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Learning About the Earth

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We have a globe similar to this one in our classroom. It represents the Earth and shows us the land and

water regions of the world.

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Although 6 of these pictures represent a continent of the world,

it doesn’t make much sense to study them in a row like this since that’s not how they are found on

the Earth.

North America

South America Africa Europe Australia Asia

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Most of the time we see a map of the world like this.There are 7 continents and 5 OCEANS.

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The Earth can be shown in many different ways on a map, though. This is a physical map showing the land features such as

mountains and glaciers.

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This terrain map is similar to a physical map. It shows lakes, rivers, mountains, deserts, and icy regions.

Rivers in Africa

Ice over Greenland

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This is an image of the Earth’s weather.

Australia

Hurricanes form over water, and meteorologists (people who study the weather) can see how the temperatures are swirling around…

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This is a political map. It shows boundary lines between countries. One way to help show boundary lines is by

giving each country a different color than the other countries around it.

Canada

United States

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This is a contour map. It shows the elevation of the surface of the Earth’s land

and the depth of the Earth’s oceans. Elevation is how high above sea level the

land is.

North America

South America

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

See the different colors of blue in the Pacific Ocean? That means there are different depths under all that water! Go on.

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The continents and oceans share the Earth and have their own

absolute location.

Equator

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Prim

e Merid

ian

Northern Hemisphere

Southern Hemisphere

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The Earth is divided into 4 hemispheres. The Northern and Southern Hemispheres you saw on the last page. Here you will see the Western and

Eastern Hemispheres.

Equator

Prim

e Merid

ian

Eastern

Hemisphere

Western

Hemisphere

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North America is in both the Northern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere.

Africa is in ALL 4 Hemispheres!

Australia is in the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres.

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All the lines on the map are imaginary! This means you can’t really see them on the land. We use them to

help us understand where places are located.

Tropic of Cancer

Line of Latitude

Tropic of Capricorn

Line of Latitude

Equator

Line of Latitude

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This is an outline map showing North and South America. It has

grid lines on it.

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These grid lines on the image of this globe show longitude and latitude.

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The taller lines drawn vertically (or up and down) are the lines of longitude.

Lines of

Latitude

Lines of

Longitude

The horizontal lines are latitude. They are parallel (like train tracks) to the Equator.

These grid lines also show longitude and latitude.

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Click on the continents and oceans to learn more about them.

North America

South America

Africa

Europe

Asia

Australia

Antarctica

Indian Ocean

Atlantic O

ceanPacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean

Southern OceanI’ve checked out all the continents and oceans.

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Africa

Africa is made up of many countries. Each orange line divides one country from another.

The Prime Meridian and the Equator both run through Africa!

More on Africa

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Countries of AfricaReturn to

World MapMore About

Africa

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Antarctica

No one lives on Antarctica because it is TOO cold!

People research the land there to find out about animals and plants that could survive there. And, to see what may have once lived there!Antarctica is

located at the South Pole.

The Antarctic Circle is another line of latitude.

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Australia, Asia, and Europe

Australia is an island country and continent!

Asia is a large continent! There are many different countries in Asia. China is one of its largest countries.

Europe is a small continent that is attached to Asia, but it has many, many important countries in it like France, Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, and Greece.

MORE ABOUT EUROPE!

MORE ABOUT ASIA

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Countries of Europe Return to World Map

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MORE ABOUT EUROPE

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More About EuropeGreat Britain, also known as England, is where the British were from. It’s a little island country in Europe – part of the United Kingdom.

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MORE ABOUT EUROPE!

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Countries of AsiaReturn to

World MapReturn to Asia and Australia

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North America

North America is the continent we live on!

North America is surrounded by 3 of the 5 Oceans! The Arctic, Pacific, and Atlantic Oceans.

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Countries in North America

We live about right here!Return to

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South AmericaThe Amazon Rain Forest grows in South America because it’s such a tropical region. The Equator runs through South America.

The Andes Mountain range runs along the coast of South America.

South America is an interesting continent. It’s northern region is very hot because it lies on the Equator. But, it’s southern tip is very near Antarctica’s cold region!

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Countries in South America

Brazil is the largest country on the continent of South America.

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More About

South America

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Atlantic OceanThe state of Georgia boarders the Atlantic Ocean.

The British traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to find freedom in the Americas!

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Arctic OceanThe Arctic Ocean is at the North Pole.

Notice North America is near the Arctic Ocean.

Here’s Alaska!

Greenland is so close to the North Pole, it’s frozen!!

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Indian OceanThe Indian Ocean gets its name from the country of India located on the continent of Asia.

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Notice this group of islands is called Indonesia. They get their name from the Indian Ocean since they are found in these waters!Go on.

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Pacific ocean

The Pacific Ocean usually looks like 2 oceans on other maps, but it’s really just one large body of water! Notice California which is on the North American continent boarders the Pacific Ocean.

Asia’s continent is just over here!

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The Southern Ocean is simply the ocean that

boarders Antarctica!

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Game PageClick on one of the game links below

to go to a game page.

Mixture of Map Games

More Map Games

Hangman

Battleship

Listen and Learn the Names of Continents

Find the Continent

Drag the Continent

Whoops – I didn’t look at all the continents and ocean!!

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Map Trivia

See if you can answer these trivia questions about maps. Click on

Map Trivia.

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Map Games

Click on the link below

to take you to

4 different map games.

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More Map Games

Click the link below for more map games.

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Hangman

Click the link below to play hangman. The phrases you will be guessing relate to map

skills.

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Battleship

Try to sink the computer’s ships by solving problems related to maps.

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Listen to the computer read each continent to you. Learn the location

of each continent.

Listen and Learn Continent Locations

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Click on the link below to see if you can locate each continent.

Locate the Continents

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Click the link below to see if you can drag and drop the continents

into their correct location.

Match the Location - Drag and Drop

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