While i know this generation of students will simply pull out a phone to find a location, i still like to spend time teaching longitude, latitude, and. Included is the image used as a game piece, the rules of the game, and a script sheet. When i compared the lines to a game of battleship, the fog cleared. Latitude and longitude practice with images geography. Draw dashed lines to indicate and label the tropic of cancer, tropic of capricorn, arctic circle. Students are given a grid with latitude and longitude points. Using a spherical world globe and demonstrate that the globe is bisected north to south between the poles by an imaginary line called the prime meridian, and east to west through its center by.
East or west from greenwich england, wherever a place may be, longitude gives the angular distance, scientifically. Two views of a globe, showing lines of both latitude and longitude. One of the ways cartographers pinpoint absolute location is by using latitude and longitude. Quick, fun activity to help student with social studies and grid skills. Battleship coordinates game passport to the nations. Last year, my 4th graders really struggled with the longitude and latitude coordinates when finding absolute location. Children will work together in pairs to plot each others birthdays on the map using latitude and longitude.
Understanding latitude and longitude journey north teachers. Finally, students are prompted to find a point of longitude. Note that on a flat map, the longitude lines, as well as the latitude lines, are straight. Aug 22, 2009 ships are placed on intersecting points which are identified by latitude and longitude coordinates, and not in the squares. Latitude and longitude battleship is quick and easy to use. Battleship is a game for two players where you try to guess the location of five ships your opponent has hidden on a grid.
You might also like my latitude and longitude practice major citieslatitude and longitude battleship. Write the name of the city and state found at the given latitude and longitude coordinates. One of the ways cartographers pinpoint absolute location is. Lines of latitude on a globe of the earth, lines of latitude are circles of different size. South pole antarctica north pole arctic circle view of each pole of the earth, with lines of latitude and longitude. Students play a gridbased game and devise clues to help classmates locate spots on the globe. Battleship 5 pts, aircraft carrier 4 pts, cruiser 3 pts, destroyer 2 pts, and p. Mar 11, 2014 then find the same longitude line on a flat map and lay the string on it to show that these lines represent the same longitude. Latitude and longitude geography lesson plan teachervision. Practice map skills by locating gold coins using x and y axis coordinates. I think teaching longitude, latitude, and general map skills to students is important. Point out to students that the locations of latitude and longitude on the worksheet map are the same for any map or globe.
Latitude lines are parallel, that is they are the same distance apart these lines are sometimes refered to as parallels. Your opponent also needs to tell you when you sunk their ship. Collect all the coins to answer the secret message and unlock the treasure chest. Longitude and latitude are the imaginary lines that circle the world, allowing us to accurately locate positions. World longitude and latitudes map using the world longitude and latitude map and an atlas, answer the following questions and mark the locations. Teaching kids how to navigate these lines will help them understand where they are on a globe, navigate mapping systems, and also differentiate between segments of their world. If we can accurately define a location to the nearest 1 second of latitude and longitude, we have specified its. Longitude, latitude, longitude, latitude, yes, i know what longitude, latitude mean. Worksheets for student practice of latitude longitude riddles worksheet for student practice of latitude longitude games for student practice of latitude longitude battleship game instructions and game sheet bus stop game instructions one goofy video my kids like. Longitude on the globe, lines of constant longitude meridians extend from pole to. You can also use our latitude and longitude app to find missouri coordinates.
Worksheets for student practice of latitude longitude riddles worksheet for student practice of latitude longitude games for student practice of latitude longitude battleship game instructions and game sheet bus stop game instructions one goofy video my kids. They have to place 5 ships on the intersecting points on the grid. In this figure, the black square is about 25 of the way between the latitudes 15on and 20on. A latitude and longitude battleship game teaching resources. Missouri latitude missouri coordinates latitude and. Latitude and longitude battleshipno prep geography for kids. The above map shows the missouri coordinates, latitude longitude, and address. They are measured in degrees project the lines of latitude diagram and invite a volunteer to point out the equator. In this activity students will be able to practice identifying and plotting points in the first quadrant of the coordinate grid system. Review latitude and longitude remind students that cartographers long ago created a system of imaginary gridlines for the whole globe. Have them find albuquerque, new mexico on the worksheet. Students are to find the capital city located at each set of coordinates. The longitudes divides earth into 24 equal times zones and the latitudes divides earth into. If a pilot or a ships captain wants to specify position on a map, these are the coordinates they would.
On the world map handout outs, as a class, we will locate the latitude and longitude described in the story. The topic of longitude and latitude under the subject geography is very interesting and important. A latitude and longitude battleship game by linda mccormick tpt. If you can play battleship and pinpoint a location on a grid, you can understand longitude and latitude. If you know the time at a reference point, such as the prime meridian, and the time where you are now, you can use that information to calculation how far apart you are from the reference point in terms of longitude that is, if you. Aug 12, 2015 students practice finding a location based on latitude and longitude coordinates. The grid makes it easy to locate any place you wish. Longitude is the angular distance measured in degrees. A latitudelongitude puzzle national geographic society. In coordinates, students learn latitude and longitude while learning the locations and names of the worlds nations.
