by Missy Everts

Grade Level: 4-8

Content Area: Social Studies

• Students will learn the meaning of terms latitude and longitude.
• Students will be able find the latitude and longitude of various locations.
• Students will figure the distance between two locations by using latitude and longitude.
• Students will practice rounding numbers to the nearest hundredth.

Procedures

1. Beam students eBook “Latitude and Longitude” to learn about meaning of each term.
2. As class, discuss the terms and what students learned from the eBook about latitude and longitude.
3. Beam students City Zen.
4. Let student experiment with City Zen, then proceed to explain the various functions that can be found in City Zen.
5. Pair students and hand out “Where Am I?” worksheet.
6. Students work in pairs to complete the first two sections of the “Where Am I?” worksheet.
7. When first two section are completed, teacher checks those sections to check for understanding of latitude and longitude measurements.
8. After assessing understanding, teacher beams student pairs Distance. (Distance is an easy-to-understand application. Most students shouldn’t need direct instruction in using it.)
9. Students complete the third section of the worksheet using Distance.