1. Location
September 2011

2. Relative & Absolute Location
Relative location refers to where a place is in relation to another place or landmark
Eg. Canada is directly North of the US
Absolute location refers to a specific spot on the earth’s longitude and latitude lines.
Latitude lines are called parallels and they run east to west horizontally. They begin at 0⁰ at the Equator
Longitude line, or Meridians, run North to South vertically. They begin at 0⁰ at the Prime Meridian

3. Longitude and Latitude
Lines of Latitude North of the Equator are measured in degrees North.
Eg. 55⁰ N
Lines of Latitude South of the Equator are measured in degrees South.
Eg. 55⁰ S
Lines of Longitude West of the Prime Meridian are measured in degrees West
Eg. 105 ⁰ W
Lines of Longitude East of the Prime Meridian are measured in degrees West
Eg. 105 ⁰ E

5. Longitude & Latitude Warm-Up
Find the latitude of the southern most point of Canada’s landmass
Find the longitude of the most western and eastern points of Canada’s landmass
What 3 provinces are cut by the 60 ⁰ meridian?
The entire western border of Canada follows what line of latitude”?

6. Longitude & Latitude Assignment
You will be creating a test on finding absolute location
10 questions asking to find the coordinates of a particular place
10 questions giving coordinates and asking for the name of the place
You must make an answer key
Everybody must also complete somebody else’s test