Aislin Jahnke

1. 1-G1.0.2 Give examples of places that have absolute locations (e.g., home address, school address). Aislin Jahnke

2. Videos • http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=48109 • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPHfFzyOW3s

3. Poetry • To find the absolute locationOf any given placeThere are some steps you’ll need to knowTo help you, just in case.Latitude will always come firstIts lines go round and roundIt will always measure distances ofDegrees of north and south.To determine the latitude coordinateFind the equator on your mapThen ask yourself if you’re located toThe north or to the south.Next you’ll find the latitude lineThat is closest to your pointMove your finger to the sides of the mapAnd ESTIMATE, APPROXIMATE, where you’re located at!Longitude will surely come next Its lines go up and downIt will always measure the distances ofDegrees of east and west.To determine the longitude coordinateFirst find the Prime MeridianAsk yourself: Is it located at zero degrees?And if it is, is it east or is it west?Next you’ll find the longitude lineThat is closest to your pointMove your finger to the bottom or top of the mapAnd ESTIMATE, APPROXIMATE, where you’re located at! -Joshlyn Velasco

4. Web Sites • http://www.google.com/earth/ • http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/latitude_and_longitude_finder.htm • http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/location/?ar_a=1

5. Lesson Plan Scavenger Hunt 25 min Learning Objective(s): 1-5, 1-6 Individual Inquiry: Review the reading “Understanding Latitude and Longitude” or “Understanding Globes.” Advise students that they are going on an absolute location scavenger hunt. Give students a list of places and absolute locations to find on a globe or a map. Have students complete the absolute location scavenger hunt by identifying the absolute location of a given city. Have students locate a city based on its latitude and longitude. Ask students to label the locations they identified on their map. (See Model Lesson and Sample Student Work.) Resources History, “Understanding Globes,” pp. FL42–FL43 Time, “Understanding Latitude and Longitude,” p. GH5 Absolute Loaction Scavenger Hunt Activity Sheet, p. 23 Latitude and Longitude Map Match Game www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/ latitude-longitude-map-game.php Adaptations and Notes Technology: Hold a class competition using the “Latitude and Longitude Map Match Game.”

6. Lesson Plan

7. Books • Our World: A Child’s First Picture Atlas. 2003. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. Ages 4-7. • Geographic Literacy Through Children’s Literature. • Me on the Map by Joan Sweeney

8. Song • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjDqhLUzCpE

9. Activity • Journey Map Have students create a journey map, like the ones used by travelers long ago. These maps were crudely made and read from the starting point up. Have the students pick a location that will be familiar to their classmates then make a journey map, using relative locations for their classmates to figure out. It can be from their house to the school or from their house to the store, for example. They must create it using their memories and marking distances and locations in relative terms. Have them trade with classmates when their maps are complete and give them the homework assignment of trying to follow one another's map. Have classmates critique one another's maps and make notes of what was missing or anything grossly misrepresented in terms of landmarks. Talk about how a map with absolute locations would have made the journey much easier.

10. Warm-Up Activity

11. Map

12. Large Inflatable Globe

13. Citations "Absolute vs. Relative Location." YouTube. YouTube, 27 May 2009. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPHfFzyOW3s "Ch2_f99." Ch2_f99. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. Retrieved from http://mama.indstate.edu/users/geboen/ch2_f99.html "Earth." Google. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Mar. 2014. Retrieved from http://www.google.com/earth/ "Geography Themes [3,660 Views]." TeacherTube. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. Retrieved from http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=48109 "LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE FINDER." World Atlas. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. Retrieved from http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/latitude_and_longitude_finder.htm "Lesson Planning Material." Manatee Core Curriculum (n.d.): n. pag. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. Retrieved from http://www.schools.manatee.k12.fl.us/webdisk/691SJEFFERSON/documents/unit_1.pdf "Location." - National Geographic Education. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. Retrieved from http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/encyclopedia/location/?ar_a=1 "Longitude and Latitude Song." YouTube. YouTube, 04 Dec. 2011. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjDqhLUzCpE “Our World: A Child’s First Picture Atlas.” 2003. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society. Rogers, Linda K. Geography Literacy Through Childrens Literature. Englewood: Teacher Ideas, n.d. Print. Retrieved From http://books.google.com/books?id=rz5rMJ4Na3wC&pg=PA7&lpg=PA7&dq=absolute+location+chil drens+literature&source=bl&ots=1k4ZEG992q&sig=hV4JLUH7IcvDqornbwJ9jK_agsY&hl=en&sa=X &ei=nAAhU9TXGerP2wXAjoHwCQ&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=absolute%20location%20 childrens%20literature&f=false Velasco, Joshlyn. "Engrade › Wikis › Geography Themes Poem." Geography Themes Poem. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Mar. 2014. Retrieved from https://wikis.engrade.com/geographythemespoem Zollas, A. Absolute and Relative Location Teaching Ideas. Retrieved from http://www.ehow.com/info_8434513_absolute-relative-location-teaching-ideas.html