Latitudes and Longitudes - Ciência Viva
Latitudes and Longitudes - Ciência Viva
Latitudes and Longitudes - Ciência Viva
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How many days are there in a year?<br />
How many days are there in a leap year <strong>and</strong> how often are they?<br />
Does the Earth revolve around the Sun or does the Sun revolve around the Earth?<br />
Which direction is the north, south, sunrise <strong>and</strong> sunset where you live?<br />
Which days are the solstices <strong>and</strong> the equinoxes?<br />
Can you point out the Little Dipper, Cassiopeia <strong>and</strong> the Milky Way?<br />
What is the latitude <strong>and</strong> longitude where you are?<br />
The Arctic Circle is the parallel which borders the areas of the Earth where there is no night on the<br />
21 st June. What is the latitude of this parallel?<br />
Draw a map of the streets <strong>and</strong> paths of your area. Do not forget to include a scale <strong>and</strong> a compass rose<br />
with north pointing to the North Pole.<br />
You can do lots of activities with your globe. For example, you can draw national borders, the largest rivers<br />
<strong>and</strong> deserts on Earth, the sea routes of 15 th <strong>and</strong> 16 th century Portuguese navigators <strong>and</strong> many more.
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