THE LINES OF

REFERENCE OF THE
EARTH
3RD GRADES 2020
MENU
MENU
IDENTIFY THE MAIN LINES OF REFERENCE AND THE
LEARNING OBJECTIVE HEMISPHERES THEY GENERATE.

LINE OF EQUATOR , THE GREENWICH MERIDIAN , PARALLELS

CONTENT AND MERIDIANS

VIDEO LESSON IN CLASSROOM

EXTRA MATERIAL

EXIT TICKET
TYPE OF EVALUATION

MAY 27TH
DUE DATE
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Mute microphones.

2. Be ready with your materials ( copybook and pencilcase)

3. Pay attention.

4. Raise your hand to participate.

5. Give your best.

 LINES OF REFERENCE
• They are fundamental to guide ourselves and to locate
places, objects and people in space.

• You can also find them in :

World Maps globes maps

MAIN LINES OF REFERENCE:

Greenwich
Equator line
meridian
The Equator line is a line that
divides Earth into two
horizontal hemispheres:
The northern and the southern
hemisphere.

The Greenwich meridian is a line

that divides the Earth into two
vertical hemispheres:
The eastern and western
hemisphere.
In which hemispheres
are and ?
Northern
Use the line of
Equator and the hemisphere
Greenwich meridian
as reference lines.
0

Southern
hemisphere

Western Eastern
hemisphere hemisphere
PARALLELS
• Parallels are imaginary lines that are traced
horizontally on the planet. They never touch
each other.

• The main parallel is the Equator line, which

is also parallel 0.

• There are 90 parallels north and 90 parallels

south. There are 180 parallels in total.
 MERIDIANS
• Meridians are imaginary lines that go from
east to west. They meet at the geographic
poles.

• The main meridian is the Greenwich

meridian, which is meridian 0.

• Meridians are numbered from 0 to 180 to

east and from 0 to 180 to west. There are 360
meridians in total.
 LET’S
PRACTICE
LET’S NAME THE LINES OF REFERENCE OF
Greenwich THE EARTH.
meridian
meridians

parallels

Equator
line
REVIEW
MAIN LINES OF REFERENCE ARE:

Equator line:
Divides the Earth into
northern and southern
hemisphere.
 Greenwich meridian:
Divides the Earth into
n
ridia

western and eastern

h me
nw i c

hemisphere.
Gre e
OTHER LINES OF REFERENCE ARE:

Parallels Meridians

Traced horizontally Traced vertically

WELL
DONE!