Continents
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Map, dark green continents.
Student Application
Our world in called Earth. People, plants and animals live all over the Earth.
Learning Objectives
- Students will understand the characteristics of our world, Earth.
- Earth is made up of land and water. The large bodies of land are called continents. There are seven continents: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica. These continents contain areas of ...
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- Earth is made up of land and water. The large bodies of land are called continents. There are seven continents: North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica. These continents contain areas of ...
Supporting Activities
- Model of the Earth: Make a paper mâchè model of the Earth. Have students paint their Earth with the appropriate oceans and continents, and label their country, state and city.
- Interview Project: Have students take home a piece of paper with an interview question on it. Have them ask a member of their family the qu...
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Continents
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Global map view of continents.
Student Application
Take a ride in a traveling machine to learn about the form and function of landforms.
Learning Objectives
- Students will know that a landform is the shape of the surface of the land.
- Students will identify continents as the main areas of land on the earth.
- Students will understand that a mountain is a landform with steep sides and a high elevation. Some of the mountain ranges in North America are the Rocky Mounta...
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Supporting Activities
- Before viewing the video
- Anticipatory Set: Show the class a globe. Have the children identify: ocean, river, continent, lake, island, and peninsula. The landforms shown on the video are: mountain, hill, valley, river, lake, gulf, island, volcano, harbor, bay peninsula, desert, plateau, canyo...
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- Anticipatory Set: Show the class a globe. Have the children identify: ocean, river, continent, lake, island, and peninsula. The landforms shown on the video are: mountain, hill, valley, river, lake, gulf, island, volcano, harbor, bay peninsula, desert, plateau, canyo...
