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"Yarning" About Latitude and Longitude Lesson Plan"Yarning" About Latitude and Longitude Lesson Plan
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Grade
3rd - 8th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Lesson Plans
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Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning
Year
2003
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"Yarning" About Latitude and Longitude

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Learners identify various locations using latitude and longitude. In this map skills lesson, students use yarn and labels to create a "human globe." Learners identify the Prime Meridian, the Equator, and Northern and Southern Hemisphere.

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Concepts

latitude and longitude, map skills, globes, the equator

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equator, globe, latitude, longitude, Map, social studies

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