Where am I? The second installment of a 23-part NOAA Enrichment in Marine sciences and Oceanography (NEMO) program starts with pupils guessing the years in which major ocean exploration events took place. The lesson then focuses on how to describe location and time.

Concepts

ocean exploration, oceans, latitude and longitude, knots, ships, the titanic, the equator, the prime meridian, the international date line

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Have learners determine their precise location, down to the arcsecond of latitude and longitude
• Research UTC to see how it compares with local time

Classroom Considerations

• Be sure to have maps and globes to reference

Pros

• Lesson outline includes websites for additional resources
• Resource includes a PowerPoint presentation to use in class

Cons

• None