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Mastery 4

This document provides information about map skills and Earth's features for third grade students. It outlines standards for students to locate continents and oceans using an alphanumeric grid, as well as the four hemispheres defined by latitude and longitude. Key concepts explained include the seven continents, five major oceans, latitude and longitude lines, and the purpose of the equator and prime meridian in dividing the globe. Students are prompted to identify these major geographic features on maps and globes.

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Mastery 4

This document provides information about map skills and Earth's features for third grade students. It outlines standards for students to locate continents and oceans using an alphanumeric grid, as well as the four hemispheres defined by latitude and longitude. Key concepts explained include the seven continents, five major oceans, latitude and longitude lines, and the purpose of the equator and prime meridian in dividing the globe. Students are prompted to identify these major geographic features on maps and globes.

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Map Skills and

Earth’s Features
Third Grade
State Standards and Objectives
• Standard 1: Use maps and globes to categorize places and regions by their human and physical
conditions.
• The student will:
 3.1.1.AG Utilize an alphanumeric grid to locate the continents and oceans. This indicator prompts
students to inquire about the location of major physical features around the world by utilizing a basic
grid (i.e., letters on one axis, numbers on the other) as preparation for learning latitude and longitude.
 3.1.2.AG Locate the world’s four hemispheres (i.e., northern, southern, eastern, and western) by
using the major components of latitude and longitude (i.e., the Equator, the Prime Meridian, lines of
latitude (i.e., parallels), lines of longitude (i.e., meridians), and the International Date Line). This
indicator prompts students to inquire about how the world is divided for mapping purposes when
using latitude and longitude.
Oceans and
continents
• Continents are the large areas of
land and they cover 1/3 of the Earth
 We have 7 continents: North
America, South America, Asia,
Africa, Europe, Australia and
Antarctica
• Oceans are the largest bodies of
water and they cover more than 2/3
of the world
 There are five major oceans: the
Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and
Southern Oceans
What is latitude
and longitude?
Latitude and longitude
lines are imaginary lines
• Latitude is like a ladder
that has horizontal rungs.
• Longitude lines stretch
from the north to the south.
An alphanumeric grid uses
letters and numbers to label
the grid lines.
Battleship!
The equator is a horizontal line that runs through the middle of the world. It
The divides the world into halves called the Northen and Southern Hemisphere.
 Hemi means HALF
EQUATOR  Hemisphere means HALF of a sphere or the Earth
Draw a line
through the
beach ball
where you think
the equator
would be!
The prime The Prime Meridian is the line on a map that goes from the north pole to
the south pole.

Meridian  It divides the world into halves called the Eastern and Western
Hemisphere
Draw a line
through the
orange where
you think the
prime meridian
would be!
QUIZ TIME!
how MUCH OF THE EARTH IS
COVERED BY WATER?
A) 1 /4
B) 2 / 3
C) 1 / 3
D) 1 /2
What do we call the horizontal lines that run east
and west around the earth?

A) Equator
B)
Longitude
C)
Latitude
D) Alpha
numeric grid
What are the two halves of the world separated by
the equator called?

A) Half
a sphere
B) Parallels
C) Eastern and Western
Hemispheres
D) Northern and Southern
Hemispheres
What is the line on a map from the north pole to
the south pole called?

A)
Latitude
B) Longitude
C) Prime Meridian
D) Equator
Great
job!!!!
Try
again

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