A SENSE OF PLACE Upper Primary 4..5

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22 LOCATE <strong>PLACE</strong>S USING LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE LINES Look at a globe and identify the 0 o Line of Latitude – Equator. It is the starting point for reading Latitudes. North and South Latitude lines are visible both to the right and left of the Equator. They increase at 10 o intervals up to 180 o . Next, locate the 0 o Line of Longitude – Prime Meridian. In the same way, East Longitude and West Longitude lines run on both sides of the Prime Meridian. Now, if the coordinates to a location are known then you may locate the specific place as follows. Latitude is read first followed by Longitude. Let us use the coordinates (30 o North Latitude, 90 o West Longitude). From the Equator, move upwards in a northern direction to find the 10 o North Line of Latitude. Next, from the Prime Meridian locate the 60 o West Line of Longitude. Our target location is at the point where these two lines ‘meet.’ If your finger landed on New Orleans, USA, you got it! http://www.worldmapsonline.com/LESSON-PLANS/6-global-grid-system-world-maplesson-4.htm
23 It is to be noted however, that like other measurements there are intermediate points. With location, the units used are degrees, minutes and seconds. As a result, the coordinates can zero in on the location with the smaller units. For places that do not intersect exactly on two exact latitude and longitude lines the location may be 40° 27' 30" N 117° 47' 30" W You would read it as 40 degrees 27 minutes 30 seconds North latitude and 117 degrees 47 minutes 30 seconds West longitude. Your teacher will guide you to sources of additional information.
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Page 3 and 4: 3 most maps, the right side is alwa
Page 5 and 6: 5 How it Works: The Quan Island Ima
Page 7 and 8: 7 SEVEN CONTINENTS - FIVE OCEANS Co
Page 9 and 10: 9 Africa Area 30,221,532km² Popula
Page 11 and 12: 11 Europe Area 10,180,000 km2 (3,93
Page 13 and 14: 13 The Earth’s five main oceans,
Page 15 and 16: 15 4.The Antarctic / Southern Ocean
Page 17 and 18: 17 Longitude lines are not parallel
Page 19 and 20: 19 top of the Earth at 90 ° latitu
Page 21: 21 EASTERN AND WESTERN HEMISPHERES

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