Welcome to the geography home page! This page was made for middle elementary students like you. On this page, you will learn how to tell your friends where you are and where you want to go. To do this you will use something called longitude and latitude. (We'll explain later.)

To navigate, follow Dr. Globe! 

This is what you'll be looking at:

• Which Way is North? (Start Here)

Learn about the compass.
• The Earth is Broken into Halves???

Learn about the earth's hemispheres.
• Lights, Camera, Divide!!!

Learn about the equator and Prime Meridian.
• North or South?

Learn about latitude lines.
• East or West?

Learn about longitude lines.
• Degrees Aren't Just for Temperature...

Learn how to read latitude and longitude lines.
• Where is Reykjavik?

Find European capitals.
• Now You're the Explorer!

Learn about Spain and explore other European nations.
• What We Used

Learn about the sources we used.

This site was reviewed by Education World and was awarded "Best of August" for 1998. It received an "A" Rating. To read a review of this site, click on the Education World icon.

This document was created by Van Nguyen, Nicole Richardson, and Dana Rajczewski, former Education students at the University of Richmond. They completed the original version of this document as a project for the class EDUC 343: Computers in the Elementary Classroom, during the spring semester of 1998.

Assistance for this project was provided by Dr. Patricia Stohr-Hunt. She has maintained and revised this document as an interactive resource for educators, students and parents. All inquiries and comments regarding this document should be mailed to her at the following address: pstohrhu@richmond.edu