Understanding Latitude and Longitude is a topic suitable for upper KS2 and KS3.
The unit contains a sequence of four lessons which are carefully designed to help students understand the key concepts of latitude and longitude and learn the skill of reading coordinates on a world map.
The planning overview and topic title page can be downloaded for free here. Lessons include:
L1 – Introduction to latitude and longitude
L2 – Finding latitude and longitude coordinates on a world map
L3 – Reading latitude and longitude with greater accuracy
L4 – Locating world capital cities using latitude and longitude
Each lesson includes a presentation and differentiated activities/worksheets.
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Holly Davies –
Worked well for us. I will use it again.