Stern latitude and longitude any location on earth is described by two numbersits latitude and its longitude. The invention of a geographic coordinate system is generally credited to eratosthenes of cyrene, who composed his nowlost geography at the library of alexandria in the 3rd century bc. Since the map is not fully labeled, students also receive practice identifying continents and oceans. Materials and directions for teaching latitude and. Simply print out the boards you want your class to use and hand them out. Jan 12, 2016 teaching latitude and longitude can be fun treat your students with a game of battleship to reinforce the correct order to state latitude and longitude out loud and to solidify the students ability to quickly find a verbally given absolute location. Latitude and longitude battleships game teaching resources. Just when you thought it was safe take advantage of the popular movie out in dvd and get your students to practice using coordinates just as the heros must in the movie. Latitude and longitude see the coordinates of any place on earth by clicking the grid icon on the bottom left of the menu. A quick activity you can do to help kids understand how latitude and longitude lines are represented on a flat map is to get a piece of string and. Each location on the globe touches a line of latitude and a line of longitude. Latitude and longitude worksheet use the map to answer the following questions about latitude and longitude.
Players take turns calling out a row and column, attempting to name a square containing enemy ships. Did you know that the earth rotates 360 degrees every 24 hours. Tell students to use their sticks as a reminder if they should get confused over the meanings of latitude and longitude as they complete this activity. There is an option to see a display of the latitude and longitude values of any point on the map, and lines of latitude and longitude on the map. Sink your opponents ships by answering questions correctly. Each location on the globe touches a line of latitude and a. Notice how the lines of latitude form concentric circles, while the lines of longitude are all the same circumference. Using the world longitude and latitude map and an atlas, answer the following questions and mark the locations. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position. In doing so, they come to recognize the value of using latitude and longitude for identifying locations. Absolute location is the exact place where something is found on earths surface. Pretesttake pretest latitude and longitude and 4 hemispheres latitude and longitude powerpointequator and prime meridianvideo one direction remake.
Invite the class to play an animal variation of the battleship game. These are imaginary lines forming a grid and it helps in finding the location of a place. Check out my other resources on teachers pay teachers. Just when you thought it was safe take advantage of the popular movie out in dvd and get your students to practice using coordinates just as the heroes must in the movie. Follow latitude with a longitude, such as 160 degrees west longitude 5. Students play battleship with a partner using latitude and longitude. A a a a a b b b b c c c d d offensive grid put the following ships on your defensive grid by placing the appropriate letters horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Materials and directions for teaching latitude and longitude. There are 90 degrees of latitude from the equator to each of the poles, north and south.
Once the latitude coordinate is found, the game locks the latitude position and the longitude lines animate into the map. What ocean does the prime meridian cross the equator. This game is good for teaching them the correct way to say coordinates, and with a bit of discussion after how gps differs from alphanumeric grids. The places that these lines intersect are called coordinates.
First, students are prompted to find the latitude coordinate. An engaging game to reinforce latitude and longitude practice. Longitude and latitude map skills battleship game 35 68 all freebies i think teaching longitude, latitude, and general map skills to students is important. A latitude and longitude battleship game with images 6th grade. In this lesson students will be demonstrating their knowledge of the coordinate grid system by playing coordinate grid battleship with a partner. A latitude and longitude battleship game 6th grade. A century later, hipparchus of nicaea improved on this system by determining latitude from stellar measurements rather than solar altitude and determining longitude by timings of lunar eclipses, rather than dead. Latitude and longitude use coordinates of latitude and longitude to identify the absolute location of different places main idea.
My students agreed to bring more games from home, and we had a few game days in class. If we can accurately define a location to the nearest 1. A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. A latitude and longitude battleship game 6th grade social.
Have students practice using latitude and longitude. Waiting to be rescued, survivors tossed bottles containing their longitude and latitude coordinates into the ocean. Latitude longitude latitude and longitude lines to. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. If the clicked coordinates are close enough to the actual coordinates that they occur in the same nation, the student will have the opportunity to guess the. Longitude and latitude map skills battleship game classroom. You can share the missouri gps coordinates with anyone using the share link above. Learn the difference between latitude and longitude by finding the location on a world map identified by a pair of map coordinates. Latitude and longitude practice games kids geo this website explains what latitude and longitude are.
Then they will transfer that skill to lines of latitude and longitude on the world map and finally zoom in on the map of nebraska. Ships are placed on intersecting points which are identified by latitude and longitude coordinates, and not in the squares. A whole new approach for the kids to use instead of calling out b2 or d5, they need to use longitude and latitude. Latitude and longitude maps worksheets theworksheets. Just when you thought it was safe take advantage of the popular movie out in dvd. It tells how far from greenwich england anyplace happens to be. Give each student a copy of the worksheet earths grid system. Cartographers and geographers divide the earth into longitudes and latitudes in order to locate points on the globe. One grid system used by cartographers is the latitude and longitude grid.
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