Agenda - Wednesday, May 24th

1.Check-in

2. Geography notes

   1. What is Geography?

   2. Latitude and Longitude

3. Interactive practice sites and games

What is Geography?

• Definition from National Geographic Society: A knowledge of place names, location of cultural and physical features, distribution and patterns or languages, religions, economic activities, population and political systems.

• Prefix "Geo-" = Earth

• Suffix "-graphy" = field of study

Latitude and Longitude

What is latitude and longitude?

• A system of imaginary lines used to identify the location of all places on earth using numbers.

How do we use it?

• Originally used for cartography and maps in general, it is at the foundation of all GPS and GIS technology that people have grown accustomed to using on a daily basis.

Play geography

• On the following slide, you'll be taken to the website playgeography.com

• Scroll down and play each of the following games to practice your map skills

  • World

  • US 50 States

  • North America