{"id":351,"date":"2014-02-08T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/?p=351"},"modified":"2014-02-08T07:00:12","modified_gmt":"2014-02-08T12:00:12","slug":"latitude-longitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/2014\/02\/08\/latitude-longitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Latitude &#038; Longitude"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_346\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346\" style=\"width: 199px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/6944966078_87b44a83d1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-346 lazyload\" alt=\"Photo By: BiblioArchives \/ LibraryArchives\" data-src=\"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/6944966078_87b44a83d1-199x300.jpg\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 199px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 199\/300;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo By: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/lac-bac\/6944966078\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BiblioArchives \/ LibraryArchives<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Read pages 6-8, or watch the videos below.\u00a0 Sometimes it&#8217;s hard to remember which is longitude &amp; which is latitude.\u00a0 A good way to remember is that longitude is long &#8211; north to south as you look at the globe.\u00a0 Latitude is flat, circling around the globe east to west.<\/p>\n<p>Discussion Questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Where do Meridians meet?<\/li>\n<li>Where do Parallels meet?<\/li>\n<li>How can we use Parallels &amp; Meridians to find a location?<\/li>\n<li>What continents are on the 30<sup>0<\/sup>N latitude?<\/li>\n<li>What degree latitude is the Equator?<\/li>\n<li>What degree is the International Date Line?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a really great video explaining this topic:<br \/>\n[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=swKBi6hHHMA]<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a cheesy rap about longitude &amp; latitude:<br \/>\n[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-0c1idtn3e8]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>More Resources:<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abcya.com\/latitude_and_longitude_practice.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABCya! Latitude &amp; Longitude Pirate Treasure Hunt Game<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kidsgeo.com\/geography-games\/latitude-longitude-map-game.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KidsGeo.com Find Hannah game<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialstudiesforkids.com\/articles\/geography\/latitudelongitude.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social Studies for Kids<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geography.about.com\/cs\/latitudelongitude\/a\/latlong.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">About.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read pages 6-8, or watch the videos below.\u00a0 Sometimes it&#8217;s hard to remember which is longitude &amp; which is latitude.\u00a0 A good way to remember is that longitude is long &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,22],"tags":[43,48,50,54,60],"class_list":["post-351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history","category-video","tag-directions","tag-geography","tag-globe","tag-history-2","tag-maps"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/6944966078_87b44a83d1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/yuriar.com\/aprendemosacademy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}