1. Where on Earth Is Your Community?

2. Location
Communities are different in many ways. One is their location.
Location
The place where they are found.

3. Location Communities may be near rocky mountains Or on flat plains
Or next to flowing water
Or on dry desert land

4. Fun Time!
If someone asked you to describe where you are, how would you do it?

5. If someone asked you to describe where your community is located.
You might start by saying what body of water or kind of land it is near.

6. Your community may be near a river, a body of water that flows across the land.
It may be near a lake, a body of water with land all around it.
It may be near an ocean, a huge body of water that covers a huge part of the planet.
Earth’s four oceans are:
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Arctic Ocean

7. Mountain Range
Your community may be located on highlands or low lands.
It may be near a mountain range
Mountain Range
A large group of mountains. Mountains are the highest kind of land.

8. Continents The largest land areas on earth are called continents
The seven continents are:
Africa
Antarctica
Asia
Australia
Europe
North America
South America

9. 7 Continents & 4 Oceans

10. What is one good way to describe the location of a place?

11. What is one good way to describe the location of a place?
By saying what body of water or kind of land it is near

12. Globe
To show someone which continent you live on, you might use a globe.
A globe is a model of the planet Earth.
Because it is round like the Earth, a globe shows the true shapes of the oceans and continents.

13. A globe can be divided in half to describe locations on it.
Another way of saying “half of the globe” is to use the word “ hemisphere”

14. One way to divide the globe in half is to cut it along the equator.
The equator is an imaginary line that is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole.
If you cut the globe this way, you get a Northern hemisphere and a Southern hemisphere.

15. Another way to divide the globe is to cut it in half from the North Pole to the South Pole.
If you do this, you get a Western hemisphere and an Eastern hemisphere.

16. What are two ways to divide a globe in half?

17. What are two ways to divide a globe in half?
By cutting it along the equator
Between North and South Pole

18. Map
A globe is a better model of the Earth, but a map is easier to carry
A map is a picture that shows the location of things.
A map can show the whole world.
The map of the world is flat, not round like the globe. It cannot show the true shapes of the oceans and continents

19. A border is a line on a map that shows where a state or a nation ends.
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Nation
A nation, or a country, is an area of land with its own people and laws.
Border
A border is a line on a map that shows where a state or a nation ends.
The border of a nation or state show its shape.