Latitude and Longitude on a World Grid

Start with Latitude and Longitude on a World Grid, which explains the two kinds of lines. Use Plotting Points on a World Grid as a check, and save Time Zones for last since it adds hours and half hours.

Write coordinates for six points on a world grid, then plot four more such as 60°N, 120°W. The directions on the page read: Read the text. Write the latitude and longitude of points A to F, latitude first. Then plot and label points G to J on the map. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade Map Skills and Coordinates, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with latitude, longitude and time zones. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.

Write the latitude first and the longitude second, with a direction for each, as in 60°S, 90°E. Latitude and Longitude on a World Grid practices this with six points to read and four to plot.

The equator splits Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and the prime meridian splits it into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. Every location away from those lines is in two hemispheres, and Hemispheres and Lines on the Globe asks students to name both for coordinates such as 30°S, 120°E.

Find the difference between the two cities' UTC offsets. Going east, add that many hours, and going west, subtract. Time Zones ignores daylight saving time and includes a half hour offset for Mumbai.