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Lesson Plan : The hurricane tracker

Teacher Name:
 Cory Pabon
Grade:
 Grade 9-10
Subject:
 Social Studies

Topic:
 It is crucial for students to be able to read maps and navigate on a latitude and longitude scale map.
Content:
 SS.B-Understands how social,cultural,economic,and environmental factors contribute to the dynamic nature of reagions.
Goals:
 This map skills lesson is to make known the importance of navigaition using a longitude and latitude grid system.
Objectives:
 After completing the unit s the students will be able to 1.define- absolute location, latitude and longitude 2.Know how to use the grid system. 3.locate on a map or globe the Earth's poles, tropics, and beginning 4.points of measurements for latitude and longitude. 5.Use cardinals and intermediate directions as well as latitude and longitude to locate places on a map.
Materials:
 Atlas,map and corksheet handouts, colored pencils
Introduction:
 Have students practice using latitude and longitude
Development:
 Discuss in class and have students write in their notebooks the meaning of the following terms: absolute location intermediate directions parallels Antarctic Circle International Date Line Prime Meridian Arctic Circle relative location latitude Cardinal directions location scale Equator longitude South Pole grid meridian hemisphere Tropic of Cancer Tropic of Capricorn North Pole
Practice:
 On a world map handout have students label global reference points such as the Equator, Prime Meridian, the Cardinal directions, the North and South Poles.
Accommodations:
 
Checking For Understanding:
 a.) practice locating places on a map using latitude and longitude b.) list the latitude and longitude of various locations on a map
Closure:
 Plot a tropical storm or hurricane using the latest coordinates from the morning newspaper and news reports. Students will have their own personal hurricane map. If there is more than one storm or hurricane to plot use different color pencils for each one. If there is no storm to plot, make one up.
Evaluation:
 
Teacher Reflections:
 

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