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Grade 3 Social Studies · World 1: Globe Trekkers · Level 5
The Equator
Find the equator, halfway between the North and South Poles, and the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 5
- The equator is an imaginary line around the middle of Earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole. You can't see it on the ground, but globes and maps draw it.
- The equator splits Earth into two halves, called hemispheres. The half north of the equator is the Northern Hemisphere.
- The half south of the equator is the Southern Hemisphere. The United States, and Georgia, are in the Northern Hemisphere.
- The equator crosses South America, Africa, and some islands of Asia. Places near the equator are usually warm all year.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS3G2 — Locate and describe the equator, prime meridian, and lines of latitude and longitude on a globe.