Latitude and Type Your Response
Mapping
The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals: • Science Inquiry—You will conduct online research, collect information, and communicate your findings in written form. • STEM—You will apply scientific tools and knowledge to solve real-world problems in order to grow in your understanding of science as a creative human activity. • 21st Century Skills—You will employ online tools for research and analysis, use critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and communicate effectively in order to solve real-world problems.
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Directions
Write a response for each of the following activities. When you have finished, submit your work to your teacher. Check the rubric at the end of this document to make sure your work is meeting the expected criteria.
Task 1: Geocaching
In adventure books and movies, the hero sometimes has to follow a map to find a buried treasure. Today, a new sort of adventure sport has become popular in which people use technology to “find” treasures. Geocaching involves global positioning satellites, maps, and participants’ sense of adventure to locate specific geographic spots. These could be situated in a local area and tracked down in “real time” or located anywhere on Earth and identified virtually.
As you know, every point on Earth can be identified by latitude and longitude. In this lesson, you studied how to read points on a map in degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude. For example, the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, is located at approximately 47° 37' 14'' N, 122° 20' 57'' W.
Use your map reading, Internet searching, and reasoning skills to find the following locations and answer the three questions for each. You may need to remember that one person’s treasure may be another person’s trash!
a. 25° 20' 42" S 131° 2' E
1. What is the place?
Type your response here:
The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals: • Science Inquiry—You will conduct online research, collect information, and communicate your findings in written form. • STEM—You will apply scientific tools and knowledge to solve real-world problems in order to grow in your understanding of science as a creative human activity. • 21st Century Skills—You will employ online tools for research and analysis, use critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and communicate effectively in order to solve real-world problems.
________________________________________________________________________________
Directions
Write a response for each of the following activities. When you have finished, submit your work to your teacher. Check the rubric at the end of this document to make sure your work is meeting the expected criteria.
Task 1: Geocaching
In adventure books and movies, the hero sometimes has to follow a map to find a buried treasure. Today, a new sort of adventure sport has become popular in which people use technology to “find” treasures. Geocaching involves global positioning satellites, maps, and participants’ sense of adventure to locate specific geographic spots. These could be situated in a local area and tracked down in “real time” or located anywhere on Earth and identified virtually.
As you know, every point on Earth can be identified by latitude and longitude. In this lesson, you studied how to read points on a map in degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude and longitude. For example, the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, is located at approximately 47° 37' 14'' N, 122° 20' 57'' W.
Use your map reading, Internet searching, and reasoning skills to find the following locations and answer the three questions for each. You may need to remember that one person’s treasure may be another person’s trash!
a. 25° 20' 42" S 131° 2' E
1. What is the place?
Type your response here: