Thursday, October 13, 2016

Thursday & Friday Oct 13th & 14th Days 36 & 37

Latitude and Longitude Section

Objective(s): Presented with a presentation covering the basic elements of Latitude and Longitude, students will be bale to identify various locations around the world based on their latitude and longitude coordinates.
-The student, when requested, will identify at least 10 places on the world map using the given latitude and longitude points to the nearest whole degree with 90% accuracy.
- The student, when requested, will identify the latitude and longitude points of at least 10 places on the world map to the nearest whole degree with 90% accuracy.

Rationale: Understanding how places are positioned and identified on a world map, allows students to better grasp the various characteristics on locations, such as climate, vegetation, animal life etc.

Evidence: Being able to use and understand Latitude and Longitude on a world map, allows students to locate just about anything.

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Finish Longitude and Latitude Presentation
Latitude and Longitude Review video -( here )



Timed Quiz/Contest -Latitude/Longitude - ( here )

TimeZone

TimeZone vid ( here )
TimeZone Activity/Project - I will provide a blank piece of Printer Paper for this assignment

Daylight Savings Video - Why is this still a thing Video

EdPuzzle Video Questions

Go to Google Classroom to get the link

Classwork/Homework for Monday

All of the activities below can be placed on a google Doc and uploaded into Google Classroom into 1 assignment
Longitude and Latitude Worksheet   
Measuring Longitude and Latitude
Mapping Locations in Calif activity
Mapping Locations in the USA activity