October 19, 2015 - Monday


Fill in continent names.


Grab your chrombooks and log on to Kahoot.com!





Let's review for test on Wednesday


Practice Longitude/Latitude


http://www.softschools.com/social_studies/geography/map_games/latitude_and_longitude_games/

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-games/latitude-longitude-map-game.php


Practice Continents and Oceans
http://lizardpoint.com/geography/world-quiz.php










What are you doing to prepare for the test?

I will _______________________.

What grade do you predict you will make?

I will make a __________________.

Longitude and Latitude - October 15, 2015

What is the location of your city?

My location is _____________.
If you are not from El Salvador, pick one city.

Everyone grab a Chromebook and we will explore together.

Password: basalt

Read Introduction Together/Worksheet

Read Chapter 2, 3, & 4.

Worksheet Partner Time

The longitude of the _________________ is 0°

The _____________ is the starting point for measuring latitude. It is labeled 0°, or zero degrees.

October 13, 2015 - Tuesday

United States

How do geographers study the regions of the United States?

Which region did you like the most? Why?

I like ______ the most because ___________.

Everyone grab a Chromebook and we will explore together.

Password: basalt

Read Introduction Together/Worksheet

Read Chapter 1 - Location and Direction

What do you think about TCI Curriculum?

I _________TCI Curriculum because ______________.

It was __________to use.

Wednesday - Oct. 7, 2015

1.  What is this?

This is a  ______________________.

2. Describe this photo.

He has _______ and ______________.

Community Places

Mall                   Parking Lot
Library
Park
Musuem
Fountain

 Get a Chromebook and google  fluentU

Make an account

Code:   IhGjLzgt 

Write down new words/draw/sentence/definition

GOOGLE EARTH

Display grids on Google Earth

Background: None. This is a starter for Google Earth

Vocabulary: latitude, longitude, grids, toolbars, tour, names of prominent lats and longs

Time: About 30 minutes

Overview: Use Google Earth as a visual way of teaching how latitudes and longitudes cover the globe and cross every location on our planet

Steps:

• Open Google Earth. Turn on the grid lines with view-grid.
• Discuss what the bright yellow lines and the lighter white lines are–prominent and other latitudes and longitudes
• Discuss what N, S, W, E mean in the front of each latitude and longitude
• Go to your school or home location. Notice it’s latitude and longitude.
• Have a tour ready for the students to take. There are many to choose from on Google Earth Community, or create your own that is meaningful to students. Have them take this tour, noticing where it crosses the prominent latitudes and longitudes.

WORKSHEET TIME

Post - IT

Write longitude and latitude of where you are from?

Write a sentence using 2 new community words.