Absolute And Relative Location

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

Here is a very well-organized handout on the five themes of geography (location, place, region, movement, and human-environment interaction), which includes definitions and questions to consider for each theme.

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...

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

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

Students 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...

Students 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.

Students study things the you need to know to read a map and explain location.