Lesson Plan Canadian Geography and Time Zones
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CANADA’S GEOGRAPHIC POSITION _ 1. On the blank world map: a. Identify the 5 continents. b. Colour Canada in green, the United States in blue, China in yellow and Russia in red. c. Draw the 2 meridians and the 2 parallels which limit Canada. d. Write the name of the 3 oceans which border Canada. e. Identify: Greenland, the United States and Alaska. 2. On the blank map of North American do the following: a. Use an X to indicate the location of Ottawa, Halifax, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Alert, Pelee Island (the most southern part of Canada in Lake Erie), New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Seattle and Mexico City. Work with precision. b. Draw straight lines joining: i. Ottawa to Vancouver ii. Ottawa to Mexico City iii. Halifax to Montreal iv. Toronto to Montreal v. Winnipeg to Alert c. Using the scale, measure those 5 lines and write their real length in kilometres on the lines i. _________________________ ii. ________________________ iii. _______________________ iv. ________________________
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CANADA’S GEOGRAPHIC POSITION _
1. On the blank world map:
a. Identify the 5 continents.b. Colour Canada in green, the United States in blue, China in yellow and Russia in red.c. Draw the 2 meridians and the 2 parallels which limit Canada.d. Write the name of the 3 oceans which border Canada.e. Identify: Greenland, the United States and Alaska.
2. On the blank map of North American do the following:
a. Use an X to indicate the location of Ottawa, Halifax, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Alert, Pelee Island (the most southern part of Canada in Lake Erie), New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Seattle and Mexico City.
Work with precision.
b. Draw straight lines joining:
i. Ottawa to Vancouverii. Ottawa to Mexico Cityiii. Halifax to Montrealiv. Toronto to Montrealv. Winnipeg to Alert
c. Using the scale, measure those 5 lines and write their real length in kilometres on the lines
i. _________________________
ii. ________________________
iii. _______________________
iv. ________________________
v. _________________________
d. Based on your findings, which city is closer to Ottawa, Vancouver or Mexico City?
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CANADA’S GEOGRAPHIC POSITION .
1. What time is it?
a. It is _______ in Vancouver when it is 12 noon in Ottawa.
b. It is _______ in Vancouver when it is 9 AM in Ottawa.
c. It is 9 AM in Vancouver when it is _______ in Ottawa.
d. It is 3 PM in Vancouver when it is _______ in Ottawa.
e. It is midnight in Vancouver when it is _______ in Ottawa.
f. In Toronto, it is 8 AM when it is _______ in Vancouver.
g. In Winnipeg, it is _______ when it is 6 AM in Vancouver.
h. In Halifax, it is 10 PM when it is _______ in Montreal.
i. In Edmonton, it is _______ when it is 4:30 PM in Calgary.
j. In St John’s (Newfoundland and Labrador), it is 10:30 AM when it is _______ in Québec (the city).
2. Flying in Canada:
a. Flight schedule time is always the local time in the place where the plane lands or takes off.
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b. A plane takes off from Montreal at 7:00 AM going to Vancouver. The flight lasts 6 hours. At what time will it land?
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c. A plane takes off from Edmonton at 1:00 PM going to Toronto. The flight lasts 4 hours. At what time will it land?
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d. A plane takes off from Winnipeg at 10:00 AM. It goes to Halifax where it stops 2 hours and returns to Winnipeg. At what time will it land in Winnipeg?
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Appendix A
Appendix B
