Use various geographic data from maps and globes to determine longitude, latitude, distance, and direction. 8.3.4

Links verified 5/24/2011

1. Earth Science and Geography Resources - index of resources available from Sally Ride Science (a NASA site)
2. Enchanted Learning Software's Search page - enter latitude and longitude - you will find dozens of printable pages
3. Find your Longitude - Interactive game
4. How to Use a Compass
   1. How to use a Compass - finding directions without a compass
   2. How to use a Compass - suggested exercises
   3. How to use a Compass - using the compass alone
   4. How to use a Compass - using a compass with a map
5. Important Facts about Latitude and Longitude
6. Label the Latitude and Longitude - a world map from Enchanted Learning ( answers for the teacher)
7. Land Formations - Choose any of the features on this page to begin your journey, and discover all of the fascinating features that nature has created on the surface of the Earth. [this expired page is from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine]
8. Lost at Sea - The Search for Longitude - NOVA chronicles the seventeenth-century journey to determine longitude
9. Latitude and Longitude - a set of four lessons
10. Latitude and Longitude quiz - Finding out the latitude and longitude of selected points on a globe
11. Latitude and Longitude Printout Glossary - to be used with the world map above.
12. Look up the latitude and longitude of states in the U.S. - this table gives the latitude and longitude of various major cities in the United States
13. Map Reading Activities - some of these Enchanted Learning activities are free and others are only available to subscribed members of the site
14. USA Latitude and Longitude Activity - from Enchanted Learning
15. World map to use in latitude and longitude study - World Latitude and Longitude Activity to go with the map
16. World Latitude and Longitude Outline Map - from Enchanted Learning

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