Use tape to secure ribbon and divide the room in half to identify the northern and southern hemispheres. The idea of low, middle and high latitudes is introduced. Students are grouped into pairs and each pair is given a balloon, and blue and black markers.
Students inflate the balloon, then add special parallels using the black markers.
Students then use the blue marker to draw on continents using the world map in the atlas for reference and the special parallels as a guide. Students are asked to color a world map identifying the low, middle, and high latitude regions of the world.