Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Intro to Longitude and Latitude

This lesson plan was created by Connie Burns (Exira CSD) for students in the 3rd grade. By completing this lesson plan, students will know the basics of longitude and latitude and be able to use them to find the locations of places on maps.

Discipline/Subject

World Geography

Theme

GIS/GPS/Remote Sensing

Cartography/Maps

Region

None specified

Five Themes of Geography

Location

National Geographic Standards

1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 1. Understand the use of geographic tools to locate and analyze information about people, places, and environments