Claudia Mesnil Baez Social Studies Lesson grade 2 amp 3 Continents Continents are main expanses of land They are made up of countries Earth Globe terms Ocean The oceans are the larger bodies of water that surround the lands of the world ID: 735284
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There are many kinds of maps!
Claudia
Mesnil
-Baez
Social Studies Lesson grade 2 & 3 Slide2
Continents
Continents are main expanses of land
They are made up of countries Slide3
Earth / Globe terms
Ocean: The oceans are the larger bodies of water that surround the lands of the world.
Sea: A sea is usually a smaller and more defined area of water. There are seas next to oceans of water. Slide4
Earth/Globe terms
Equator: an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.Slide5
Countries
Countries have their own governments, economies, and cultures.
There are countries within continents and cities within countries.
Our country is the United States of America, our continent is North America, and our state is Alabama.
There are several cities in Alabama:
Montgomery
Birmingham
Mobile
Huntsville Slide6
World MAP
U.S
ChinaSlide7
Physical maps
A visual representation of an area that shows geography, topography, and others.
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Political Maps
Political
maps
are designed to show governmental boundaries of countries, states and counties. They can also indicate the location of major cities, and they usually include significant bodies of water.Slide9
ALABAMA Political map and physical map
Political
PhysicalSlide10
Latitude & Longitude
Latitude: the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator, or of a celestial object north or south of the celestial equator, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.
Longitude: the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes.Slide11Slide12
vocabulary words
States
Continents
Maps
Equator
Oceans
Sea
Latitude
Longitude
You will take a quiz on
Quizlet
that will require you to practice these words. Slide13
Google maps
Google maps online navigation system
Its maps are physical maps
Several features Slide14
spaazeboard instructions
Online bulletin board
You can create your own project
Be Creative!
Project will need the following:
its latitude and longitude
country
political and physical map
continent
three pictures of the citySlide15
To find the information
You may use Google
Google Images
Google Maps
Google Earth
National Geographic website for pictures
Spaaze.com for your bulleting board