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Tuesday September 3, 2013 O Bellringer – O How do you get to Senn from home? Write a set of directions that map out your route from home to school.

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1 Tuesday September 3, 2013 O Bellringer – O How do you get to Senn from home? Write a set of directions that map out your route from home to school.

2 Vocabulary O Absolute Location O Relative Location O Degree O Plane O Scale O Compass Rose O Map Key O Cardinal Direction

3 Where in the World Are you? Vocab Part 2 O Absolute Location ~ finding a point on the earth's surface by latitude and longitude. O O You can find the exact location of a city using absolute location. O

4 Relative Location O Relative Location ~ a location of a place in relation to another place (i.e. south or downhill).

5 Degree O Degree~ The units of measurement for latitude and longitude O

6 Plane O Plane~ a surface containing all the straight lines that connect any two points on it.

7 Scale O Scale~ this is used to compare true distance by showing the distance of items on the map at a smaller proportion. O

8 Compass Rose O Compass Rose~ a design on a map that shows directions.

9 Map Key O a key, or legend, to explain the meaning of each of symbol used in the map

10 Cardinal Directions O Cardinal Direction~ the four main directions of North, South, East, and West O

11 City Map Activity O Use the map to answer the questions O Skip #1 O Senn High School Cardinal Directions O With your partner, brainstorm locations around senn O Use the map to help figure out which direction they are from Senn


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