bodies of water, mountain
worksheets
ranges, rivers, all
countries, and major cities.
Student Evaluation

Time for discussion

Questions

Answer questions

Individual help to struggling students

 Use maps
Contingency
draw visuals on the board
Plan
If work packets get lost or are not effective,
we will do lessons together on the board,
or maybe an activity outside.
 Teacher keeps note of:

Keywords and concepts

Teachers Students who are struggling

Self-Evaluation Graded Packets

Thank You