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

Geography in secondary school

Locational knowledge of the world

Using a GIS to locate and analyse places around the world

Different map projections

Features of an OS map

Showing height and relief on OS maps

Four and Six Figure Grid References

Scale and distance on OS maps

Fieldwork: Planning and collecting survey data

Fieldwork: Presenting survey data

Fieldwork: Analysing, concluding and evaluating survey data

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?

Exit Quiz

How many hemispheres are there?