1. Opener – August 17 Welcome!
For your opener today, Take out a piece of paper
Fold it in half (hot dog style)
Number from 1-60

2. Agenda Warm up Name game Geography Pre Test Latitude & Longitude Notes
Turn in syllabus and name card

3. Notes Important stuff These are where the “bulk” of the notes go
Questions
Important stuff
These are where the “bulk” of the notes go
Anything that is important and sounds like it needs to be remembered
DO NOT JUST COPY DOWN WHAT”S ON MY POWERPOINT SLIDES!!! That is for lecture guidance only
Summary: This is where you summarize the whole days lecture. 2-3 sentences.

4. Dividing up the Earth….. (it’s really big, we need to do something.)

5. Essential Question
How do geographers determine location on a map or globe?

6. 1. In what square are the Tigers located?
A. A1 B. B2 C. C3 D. D1
2. What side of the zoo are the monkeys on?
A. North B. South C. East D. West

8. Longitude and Latitude

9. Latitude
measure the distance north and south of the Equator in degrees.
Latitude=Flatitude

10. Equator 0 degrees latitude
The line that other latitude lines are measured against
0 degrees latitude
The line that other latitude lines are measured against

11. Longitude
measure distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

12. Prime Meridian
0 degrees longitude

13. Time Zones: The sun hits the Earth at different times of the day because of the rotation of the Earth.

14. Hemisphere
Hemi=Half
Southern Hemisphere:

15. Continents

16. Bringing it all together
Using the information given to you today, please write a paragraph including at least 7 of the terms below. Please underline or highlight the key terms you have used.
Continents - Hemisphere
Longitude - Latitude
Equator - Prime Meridian
International Dateline - Parallels
Climate Zone - Time Zone
Grid System