1. Our Global Village Location
Atlantic Canada
Our Global Village Location

2. We live in the region often referred to as Atlantic Canada
Region - A distinctive part of the earth that has consistent or easily recognizable physical or cultural features such as:
coastal regions
rainforests
resource base (corn belt)
political structure and political boundaries
ethnic regions
cultural regions (religion, language)
income (developed or developing country)
The scale or size of a region can vary greatly
Example: Annapolis Valley, Atlantic Canada or North America could all be regions used to describe a region
We live in the region often referred to as Atlantic Canada

4. The Atlantic Region
The Atlantic Region is also known as “The Appalachian Highlands” and is found on Canada’s east coast
Four of Canada’s provinces make up Atlantic Canada:
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Newfoundland/Labrador

5. The Atlantic Region
Atlantic Canada is found on the east coast of North America next to the Atlantic Ocean

6. The Atlantic Region
You are here!

7. Location Relative Location
We often ask questions such as “Where did it happen?” and “How do you get there?”
We can answer with a relative location or an absolute location
Relative Location
The general location of a place described in terms of distance or direction from another place
The use of landmarks, eg. 400 meters past the soccer field
Time reference, eg. About 10 minutes down highway #1
Compass Direction, eg. Travel SW until you reach Smith Rd.
In front of Scotiabank Centre on Brunswick Street in Halifax after White Juan, the Blizzard of 2004

8. Location Absolute Location
We often ask questions such as “Where did it happen?” and “How do you get there?”
We can answer with a relative location or an absolute location
Absolute Location
The exact location of a point on the Earth’s surface identified by coordinates
Grid references, latitude, longitude, street address
Knowing the specific location of tropical storms and hurricanes helps people in Atlantic Canada prepare for potential natural disasters

9. Latitude and Longitude
Globes, maps, and charts have a system of North-South and East-West lines which make up the Earth’s Grid
This grid is the basis for locating points on Earth
Imagine a piece of graph paper covering the planet
A coordinate is the intersection of two lines (latitude and longitude) determines the exact location of a point
“C4!”
“You sunk my battleship!”
The Earth’s imaginary grid works in a similar way as you would play the game Battleship

11. Latitude
Imaginary lines on the surface of the Earth, drawn east to west to show the distances north or south of the earth's equator
Zero degrees latitude is the equator, the "belt" that goes around the "waist" of the earth
90 degrees north is the North Pole and 90 degrees south is the South Pole

12. Equator Divides the earth into 2 halves
Line midway between the poles around the earth’s circumference
Above the equator is north, below is south

13. Longitude
Longitude:
Imaginary lines on the Earth's surface drawn north to south from pole to pole to show distances east or west from the Prime Meridian at Greenwich, England.

14. Prime Meridian

15. Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North
North
North
North
Longitude:
65 W
Latitude:
45 N
West
West
West
West
East
East
South
South
South
South

16. Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North
Latitude 20 N
Longitude 80 W
Latitude 20 N
Longitude 80 W
West
East
South

17. Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North
Latitude 50 S
Longitude 120 E
West
East
South

18. Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North
West
East
Latitude 30 S
Longitude 50 W
South

19. Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North
West
East
Latitude 20 S
Longitude 150 E
South

20. Coordinates given in Longitude, Latitude
North
Latitude 35 N
Longitude 85 W
West
East
South

21. International Date Line
An imaginary line on the surface of the Earth that runs from the north pole to the south pole and is used to indicate the change of one calendar day to the next
It passes through the middle of the Pacific Ocean, roughly following the 180° line of longitude, but deviating to pass around some territories and island groups
A traveler crossing the IDL westbound adds 24 hours to their clock, advancing the calendar date by one day
Crossing the IDL eastbound results in 24 hours being subtracted
The world is divided into 24 time zones
NS, NB, and PEI are in the Atlantic Time Zone
NFLD has its own time zone known as the Newfoundland Time Zone which is 30 minutes ahead of the rest of Atlantic Canada

22. The Facts The Earth rotates once every 24 hours
There are 360˚ in a circle
It takes 24 hours for the earth to make a 360˚ rotation
The Earth rotates from West to East
360˚ = 24 hours
15˚ = 1 hour