Location

1. Location
*Each student needs a
Nystrom Desk Atlas

2. Has your mom
every called or
text you, asking
where you were?
Did you tell her your
relative or absolute
location?

3. What’s
relative and
absolute
location, and
what’s the
difference?

4. Relative
Location:
Using another
place to describe
that location.

5. Example
If you text your
mom back and
said: “OMG
mom, I’m with
my BFF at the
Starbucks next
to the Greenbelt
Theater 3”.
Relative Location

6. Example
If you text your
mom back and
said: “OMG
mom, I’m with
my BFF at the
mall, on the
corner of
Washington and
Main street”.
Relative Location

7. Absolute
Location:
Your exact
location. This
can include an
address or GPS
coordinates
(Longitude and
Latitude).

8. Example
If you text your
mom back and
said: “OMG mom,
I’m with my BFF at
Starbucks, at 2300
East Makati
avenue in Manila,
Philippines”.
Absolute Location

9. Example
If you text your
mom back and
said: “OMG
mom, I’m with
my BFF at the
Mall of Asia at
14° 32' 6" North,
120° 59' 3"
East”.
Relative Location

10. What are all those
numbers for the the
coordinates, and
what are Latitude
and Longitude?
Turn to page 8 in your
atlas

11. Latitude
The lines around
the earth that go
East to West.
Find it on your
map:
-The Equator.

12. Longitude
The lines that go
North and South
on the earth.
Find on your map:
-Prime Meridian (0)
–International Date
Line. (180)

13. Each latitude line is given a number.
The equator is ‘0’.
All latitude lines above or north of
the equator are 1degree north to
90 degrees North (at the North
pole).
All latitude lines below or south of
the equator are 1degree south to
90 degrees south(at the south
pole).

14. Latitude Lines
Use the left and right side of
your map to find the
latitude:
30 degrees N
60 degrees S
23 1/2 degrees N

15. Each longitude line is given a number too.
The prime meridian is ‘0’ (which runs
through France and Africa).
All longitude lines going East from the
prime meridian go from 1 degree east to
180 degrees.
All longitude lines going West from the
prime meridian go from 1 degree west to
180 degrees.
180 degrees is the International Date
Line. It runs off the coast of New Zealand
up to the eastern most part of Russia.

16. Longitude Lines
Use the top and the bottom of
your map to find the longitude:
90 degrees W
120 degrees E
75 degrees E

17. Both Together = Coordinates
What major city at the absolute
location of 31 degrees North and
121 degrees East?
What major city at the absolute
location of 37 degrees South and
59 degrees West?

18. Time to play a
game!!!!!