1. Absolute Location OBJECTIVES:
Draw special lines of Latitude on a world map.
Locate places in North America using Latitude and Longitude coordinates.

2. Bell Ringer
You are in Hawaii. If you drop a steel ball weighing five pounds from a height of 45 inches, will it fall more rapidly through water at 20 degrees Fahrenheit or through water at 40 degrees Fahrenheit? Or will it make no difference?

3. Yesterday’s Answer
Luis is buying house numbers, which cost three dollars per digit
One digit (6) costs three dollars
Two digits (36) costs six dollars
Three digits (360) costs nine dollars

4. Turn in Homework (If necessary)
Make sure that your name, period and the date are written on the assignment
If you do not have an assignment that can be turned in:
Put your heading on a blank sheet of loose-leaf paper
Write “Homework – 9/3” on the top line
Explain why you do not have the assignment

5. Classroom Rules Comply with all federal, state and district policies
Do not do anything that creates unsafe or unhealthy conditions in my classroom
Do not do anything that interferes with your learning
Do not do anything that interferes with anyone else’s learning
Do not let anyone else interfere with your learning

6. Classroom Procedures
Bring and use the proper materials at the proper time
No gum or food
Do not talk except when the activity permits or when you have a question (raise your hand first).
Stay in your seat unless you have permission
Do not do work from other classes unless you have permission
Listen carefully to instructions, execute them to the best of your ability, and ask if you do not understand them
Participate in the lesson by doing the correct activity at the correct time: listen, ask questions, discuss, read, write, research.

7. Vocabulary
Absolute Location: describing location using grid coordinates, such as latitude and longitude
Relative Location: describing location in relation to someplace else (Las Cruces is north of El Paso, for example)
In today’s lesson and activities, we will be describing absolute location

8. Finding Latitude Green Black Red Brown Orange Blue 16 5 10 35 22 29 4030 10 35 20 22 10 29

9. Finding Longitude
Green
Black
Red
Brown
Orange
Blue 40 30 20 10

10. Finding Latitude and Longitude50
Green
Black
Red
Yellow
Orange
Blue 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10

11. Activity
Given a map of North America with Latitude and Longitude lines and cities marked on the map:
Find the coordinates of the cities and write them next to the appropriate city
Note: even though we all know that North America is in the Northern and Western Hemispheres, your coordinates still need to include the N-S and E-W part of the coordinates.

12. Homework
Given a map of North America with Latitude and Longitude lines and cities marked on the map:
Identify cities using their Latitude and Longitude coordinates
Remember that your parent/guardian must sign the assignment or it will not be accepted for scoring. Late work procedures will apply in this case.

13. Tomorrow
We will be in the computer lab.