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Subject Area: Science | Grade Level: 4
Lesson Length: 30 minutes
Keywords/Tags: latitude, longitude, equator, prime meridian
Lesson Description: Students will define and practice using latitude and longitude. This includes key vocabulary associated with and practicing geography.

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Video : What are latitude and longitude? Locating places on Earth.
Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.
Description: Dr. Binocs will walk us through step by step what latitude and longitude are and how we can use them to make sense of our world.
Quiz : Latitude and Longitude
Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.
Question #1
There are four hemispheres total?
Question #2
The prime meridian line is for latitude.
Question #3
The north and south hemispheres are based on the equator.
Question #4

The tropical zone falls in between which two lines?

Question #5
Where is the climate generally warm and humid and has lots of rainfall?
Question #6
What are the regions between the tropic lines and arctic lines called?
Question #7
What is a characteristic of a temperate zone?
Question #8
Lack of ______, cause the polar zones to be wintery and snowy.
Question #9
If you wanted to find a latitude in the south hemisphere, would your latitude be positive or negative?
Question #10
The easte hemisphere's longitude has 180 degrees.
Question #11
Longitude lines are what divide our time zones.
Description: Test your knowledge of latitude and longitude based on the video.
Resources : Latitude and Longitude Game
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson. https://www.abcya.com/games/latitude_and_longitude_practice
Latitude and Longitude Game

Description: Practice coordinates to find the hidden treasure! https://www.abcya.com/games/latitude_and_longitude_practice
Resources : Map Quiz Game
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson. https://www.geoguessr.com/seterra/en/vgp/3252
Map Quiz Game

Description: learn geography through latitude and longitude.
Resources : Latitude and Longitude Quiz
Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson. https://www.purposegames.com/game/longitude-and-latitude-quiz
Latitude and Longitude quiz

Description: Test your knowledge with this quiz!