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Exploring Globes and the Earth

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

10 lessons

Goal

Explain how a globe models the round Earth with land, water, continents, and oceans.

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  1. What Is a Globe?Up next
  2. How a Globe Represents the EarthNot started yet
  3. Comparing a Globe and a Flat MapNot started yet
  4. Water on a Globe: Oceans and LakesNot started yet
  5. Land on a Globe: Continents and IslandsNot started yet
  6. Locating the North Pole and South Pole on a GlobeYou are here
  7. Finding the Equator: Earth's Warm Middle LineNot started yet
  8. Spinning a Globe: The Earth TurnsNot started yet
  9. Finding Our Country on a GlobeNot started yet
  10. Why We Use GlobesNot started yet
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Learning standards covered

us-utK.2.2Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Explain how a globe is a model of the Earth.

us-utK.2.4Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe and use relative location terms of objects (for example, left/right, above/below, up/down, near/far) while using maps and globes.