Learning Page (about Latitude)

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1st-6th Grade Ideas:

Indian Ocean Area Map

Maps From Everwhere, Maps for Everything

Middle and High School Ideas:

Astronomy Real-Time Satellite Images of Day and Night Time, Sun, and the Stars Star Maps (Interactive) Look up Meanings of Astronomy Terms	How Do Oceans Work? The Ocean Atlas of Hawai'i
HELP! I took history so I wouldn't have to remember trigonometry. MacTutor History of Mathematics archive	Weather How to Read a Weather Map What Is the Weather On the Ocean Right Now? Basic Introduction to El Niño What About El Niño? Meanwhile The Weather in the South Pacific Is . . . Weather Movies--They Take Time to Download--But Worth It!
Primitive Navigation Finding Your Way with a Map and a Compass	Navigation with GPS (Global Positioning System) What is Global Positioning Navigation? Other Forms of Radio Navigation Introduction to Global Positioning
Calendars Basics of Calendars Calendar Zone	Earth's Magnetism How magnetic variation affects your course at sea
Cartography Fundamentals of Cartography Working with Maps: The Basics Map Resources Lots of Pretty Map Pictures	Best Historical Maps On-Line Best Virtual Map Room Late Medieval Maps

College Ideas:

Astronomy Free Star Maps To Print Out Current Solar Zenith Angles	How Do Oceans Work? Primer on Ocean Currents Ocean Tides
HELP! I took history so I wouldn't have to remember trigonometry. The Trigonometric Functions	Weather Basic Questions About Meterology Answered What Is the Weather On the Ocean Right Now? Forecasting Storms This Season Weather Vocabulary
Primitive Navigation Dead Reckoning	Navigation with GPS (Global Positioning System) Great Circle Path Display Global Positioning Course A Global Positioning System Library On-Line
Calendars Lunar to Solar Calendar Conversions Basics of the Muslim Calendar Hebrew Calendars Explained	Earth's Magnetism Global Magnetic Fields Local Magnetic Fields
Cartography Why Are There No Perfect Maps? Answer: Girard's Theorem Have Coordinates, Need Map Zoom in on the World (From Xerox)	Best Historical Maps On-Line Martin Behaim's Globe In German Huntington Library Ptolemy's "Star Maps"

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