C1.4 Canada - Lesson 12: Atlasskills

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

CANADA

Atlas

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What is the plan for today?

• Finish chapter 1!

Open page 14/15

in your coursebook

You'll receive a blank worldmap. Use this map this lesson combined with your notebook!

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.

The location of Calgary in the world

LONGITUDE

The world is also devided by the prime meridian. The prime meridian devides the world in east and west.

Meridians are the circles that are parallel to the prime meridian. There are 180 meridians to the east and 180 to the west.

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)

LOOK AT FIGURE 10

1. Where is Rio de Janeiro compared to the prime meridian and the equator?
2. Where is Cape Town compared to the prime meridian and the equator?
3. Where is Voorburg compared to the prime meridian and the equator?

DEGREES AROUND THE WORLD

Coordinates

Look at figure 10

Calgary: 51º N and 114º W

Jakarta: 6º S en 106º E

Coordinates

Look at figure 10

Amsterdam: 51º N and ?º ?

Tokyo: ?º ? and ?º ?

Hong Kong: ?º ? and ?º ?

Sydney: ?º ? and ?º ?

What's left.. learning!!

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

Rules while working:

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

Good luck!