Describe how the globe is a model of earth locating hemispheres, poles, and equator. 2.3.1 a

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1. Create a Tennis Ball Globe - students create a Tennis Ball Globe, allowing them to see how a spherical Earth can be shown as one type of flat map [This expired link is available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the page doesn't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
2. Earth Matters - In this lesson, students will learn to identify the Earth's equator, prime meridian, lines of latitude, lines of longitude, parallels, and meridians.
3. Globes - By drawing and coloring a picture of a globe the students will identify a globe as a sphere, a model of the earth, and locate water and land on the globe.
4. Hemispheres - Activities which teach students about hemispheres.
5. Merriam Webster's Atlas - For more maps and geographical information, select a country or state from the pull-down menus at this site

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