Entry Task: Google Classroom Post: 1.) Define relative location. 2.) What key vocabulary words do we use to describe relative location? 3.) Describe the relative location of yourself!

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Location •Every point on earth has a specific location.

•Absolute location - the position of a place on the globe using the grid of longitude and latitude lines.•Relative location - the location of a place compared to other places.

Video: •Relative location - the location of a place when compared to other places.

•What is the difference between relative and absolute location?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyrbyOPYlfU

What vocabulary can we use to describe relative location?

What is the relative location of ___________?

•Call out a students name.•Call out an item that is located in the classroom.•Call out an area of the school. •Call out an area of the community.

Relative location vocabulary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeeLivQH7Ok

What is the relative location of Dubai?

What is the relative location of the UAE?

Using an Atlas to determine relative location.

•Open your atlas to page _______. •Teacher calls a location. •Groups determine the relative location. •Write the answer on a whiteboard and hold it up. •Class discusses each location.

FIND THE RELATIVE LOCATIONUse an Atlas or Google Maps!

Post answers on google classroom. • Find the relative location of the following: • Be sure to use the correct vocabulary terms!

• UAE• Oman• Italy• USA• Cyprus• India• Canada• Atlantic Ocean