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Learning About the Earth
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Look for the
CONTINUE icon
on each page.
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If the cursor arrow disappears,
just move around the mouse,
and it will reappear!
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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.
Ice over
Greenland
Rivers in
Africa
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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
Atlantic
Ocean
Pacific Ocean
See the different colors
of blue in the Pacific
Ocean? That means
there are different depths
under all that water!
South
America
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The continents and oceans share the
Earth and have their own
absolute location.
Northern Hemisphere
Prime Meridian
Equator
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.
Hemisphere
Prime Meridian
Western
Eastern
Hemisphere
Equator
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North America
is in both the
Northern
Hemisphere
and the
Western
Hemisphere.
Australia is in
the Southern
and Eastern
Hemispheres.
Africa is in
ALL 4
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
Equator
Line of Latitude
Tropic of Capricorn
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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These grid lines also show longitude and latitude.
The horizontal lines are latitude.
They are parallel (like train tracks) to the Equator.
Lines of
Latitude
Lines of
Longitude
The taller lines drawn vertically (or up and down) are the lines of longitude.
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Click on the continents and oceans to
learn more about them.
Arctic Ocean
North
America
Europe
Asia
Pacific
Ocean
Africa
Pacific
Ocean
South
America
Indian
Ocean
Southern Ocean
Antarctica
Australia
I’ve checked out all the
continents and oceans.
Africa
Africa is
made up of
many
countries.
Each
orange line
divides one
country
from
another.
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The Prime
Meridian and
the Equator
both run
through Africa!
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Africa
Countries of Africa
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The Antarctic
Circle is
another line
of latitude.
Antarctica
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!
No one
lives on
Antarctica
because
it is TOO
cold!
Antarctica is
located at the
South Pole.
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Australia, Asia, and Europe
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!
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MORE ABOUT
ASIA
Asia is a large
continent!
There are
many different
countries in
Asia. China is
one of its
largest
countries.
Australia is an island
country and continent!
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and Australia
Countries of Europe
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EUROPE
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and Australia
Great
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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EUROPE!
More About Europe
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and Australia
Countries of Asia
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North America
North
America is
surrounded
by 3 of the 5
Oceans! The
Arctic,
Pacific, and
Atlantic
Oceans.
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North
America is
the
continent
we live on!
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Countries in North America
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We live about
right here!
South America
The 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.
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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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South America
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Countries in South America
Brazil is the
largest
country on the
continent of
South
America.
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South America
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Atlantic Ocean
The state
of Georgia
boarders
the
Atlantic
Ocean.
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The British
traveled
across the
Atlantic
Ocean to find
freedom in
the Americas!
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The Arctic
Ocean is
at the
North
Pole.
Arctic Ocean
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Greenland
is so close
to the North
Pole, it’s
frozen!!
Here’s
Alaska!
Notice North
America is
near the Arctic
Ocean.
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Indian Ocean
The 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!
Pacific ocean
Asia’s
continent is
just over
here!
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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.
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The Southern
Ocean is simply
the ocean that
boarders
Antarctica!
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Game Page
Click on one of the game links below
to go to a game page.
Mixture of Map
Games
More Map
Games
Hangman
Drag the
Continent
Battleship
Listen and
Learn the
Names of
Continents
Find the
Continent
Whoops – I didn’t
look at all the
continents and
ocean!!
See if you can answer
these trivia questions
about maps. Click on
Map Trivia.
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Map Trivia
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Page
Click on the link below
to take you to
4 different map games.
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Map Games
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Page
Click the link below for more
map games.
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More Map Games
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Page
Click the link below to play
hangman. The phrases you will
be guessing relate to map skills.
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Hangman
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Page
Try to sink the computer’s ships by
solving problems related to maps.
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Battleship
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Page
Listen to the computer read each
continent to you. Learn the
location of each continent.
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Listen and Learn Continent Locations
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Page
Click on the link below to see if you
can locate each continent.
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Locate the Continents
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Page
Click the link below to see if you
can drag and drop the continents
into their correct location.
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Match the Location - Drag and Drop
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