Absolute And Relative Location

Students conduct a poll to determine how different people get to a particular location. In this problem solving activity, students ask both men and women to describe how they get to a particular location. Then, they determine the...

Students develop an understanding of absolute and relative location. In this geography lesson, students examine their location in the world after studying vocabulary which includes the words latitude, longitude, relative and absolute...

Young scholars read newspaper articles. In this social studies lesson plan, students locate the latitude and longitude of the location where the news article takes place. Young scholars write a summary of the news article.

Students review relative and absolute locations, examine a their place in the world, and create flip books.

Students investigate the country of Puerto Rico by completing geographic worksheets.  In this world geography activity, students define latitude and longitude and use it to locate both Puerto Rico and their school.  Students identify...

Fifth graders explore places visited by Lewis and Clark. In this geographical concepts lesson, 5th graders plot places on a map and put events in chronological order. Students find locations on a map using longitude and latitude....

Learners acquire a working knowledge of the geographical concepts: absolute location, relative location, longitude and latitude. They analyze primary sources that shows the physical and human characteristics of the places along the 1899...

Learners locate the Island of Bermuda, and identify its absolute and relative location.

Fourth graders participate in center activities to explore the concept of absolute and relative location. They locate places in North Carolina using absolute and relative location on a map. They complete the studying frame as a summary...

Students explain and explain the concept of a grid system. They define absolute and relative location and develop an imaginary city on graph paper using a grid system.