The 7 continents

Where are we located?

Where are we as people on Earth, located?

We live on the planet _________.

Our continent is___________.

Learning target:

The Seven Continents of the Earth

I can use geographic tools to locate our school and describe where we are.

Language target:

Prime Meridian

In an oral discussion and in writing, I can locate our school and describe where we are.

Southern Ocean

Compass Rose

A Compass Rose shows the cardinal directions

• North
• South
• East
• West

Equator

Northern hemisphere

N

The Five Oceans

7 continents rap

Arctic

Atlantic

Pacific

Indian

Southern

North America is comprised of

23 countries.

E

Equator

W

Based on this picture from Google Earth, a geographic tool, describe the geography of North America

579 million

Approximately

579 million people

live in North America

Cardinal Directions

What is a geographic tool?

S

Southern hemisphere

Oceans of the Earth

North

Based on this picture from Google Earth, a geographic tool, what is the geography of the continent of Asia?

West

East

South

The equator is an imaginary HORIZONTAL line around the middle of the Earth that divides it into the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

4.436 billion

Dead Sea

Mount Everest

Learning target:

I can identify the 7 continents and utilize geographic tools to describe their location.

Earth

planet

Language target:

country

Orally and in writing, I can identify

the 7 continents and describe their location.

Asia

Our country is the

This is planet Earth.

United States of America.

We live on planet Earth.

We live in the country of

the United States of America.

1:00pm

2:00pm

5:00pm

6:00pm

4:00pm

3:00pm

http://www.oddizzi.com/teachers/explore-the-world/places/asia/

state

Prime Meridian

continent

This is New York State

This is the continent of

North America.

North America

We live in

New York State

North

America

N

We live on the continent

of North America.

W

e

s

t

W

E

e

county

Based on this picture from Google Earth, a geographic tool, what is the geography of the continent of Europe?

r

town

Our town is Patchogue

Our town is Medford

My continent is___________

My planet is__________

Geographic Tool

Barton Elementary

school

199 Barton Ave.

Patchogue, N.Y. 11763

Google Earth

GPS

map

Cell phone

globe

stars, planets and moon

n

743.1 million

http://www.oddizzi.com/teachers/explore-the-world/places/europe/

Europe

24,576,962

S

Based on this picture from Google Earth, a geographic tool, what is the geography of the continent of Australia ?

Australia

The prime meridian is an imaginary VERTICAL line that divides the Earth into East and West hemispheres.

1,000 - 5,000

Based on this picture from Google Earth, a geographic tool, what is the geography of the continent of Antarctica?

Learning target:

Antarctica

The Population Density of the World

Amazon River

I can utilize geographic resources to identify and describe a continent.

Prime Meridian

The Amazon is the

2nd longest river

in the world.

Atlantic Ocean

Language target:

Amazon Rainforest

A

Pacific Ocean

Equator

I can read information from geographic resources and u

https://www.natgeokids.com/za/discover/geography/physical-geography/amazon-facts/

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

N

There are approximately 422.5 million people living in South America.

What is the difference between a

CONTINENT and a COUNTRY?

E

W

Southern Ocean

4th

S

south america

(Go to Google Earth)

The continent of South America is

comprised of 12 countries.

Based on this picture from Google Earth, a geographic tool, what is the geography of South America?

africa

Prime Meridian

Atlantic Ocean

Based on this picture from Google Earth, a geographic tool, what is the geography of the continent of Africa?

Equator

Indian Ocean

Continent

Country

Atlantic Ocean

Southern Ocean

The continent of Africa is

the 2nd largest continent in the world.

Africa is comprised of

54 countries.

1,267,059,625