Objectives
• Children will use the Internet to do research and inquiry on continents and oceans.
• Children will learn more about continents and oceans.
• Children will play an online game by finding the location of all the oceans and continents on a world map.
Description
This site is presented by Funschool. It offers many educational games and activities for students in preschool through sixth grade.
Suggested Activities
• Have students call out the seven continents from memory.
• Have children point out the location of the seven continents and the Atlantic and Pacific oceans on a world map.
Level Activities
• Have children connect to http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/famouspeople/standard/columbus/. Have children then:
Click on the Learn icon. Have them click on the Next arrow to continue to each page until they are finished with the slideshow. They can click on a word in the Glossary if they do not know it.
Continue on to the Christopher Columbus Quiz.
List the oceans and continents that Christopher Columbus crossed during his travels.