Can you follow directions?

Do you know the intermediate directions? Cardinal directions Most common directions on maps North, South, East, West Do you know the intermediate directions?

Intermediate directions How about more directions? Points located half way between the cardinal directions Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, Northwest How about more directions?

The science of mapmaking Cartography The science of mapmaking What is latitude? What is longitude?

The angular distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees Latitude The angular distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees Equator = 00 Poles = 900 Parallel: any circle that runs east and west around the Earth and that is parallel to the equator; a line of latitude

Latitude The horizontal lines that circle the globe are called Lines of Latitude. Lines of Latitude are also known as parallels because they parallel, or run in the same direction as the Equator.

Longitude the angular distance east or west of the prime meridian measured in degrees. 00 to 1800 Because a circle is 3600, the meridian opposite the prime meridian, halfway around the World, is labeled 1800. There are east lines of longitude and west lines of longitude. East lines of longitude meet west lines of longitude forming the International Dateline at 1800.

Longitude The lines that run between the North and the South Poles are called Lines of Longitude, or meridians.

Lines are not parallel. Distances vary with each location. Lines of longitude converge at the poles into one point. At the equator the degree of longitude is more (larger) than a degree near the poles. The degree of distance decreases as you move away from the equator to the poles.

Prime Meridian: imaginary line representing 00 longitude, running from the north pole, through Greenwich, England, to the south pole International dateline: it is at 1800 meridian, serves as the transition line for calendar days

Hemispheres Geographers divide the earth into hemispheres. Everything north of the equator is in the Northern Hemisphere, while everything south of the equator is in the Southern Hemisphere. The Western Hemisphere is west of the Prime Meridian, while the Eastern Hemisphere is east of the Prime Meridian. The hemispheres both end at the International Date Line.

40°N Latitude, 105° W Longitude Finding Places 41°N 40°N 39°N 38°N 37°N 109°W 108°W 107°W 106°W 105°W 104°W 103°W 102°W Grand Junction Delta Durango Pueblo Colorado Springs Pikes Peak Mt. Elbert Boulder Denver Find 40 ° N Latitude What city is located at this latitude? Boulder What line of Longitude is closest to this city? 105° W Latitude is always written first: How would you write the coordinates correctly for the city of Boulder? N 40°N Latitude, 105° W Longitude

Practicing Map Skills Which line of Latitude runs near Pikes Peak? Grand Junction Delta Durango Pueblo Colorado Springs Pikes Peak Mt. Elbert Boulder Denver Which line of Latitude runs near Pikes Peak? Which line of Longitude runs near Pikes Peak? Write the correct location for Pikes Peak using Longitude and Latitude What city is near 39°N Latitude, 108°W Longitude?

Answers 39°N 105°W 39° N Latitude, 105° W Longitude Delta Grand Junction Delta Durango Pueblo Colorado Springs Pikes Peak Mt. Elbert Boulder Denver What is the coordinates of the City of Durango? 37½° N Latitude, 108° W Longitude

USING THE GLOBE 1.Get a globe from the back of the room. 2. With your table group find the latitude and longitude of two places on Earth. 3. Write the name of the location and write the latitude and longitude correctly.

Latitude and Longitude Learning Event

Collaborative Review 1. Notes – with a partner, read over the notes and do some SELECTIVE highlighting. 2. Book – with that same partner, get an Earth Science book and answer questions 1, 2, 5, and 7 on page 56. Put your complete answers on your own paper.