Continents and Oceans of the World

Intro

-Main focus and Idea

-Learning goals and Topic priorities

Lesson

7 Continents                   5 Oceans

-North America            -Pacific

-South America            -Atlantic

-Africa                          -Indian

-Asia                            -Artic

-Europe                        -Southern

-Australia

-Antarctica

Application

-Have the kids tells you where each Continent and Ocean is.

Intro

In the next lesson, we want to be able to get the kids to understand and point out physically where each continent and ocean is on a map. In this lesson you will have to focus on repetition a little more than in previous lesson because knowing the location of these places is mainly based on memory. Your goal is for the Childs to learn and locate each of the 7 Continents and 5 Oceans. By them being able to do this, you can later focus on climates and different environments around the world.

Lesson

Hey Kiddos, today we are going to learn more about our world. We are going to learn about the 7 Continents and the 5 Oceans. A Continent is a big body of land that is named to become a country, and an Ocean is the body of water that is around the Continent.

The 7 Continents are:

1. North America- Is twice the size of Europe, Our Home, has different cultures united as one.
2. South America- is the 4^th largest continent, home of the Andes Mountains, 2^nd largest mountain range.
3. Africa- is the 2^nd largest continent, home of the largest wildlife population and Sahara Desert.
4. Asia- Is the Largest continent; it is 1/3 of the total land area in the world.
5. Europe- is the 5^th largest continent, but holds more cultural diversity than most other countries in the world.
6. Australia- is the smallest continent; its coast is the home of “The Great Barrier Reef” and Koala bear.
7. Antarctica- is the 6^th largest continent and is the coldest, windiest and driest continent of all. It’s covered by 98% ice.

- Each continent is a country or has a lot of little countries in it.

- Each continent is the home for many different Cultures, Foods and Traditions.

- All the continents are surrounded by water.

- Most of the land mass is above the Equator (The Equator is the invisible line that divides the world in 2).

- The world is 70% water and 30% land.

The 5 main Oceans are:

1. Pacific
2. Atlantic
3. Indian
4. Artic
5. Southern

- All the Oceans are connected to each other but are called differently because of their location.

- Each Ocean is the home of millions of fish, coral reef, and water mammals.

- The Earth is the only planet covered in water.

- The Ocean is used to transport goods from one continent to another.

Application

-Create a large blank map, with labels that have the name of the continents and Oceans. Have the kids take turns locating and placing the correct label for each location. If you do this repeatedly, the children will soon under