World Map Puzzle- Continents and Oceans
Designed as a simple activity for learning the world’s seven continents and 5 oceans.
This resource requires students to cut out and identify the locations of the world’s major continents and ocean. This resource has been created in colour, as well as black and white for easy printing.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to identify the places we live in and belong to, e.g. neighbourhood, suburb, town and describe why these places are important.
- We are learning to create story maps or models to represent the location of places and features.
- We are learning to understand the way the world is represented in geographic divisions and the location of Australia in relation to these divisions.
Curriculum alignment
AC9HSFK03
9
The features of familiar places they belong to, why some places are special and how places can be looked after
AC9HS2K03
9
How places can be spatially represented in geographical divisions from local to regional to state/territory, and how people and places are interconnected across those scales
ACHASSK014
8.4
The representation of the location of places and their features on simple maps and models
ACHASSK047
8.4
The way the world is represented in geographic divisions and the location of Australia in relation to these divisions
GEe-1
old
Identifies places and develops an understanding of the importance of places to people
GEe-2
old
Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools
GE1-1
old
Describes features of places and the connections people have with places
GE1-3
old
Communicates geographical information and uses geographical tools for inquiry
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
Complete as a class activity first, before students attempt by themselves. Allow student access to an atlas.