First, everything we're about to do is summarized and explained in this article: Hammond, T.C., Bodzin, A.M., & Stanlick, S.E. (2014). Redefining the longitude/latitude experience with a scaffolded geocache. Social Studies, 105, 237-244 (available in CourseSite or from instructor).
Second, here are the materials we'll be using
- Images taken on the Equator and/or Prime Meridian: https://delicious.com/tchammond/latLon,flickr.
- Handouts for running this activity at Iacocca Hall
- GPS targets:
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- Lat-lon decision-making scaffold
- Satellite image of Iacocca Hall
- GPS targets:
- (Don't look at this until afterwards: Google Earth