The Earth-Our Living Planet
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Pages from Wikipedia relating to this chapter
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latitude
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Ocean
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Ocean
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_line
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Teaching Outlines
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Key Idea 2 - International Date Line
Why do we need a International Date Line?
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_line#mediaviewer/File:Dateline-animation-3deg-borderonly-180px.gif
Learning objectives
To understand need for an arbitrary 'date line' which begins a 'new day' at a artificial 'longitudinal' line. To understand why this line is not 'straight' but changes in many places
Notes for teachers
This is a very difficult concept to understand and may need a physical simulation with a globe for students to understand.
The idea of time varying across longitudes as well as time zones need to be well understood before coming to date line.
Activity No 1 - Using Marble educational software to explain the International Date Line
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- Materials/ Resources needed Computer/Laptop with Marble educational tool installed. (Ubuntu Kalpavriksha contains Marble) + Projector to show the class
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- Can a plane flying across the earth, move from Monday at the departing location to Tuesday at the arriving location?
- Can a plane flying across the earth, move from Tuesday at the departing location to Monday at the arriving location?
- Can any two places on Earth be on two different (consecutive) days?
- Can any two places on Earth be on two different days, which are not consecutive?
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Key Idea #
What are the key ideas to be covered
Learning objectives
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Activity No #
- Estimated Time
- Materials/ Resources needed
- Prerequisites/Instructions, if any
- Multimedia resources
- Relevant local connections - people, places and materials
- Website interactives/ links
- Process
- What questions can you ask
- Assessments - incorporating elements of CCE
- Question Corner
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- Materials/ Resources needed
- Prerequisites/Instructions, if any
- Multimedia resources
- Relevant local connections - people, places and materials
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- Process
- What questions can you ask
- Assessments - incorporating elements of CCE
- Question Corner
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