Name of Lesson: Latitude and Longitude Group Members: Jasmin Bandy, Cecily Garcia, Nancy Magana

Grade Level:

Subject:

4th Grade

Earth Science

Education Standards Addressed: (CA NGSS)

4-ESS2-2. Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns
Speaking and Listening Standards
Comprehension and Collaboration (Common Core State Standards)

of Earths features.

1. Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and

teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade four topics and texts, building on others ideas and
expressing their own clearly.

Overview & Purpose:

(What the lesson is about.)

This lesson is designed to help students understand the Earths grid system. This lesson will introduce new vocabulary, as well as new methods
for locating places on Earth. This lesson incorporates individual, group, and class activities that will help students grasp the material. The entire
class will be introduced to latitude and longitude, and then instructed to locate specific coordinate on the globe. Students will then work in
groups to label their oranges. Finally, students will complete a worksheet that will help them practice locating coordinate points., they will use
their oranges to help guide them through the worksheet.

Objectives
(Specify new skills the student will gain as a result of
the lesson; focus on student (not) teacher behaviors.)

Warm-up and/or Review

1.

(Connect current lesson with previous lessons;

help students get in mood for class; NOT teacher
dominated)

2.
3.
4.

Students will work in groups to identify different coordinates

on the globe.
Students will be able to explain how longitude and latitude are
used for locating places on earth.
Students will be able to use Earths grid system to accurately
locate a place or feature based on given coordinates.
Review activity for Prime Meridian, equator, and cardinal
directions.
First students will identify the cardinal directions (N, S, E, W)
and locate them according to their classroom.
Teacher will give students cardinal direction and ask them to
walk over to that direction.
As the activity progresses the teacher will add other locations
discussed in the previous lesson, such as prime meridian,
equator, North Pole, South Pole, Northern hemisphere,
Southern hemisphere etc.

Materials Needed
(Items needed to give lesson; e.g, PowerPoint
presentation, transparencies, art materials,
worksheets, etc.)

Atlas
Globe
World Map
Transparency
PowerPoint
Worksheet
List of points to plot on the orange
Ruler
Orange- 1 per student
Permanent Marker(dark colors)
Pencils
Masking tape

Introduction/Presentation
(Intro provides interest/motivation; Presentation,
teacher introduces new information)

Practice/Activity
(Describe the activity that students will do to
reinforce this lesson)

Student Evaluation
(Does not always equal a test. Should be done
during and after instruction; both formal and
informal).

1. Introduce, define, and explain new terms: latitude, longitude,

special lines of latitude, special lines of longitude, degrees.
2. Teacher will emphasize that latitude measures degrees from
North and South, but runs east and west and longitude
measures degrees from East and West and runs north and
south.
3. Teacher will demonstrate how to locate several coordinates on
the map, either using class map, transparency, or powerpoint.
4. Teacher will also show students where the lines of latitude and
longitude are located in the class map, as well as locating
special lines of latitude and longitude.
5. Each student will bring an orange to class to complete class
activity.
6. Teacher will have extra oranges just in case some students
forgot.
7. Students will be asked to label the oranges using permanent
markers and a ruler. Students will be encouraged to use
different color markers for all the different lines on the grid.
8. A list of points that need to be labeled would be given to
students.
9. Students will use their labeled oranges to complete latitude and
longitude worksheet.
Students will be divided into groups of three or four to work as
a team to complete a worksheet. In the worksheet students will
be given pairs of coordinates of Latitude and Longitude that
will be located using a map. Students will use their labeled
oranges to guide them when completing the worksheet.
Students will create 2 questions regarding the lesson.
Teacher would use the questions to evaluate students
understanding.
Homework

Resources Needed/Used
(E.g. Web, books (provide appropriate
academic style citation (APA, MLA, etc.)

Education World. Retrieved from

http://www.educationworld.com/a_le
sson/dailylp/dailylp/pdfs/dailylp130.
pdf. accessed on Sept 20, 2016

Contingency Plan
(Good idea to have some idea of what you will do if
things don't go as planned, i.e., technology does
not work).

Self-Evaluation
(Describe how the teacher will assess what went
well, problems experienced, what could be done
differently, etc.).

Additional Notes:

If the computer is not cooperating, the teacher will have a

transparency sheet as back up, or lecture would be done using
classroom world map.
White board would be used to illustrate the lessons objectives.
Did everyone bring an orange or is it better to provide the
oranges to the students?
Was the orange effective, or would a styrofoam ball work
better?
Log in journal any question students had during lecture.
What would better illustrate to student latitude and longitude?
Would a video work better to introduce longitude and latitude?