C1.4 Canada - Lesson 12: Prepare for the GPW

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CANADA

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What is the plan for today?

• Repeat coordinates
• Prepare for the GPW

THE GPW

                                                     TOMORROW

Chapter 1: Canada

• Paragraph 1 to 4 + atlasskills

Bring your:

• Atlas, ruler + calculator

DEGREES AROUND THE WORLD

The location of Calgary in the world

LATITUDE

The world is a globe with the equator in the middle. The equator devides the world into two halves: the northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere.

The North Pole is the far north, the South Pole is the far south.

The location of Calgary in the world

LATITUDE

You can devide the two hemispheres into degrees of latitude.

Equator: 0º

Poles: 90º

Circle of latitude / parallel are the circles that are parallel to the equator. There are 90 parellels north and 90 to the south.

LOOK AT FIGURE 10

To know the absolute location of a city you need the longitude and latitude.

North of the equator is northern latitude (N)

South of the equator is southern latitude (S)

West of the prime meridian is western longitude (W)

East of the prime meridian is eastern longitude (E)

Coordinates

Look at figure 10

Calgary: 51º N and 114º W

Jakarta: 6º S en 106º E

Homework

Search for the following cities and add the coördinates:

Nuuk

Kathmandu

Rabat

Perth

Teheran

What's left.. learning!!

• Open Google Classroom on your Chromebook
• Make the list of knowledge and skills of chapter 1

Last lesson before the GPW --> Next tuesday

Rules while working:

• You work alone and in silence
• Raise your finger if you have a question

Good luck!