The Language of Geography
About the The Language of Geography Lesson
Summary
This lesson introduces students to latitudes, longitudes, and hemispheres.
Objectives
• To be able to describe latitudes.
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To be able to explain longitudes.
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To be able to list hemispheres.
Suggested Grades
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
Excerpt
Geography has many different terms. Latitude and longitude are two such terms. Latitudes are imaginary lines that circle the earth and are parallel to the equator. The equator is the zero degree latitude line. Lines of latitude are measured my degrees. These degrees represent the degree from the equator to the poles. The north pole is located at 90 degrees or 90 degrees North Latitude; the south pole is located at -90 degrees or 90 degrees South Latitude.
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