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Grade 3 Social Studies · World 1: Globe Trekkers · Level 6
The Prime Meridian
Find the prime meridian, which runs from pole to pole, and the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.
What children learn in Level 6
- The prime meridian is an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole. It passes through Greenwich, a part of London, England.
- The prime meridian splits Earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere. On this map, east is to the right of it.
- North and South America are in the Western Hemisphere. So Georgia is in two hemispheres at once: the Northern and the Western!
- The prime meridian crosses Europe, Africa, and Antarctica. Earth has four hemispheres, but every place is in one northern or southern half and one eastern or western half.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:
- SS3G2 — Locate and describe the equator, prime meridian, and lines of latitude and longitude on a globe.