An educator guide to identify continents and oceans of the world

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Steve Fri, Jan 14, 2022 09:36 PM UTC

This booklet will test the mapping skills of the students. The students will learn about world geography and learn to identify oceans and continents of the world.

1. Geography – Educator Guide
Identifying Continents and Oceans
The students will learn about world geography. They will learn to EarthKAM
identify the four major oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Arctic) and Identifying Continents and
the seven continents (Asia, Europe, Africa, Antarctica, Australia, North Oceans
America, and South America).
STANDARDS
Materials/Resources:
Geography
• Student Handouts 1 and 2: Labeled and Unlabeled World Maps
The World in Spatial Terms
Time: 1 (50 minute) period Standard 1: How to use maps
Level: Easy and other geographic
representations, tools, and
Recommended Procedures: techniques to acquire,
process, and report
Challenge the students with remembering the locations of the major information from a spatial
features on the map. perspective.
1. Have all the students look at the Labeled World Map provided.
• Ask them to identify the seven continents and four major
oceans.
• Have them locate the prime meridian (0º longitude) and the
Equator (0º latitude) and notice which oceans and continents
these lines pass through.
2. After they have studied the map and are sure they can identify these
major world features, have them test themselves and each other by
labeling as many continents and oceans as they can on the Unlabeled
World Map.
• Remind them to label the prime meridian and the Equator.
3. Have the students use the compass on the maps to describe the
relative locations of the continents and oceans.
• What major ocean is west of North America? Pacific Ocean
• What continent is east of Europe? Asia
• What ocean is south of Asia? The Indian Ocean
• What continent is north of Africa? Europe

2. N Arctic
W E Ocean
North Europe
S
America
Atlantic Asia
Ocean
Pacific Africa Pacific
Ocean Ocean
Geography – Student Handout 1
Indian
South
Ocean
America
Australia
Labeled World Map
Antarctica
Oceans
EarthKAM
Identifying Continents and

3. Geography – Student Handout 2
Labeled World Map
EarthKAM
Identifying Continents and
Oceans

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