Absolute Location

Greetings,

For the next three days (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) we will be working with absolute location, which is expressed using latitude and longitude coordinates.  It's a fun activity which allows the kids to "travel" to specific sites around the world and visit many via Google Earth.

We will be in the computer lab to complete this assignment, and I am encouraging the kids to look at every site where pictures are available.  Today, I heard lots of talk about the Colosseum in  Rome and the pyramid at Chichen Itza.  I also told the kids they could find their house, and I may have them record that pair of coordinates, too.

An additional part of the assignment is the requirement that the continent on which each site is located be recorded, too.  When we took a pretest over Continents, Oceans, and Seas, I was surprised to learn that only 41% of the kids could correctly identify all seven continents.  So, this is a great way to learn about continents.

This is NOT homework.  It will become homework on Wednesday if the assignment is not complete :)  I can't see why anyone would not have it completed, but.......   So, the due date is Thursday, September 26, at the beginning of class.


Thanks,
Cathy