1. 17 may birthday coordinate on world map. Use month for latitude and day for longitude.
Or, you can make four sets of
coordinates for your birthday, depending on whether you use north or south latitude, or east or west
longitude. Print a world map and plot your birthday coordinates. What would it be like to have a party
there?
Answers
Answer:
Use the month for latitude and day for longitude. For example, if your birthday is November 26, your coordinates could be 11°N, 26°E. Or, you can make four sets of coordinates for your birthday, depending on whether you use north or south latitude, or east or west longitude.
Explanation:
Introduce the concepts of latitude and longitude.
Tell students that the lines running across the page are lines of latitude, and the lines running up and down the page are lines of longitude. Latitude runs 0–90° north and south. Longitude runs 0–180° east and west. Have students write those labels on the maps.
Answer:
Use the month for latitude and day for longitude. For example, if your birthday is November 26, your coordinates could be 11°N, 26°E. Or, you can make four sets of coordinates for your birthday, depending on whether you use north or south latitude, or east or west longitude. Print a world map and plot your birthday coordinates. What would it be like to have a party there?
Explanation:
Create a map of your neighborhood without key map elements, like a compass rose, labels, and a key. Then have a family member or friend try to use the map to reach a particular destination. Talk about the ways in which the map was difficult to use.
Photograph of a woman participating in a public participatory mapping project in India.
Make a Map
Look at an article in a newspaper, magazine, or online. How might information in the article be represented on a map? Create a map showing that information.
Photograph of a roadmap with the road and desert in the background.
Learn From Maps
Find examples of maps when you are in a shopping mall, amusement park, train station, or another place. Critique whether or not the map is easy to use. Then make your own map of the area.
Photograph of a book.
Mark Latitude and Longitude
Whenever you read a magazine or newspaper article, find the latitude and longitude of the location in which the focus of the article takes place. On a world map, mark the locations. See how long it takes until you have marks in most countries.