Part I: Latitude and Longitude - Activity 1

Determine the coordinates of all of the squares occupied by ships in this "Battleship" grid. Record your answers as a letter and a number combination such as "B5".

Part III: Finding Our Location Today!

What purposes do you think the world has found for GPS today?









Part IV: What is My Location? - Activity 2

  1. The name of your hometown is:________________

  2. The two letter abbreviation for your state is:______ (for example, MD is Maryland)

  3. Your 5-digit zip code is:____________

Use the above information to fill in the boxes on the web page for the Census Bureau's "U.S. Gazetteer" and then hit SEARCH.

Now, record your location here:

Latitude: ____________________________


Longitude: ___________________________


Make sure that you know which one is latitude (N or S), and which one is longitude (E or W)! Now click on where it says map, right underneath the location, and a map will come up, showing the location of your post office with a red dot. Check it out! (You will need to click the "back" button on your web browser twice to return to the lesson.)

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