Explore the Prime Meridian and lines of longitude with our Year 5 and Year 6 Prime Meridian and Longitude PPT. Children will discover how the Prime Meridian divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, investigate how lines of longitude relate to time zones and explore how different countries organise time across the world.

The resource includes engaging teaching slides, discussion questions to encourage deeper thinking, interactive tasks and assessment questions to check understanding throughout the lesson.

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National Curriculum Objectives:

• Identify the position and significance of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, Arctic and Antarctic Circle, the Prime/Greenwich Meridian and time zones (including day and night)

• Use maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate countries and describe features studied