ED 41701 Social Studies Lesson By: Rachel Sammons

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ED 417-01 Social Studies LessonBy Rachel
Sammons Kelly RiceThird Grade
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Earth
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Objectives

• To identify the location of the equator, Arctic
  Circle, Antarctic Circle, North Pole, South Pole,
  Prime Meridian, the tropics and the hemispheres
  on maps and globes.
• Equator
• Arctic Circle
• Antarctic Circle
• North Pole
• South Pole
• Prime Meridian
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Northern Hemisphere
• Southern Hemisphere

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Materials

• Power point presentation
• Map of Earth with areas for information to be
  filled in from the presentation
• Picture of Globe with area for information to be
  filled in from the presentation
• Word Bank
• Pencils

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Web Sites

• Busy Teachers Website k-12 Earth Science
• http//www.ceismc.gatech.edu/BusyT/earth_sci.shtml
  
• Dive and Discover
• http//www.divediscover.whoi.edu/arctic/index.html
  
• Earth Our World in Motion
• http//ology.amnh.org/earth/
• Geography Lesson Plans and Resources
• http//www.cloudnet.com/edrbsass/edgeography.htm
• Kathy Schrocks Guide for Educators
• http//school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/
  sci-tech/scies.html
• NASA
• http//www.nasa.gov/home/index.html

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Student Activities

• Following the power point presentation and
  answering the questions on the slides
• Filling in the blanks on their worksheets of the
  Earth

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Equator

• The equator is an imaginary line that circles
  around the middle of the earth.
• This line separates the earth in half from the
  North Pole to the South Pole.

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Arctic Circle

• The arctic circle is an imaginary line which
  marks where once a year there is 1 sunlit day

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Antarctic Circle

• The antarctic circle is an imaginary line which
  marks where there is one whole day during which
  the sun does not set, and one whole day in which
  the sun does not rise.

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North Pole

• The North Pole
• is the northern
• point on Earth
• Temperature
• at the
• North Pole is 0F

North Pole
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South Pole

• The South Pole
• is the southern
• point on Earth
• Temperature
• at the
• South Pole is
• - 60F

South Pole
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Prime Meridian

• This imaginary line separates the East and the
  West side of the Earth
• zero degree (0) longitude

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Tropic of Cancer

• This parallel line marks the farthest point north
  at which the sun can be seen directly overhead at
  noon

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Tropic of Capricorn

• This parallel line marks the farthest point south
  at which the sun can be seen directly overhead at
  noon

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Northern Hemisphere
The part of the earth above the equator is called
what?

• The northern hemisphere half of Earth that is
  above the equator.
• Contains more land and less ocean

Equator
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Southern Hemisphere
The part of the earth below the equator is called
what?

• The southern hemisphere is the half of Earth that
  is below the equator.
• Contains more ocean and less land
• Less pollution

Equator
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The Earth
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Resources

• http//www.thebrightmonkey.com/equinox.jpg
• worldatlas.com/aatlas/newart/imagee.gif
• http//www.3dnworld.com/users/1/images/UltimateEar
  th.jpg
• http//images.google.com/