1. Thursday Starting Line
Directions: Enter the classroom, log onto Blackboard and click on the Starting Line for today. Answer the questions below on the Google Form. You have 4 minutes to do this.
List the 4 spheres.
From Question 2 on the Webquest, list 1 feature for each of the 4 spheres.
Do you think clouds should be part of the atmosphere or part of the hydrosphere? Why?
List one way that you interact with another sphere.

2. Thursday Starting Line
Directions: Enter the classroom, log onto Blackboard and click on the Starting Line for today. Answer the questions below on the Google Form. You have 4 minutes to do this.
Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere, Biosphere
A = wind, H = rivers, G = rocks, B = plants
Answers may vary

3. Announcements Attendance/Assigned Seat Check Missing/Late Work Review
Absent Work Review, Turn in Location
Remind:
Text #: 81010

4. Announcements Vocabulary Quiz on Friday!! Homework Check: Webquest
20 words!
There are 5 metric conversions on it!
Homework Check: Webquest
Answer Review?
Homework for Tonight:
Vocabulary Review Worksheet (on the back of the Webquest)

5. Earth and Space Science
Unit 1: Earth Science and Mapping
Daily Objective:
I can identify lines of latitude and longitude and use them to plot points on a map.

6. Notebook Notes
Directions: In your document, write the following information in this order on the LEFT SIDE.
(Your Name)
Mr. Swisher
Earth and Space Science _____ (Period)
8/25/2016

7. Notebook Notes
Directions: In your document, write the following information in this order in the CENTER in BOLD.
3.1 Finding Locations on Earth

8. Earth as a Globe
Earth is a nearly perfect sphere that rotates (spins) on its axis.
Reference Points of Rotation: North Pole and South Pole

9. Latitude
Latitude: Horizontal lines that MEASURE distance north and south from the equator
Measure using degrees (º)
Equator: 0º Latitude, the line that splits the Earth into a northern hemisphere and a southern hemisphere

10. Latitude Lines north of the Equator = º N
Lines south of the Equator = º S
North Pole = 90º N
South Pole = 90º S

11. Longitude
Longitude: Vertical lines that MEASURE distance east to west from the Prime Meridian
Measure using degrees (º)
Prime Meridian: 0º Longitude; Located in Greenwich, England
Lines east of the Prime Meridian = º E
Lines west of the Prime Meridian = º W

12. Longitude

13. Finding Direction Tools to Use:
Magnetic Compass: works with the magnetic field of the Earth to determine direction
Global Positioning System (GPS): Satellite navigation system using 3 satellites to calculate your location

14. Practice Time Directions: Using the map provided, please mark/plot:
Equator with a RED LINE
Prime Meridian with a PURPLE LINE
2 Ocean Locations with a BLUE X
19 Cities with a GREEN LETTER
Due: Friday, August 28 at the END of class!