Latitudes and Attitudes

Resources for
Teachers and Students

SchoolNet's Collection of Size of the Earth Data - Some values calculated by students of the size of the Earth.
Noon Project - Here's information about how schools can join in calculations of the size of the Earth.
About Erastothenes - A cute and short story about how Erastothenes calculated the size of the Earth.
Basic Astronomy Demonstrations - Ways to demonstrate certain aspects of astronomy such as the roundness of the Earth, day and night, the moon and eclipses.
Latitude and Longitude - A very beautiful page describing and diagraming the concepts of latitude and longitude. This would be a good place to show the bird's eye view of the latitude world to older students, especially 2nd-4th graders.
Sunrise/Sunset Calculation - The Naval Observatory's sunsrise and sunset time generator. It is a very quick and easy calculation done by the Observatory computers. You must, however, know your latitude and longitude!
Sunrise/Sunset Generator - A tremendous site designed for movie producers so they can schedule when to shoot scenes in various countries and cities around the world. Lets you choose a city and it tells you the weekly average amount of sunlight time, plus sunrise and sunset times. Great for geography tie-ins. (NB: This site no longer exists (Oct 26, 2002). Try http://www.cmpsolv.com/los/sunset.html instead.)

Day and Night on the World Right Now - A short list of the best sites on the web which provide live camera shots of places around the world. You can see who is having day or night right now.
The World Right Now - Live Internet-linked cameras around the world.
Live camera map - A great map of where the live cameras are in the world. Just click on the map.
Map Projections - A large collection of projections of the world.

Mission to Planet Earth - A NASA project to explore and archive images of the Earth using different robotic missions.

Somewhere in the World Right Now by Stacey Schuett. Alfred A. Knoph, Inc., 1995. This is a great book which shows you about the differences between day and night around the globe for a certain time of day here.
Welcome Back Sun by Michael Emberly. Little, 1993. Following legend, a Norwegian family hikes up a mountain to welcome the sun's return after the dark winter months. by . , 19. by . , 19.
Mirandy and Brother Wind - To win first prize in the Junior Cakewalk,Mirandy tries to capture the wind for her partner. This site includes fun activities about wind.

Word Lore - Carl's lessons on exploring words we use in this curriculum, such as where did the word "Sun" come from, or what is the difference between "daylight" and "day"?

Historical Maps Online - A great collection of maps from all over the world drawn throughout history. Here they be dragons.
Polynesian Wayfinding - The Traditional techniques of sailing used by early Polynesians. This is a Gopher site, which means there are text documents you can look at and print out.
Ancient Geography - A large site full of information about how people long ago viewed the world.
Ancient Navigation and Shipbuilding in Greek and Roman Times - This page is not yet active, but looks to be a good resource for this information. Stay tuned?

Chinese Math - A set of amusing math puzzles related to fractions, relations, and multiplications of relative values. May be rather tricky, but could also be fun for more advanced students.

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