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    The document provides instructions on how to use an atlas to locate places using latitude and longitude, with the objectives being to know how to use the index in an atlas and to locate places using latitude and longitude. It includes examples of looking up locations such as Taipei, Washington D.C., Edinburgh, Cairo, and Quito in the atlas index and writing down their corresponding page numbers, latitudes, and longitudes. Students are also tasked with marking 3 places on a map and writing their latitudes and longitudes.

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    The document provides instructions on how to use an atlas to locate places using latitude and longitude, with the objectives being to know how to use the index in an atlas and to locate places using latitude and longitude. It includes examples of looking up locations such as Taipei, Washington D.C., Edinburgh, Cairo, and Quito in the atlas index and writing down their corresponding page numbers, latitudes, and longitudes. Students are also tasked with marking 3 places on a map and writing their latitudes and longitudes.

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    The document provides instructions on how to use an atlas to locate places using latitude and longitude, with the objectives being to know how to use the index in an atlas and to locate places using latitude and longitude. It includes examples of looking up locations such as Taipei, Washington D.C., Edinburgh, Cairo, and Quito in the atlas index and writing down their corresponding page numbers, latitudes, and longitudes. Students are also tasked with marking 3 places on a map and writing their latitudes and longitudes.

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    Using an Atlas

    Latitude & Longitude


    *
    Lesson objective
    To know how to use the index in an Atlas
    To locate places using latitude and longitude

    Keywords
    Latitude – lines that go around the earth e.g. equator
    (LAT LINES ARE FLAT LINES!)
    Longitude – lines that go through the Poles e.g. Prime
    Meridian
    Using an Atlas: The Index
    Using an Atlas: The
    Index
    Use the index (p143 onwards) in the Atlas
    to find the information for the following
    places (places are in alphbetical order in
    the index)

    Place name Country Page Latitude Longitude

    Taipei
    Washington
    DC
    Edinburgh
    Cairo
    Quito
    Using an Atlas: The
    Index
    Use the index (p143 onwards) in the Atlas
    to find the information for the following
    places (places are in alphbetical order in
    the index)

    Place name Country Page Latitude Longitude

    Taipei Taiwan 69 25 05 N 121 32 E


    Washington USA 91 38 55 N 77 00 W
    DC
    Edinburgh Scotland 11 55 57 N 3 13 W
    Cairo Egypt 81 30 00 N 31 15 E
    Quito Ecuador 96 0 14 S 78 30 W
    Latitude & Longitude: Can you name these
    important lines?
    A

    D
    E
    Mark and Label these lines on your map.
    Arctic Circle 66.5˚

    Tropic of Cancer
    23.5˚

    Equator 0˚

    Tropic of Capricorn
    23.5˚

    Antarctic Circle
    66.5˚
    Prime Meridian
    0˚
    Latitude and longitude co-ordinates

    How can we find the position of the location marked as A?


    • Find its latitude. 80 N
    • The latitude is 20°S. A is 60
    20° south of the equator. 40
    • Find its longitude. 20
    • The longitude is 20°W. 0
    A is 20° west of the
    20
    Prime Meridian. A
    • Combine the values for 40
    latitude and longitude. 60
    • The latitude and longitude 80
    of A is 20°S 20°W. 80 60 40 20 0 20 40

    Always write latitude values first.


    Latitude and longitude
    Match the places with the correct latitude and longitude.
    A:

    B:

    Now mark 3 places (A. B and C) with an X on your map, and write their latitude and
    C: longitude in the space to the left..
    G aborone
    E gypt
    O cean
    G reat Sandy I ndian
    R eykjavik S ahara
    A ndes
    P araguay G rande
    H imalayas O rinoco
    Y emen I celand
    N ew Zealand
    G reenland

    P acific Ocean
    L ondon
    A tlas
    C anada
    E urope
    S audi
    Using an Atlas
    Latitude & Longitude
    Lesson objective
    To know how to use the index in an Atlas
    To locate places using latitude and longitude
    Tasks
    • Mark 3 places on your map
    (A, B & C). Write the
    latitude and longitude for
    each place. Remember
    always write latitude (N or S
    of the equator) first.

    • Read page 12 & 13 of


    Foundations
    • Complete activities 1, 2 & 3
    • Extension – The Atlas
    Challenge!

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