one half of Earth, usually divided into the Northern or Southern Hemisphere by the Equator, or Eastern and Western Hemispheres by a line that runs through the Poles.

the line of longitude at 0 degrees, from which the other lines of longitude are measured east and west.

an imaginary line encircling Earth at 0° latitude and is an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.

Latitude and longitude

Geography

Pupils will use atlases, maps and globes to develop their locational knowledge of the world. Pupils will focus in on specific places to develop an awareness of how geographers examine place. OS maps and GIS will be used alongside fieldwork to build pupils' procedural knowledge.

Geography: what makes a geographer?

Which city does the Greenwich Prime Meridian run through?

Which of these is **not** a line of latitude?

To find the coordinates of a location, we give ...

Which line of latitude splits the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

What three dimensional shape is the Earth?

Put these letters in the correct order to find the name for the line of latitude that runs around the centre of the Earth at an equal distance from the North and South Poles.

Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Madagascar

Which of these places are all located in the Northern Hemisphere? 

Which city in the UK does the Prime Meridian run through?

Introduction

What will you need for this lesson?

Are you ready to learn?

Equipment

Worksheet