WHAT PARTS OF A MAP CAN YOU NAME?

WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR WHEN YOU SEE A MAP?

Warm Up 3

Introduction to Map Skills

IMPORTANT PARTS OF A MAP & GLOBE – THING TO LOOK FOR FIRST

6 Things that should be on EVERY map 1. Title - should be pertaining to the subject of the map.

2. Orientation - Compass Rose should indicate North.

3. Date - What the date is.

4. Author - Who created the map.

5. Legend - What symbols mean on the map. (key)

6. Scale - The size of space on the map

TODALS!

PARTS OF A MAPTHIS IS THE TITLE! ;)

Compass Rose shows the “orientation”

Map Scale

Map Key/Legend

ACTIVITY:

IDENTIFY THE MAP PARTS 1-4RAISE YOUR HAND TO ANSWER

WHAT TYPES OF MAPS ARE THERE?

• Physical • Political • Thematic (Chloropleth

and Cartogram)

WHAT ARE POLITICAL MAPS?

Show features on the earth’s surface that humans created

Political Borders – borders decided by Governments (latitude & longitude)

Examples?National and State Borders, City Limits, capitals

WHAT ARE PHYSICAL MAPS?

show types of landforms and bodies of water

Physical Borders – countries Separated by a physical feature

Ex. Rio Grande River, Ural Mountains

WHAT ARE CHLOROPLETHS? Thematic map that uses graded

differences in shading or color or the placing of symbols inside defined areas on the map in order to indicate the average values of some property or quantity in those areas

Many different kinds.

Examples??? Climate Vegetation Natural Resources Population

WHAT ARE CARTOGRAMS?

A cartogram is a map in which some thematic mapping variable is substituted for land area or distance.

The geometry or space of the map is distorted in order to convey the information of this alternate variable.

THE GEOGRAPHER’S GRID & LATITUDE/LONGITUDE

IMPORTANT LINES ON “GEOGRAPHER’S GRID” Equator -

Runs East and West

divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres

Prime Meridian

Runs North and South

Divides Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres

WHAT IS A HEMISPHERE?

One half of the Earth.

THE TROPICS

Tropic of Cancer – 23.5° North of Equator Sun’s most northern location

occurring on June 21st

Tropic of Capricorn – 23.5° South of Equator Sun’s most southern location

occurring on December 21st

THE POLAR CIRCLES

Arctic Circle – 66.5° North of the Equator begins the North polar region

Antarctic Circle – 66.5° South of the Equator begins South polar regions

WHAT IS “LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE”?

•It is a grid for finding your location on the Earth.

Like “X and Y” from the grid in math class,like a football field,or like the game “Battleship”

LATITUDE“FLATITUDE”

Run East/ West

parallel to Equator Measures North and South

Furthest North = 90 degrees North latitude

Furthest South = 90 degrees South latitude

Important lines of Latitude:

1. Equator

2. Tropic of Cancer

3. Tropic of Capricorn

4. Arctic Circle

5. Antarctic Circle

LONGITUDE Run north/ south Measures East and

West There are 180 degrees

of East longitude and 180 degrees of

West longitude Total = 360 degree

circle

All lines meet at North Pole and South Pole

HOW DO YOU USE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE TO FIND YOUR WAY?

1. Find the right hemispheres (N, S, E, W).

2. Trace latitude and longitude till they meet.

3. FOLLOW THE CURVE!

LET’S PRACTICE USING LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE!

But first, let’s watch Matt dance!