Thursday, September 15, 2016

Geography Games to Help Us Practice

There are lots of online games and activities you can check out to help you with geography.  Today you will check out a few games to either freshen up your world knowledge or ideally learn something new! For this period you play 3 different games to play.

First let's review longitude and latitude.

https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/geography/latitudeandlongitude/

Here are the links!

http://www.abcya.com/latitude_and_longitude_practice.htm

In this game you will look for treasure using latitude and longitude.

 http://lizardpoint.com/geography/world-quiz.php

In this game you will review the continents and oceans of the world.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/World_Continents.htm

In this game you will learn about 2 other oceans not always commonly labelled.

After the games on the computer, you will be playing Longitude and Latitude Battleship with a partner.

6 comments:

  1. During class, I played all three games which focused on longitude and latitude. My favourite game was the Treasure Hunt because I liked the funny voices! I now know that longitude runs up and down, from north to south and that latitude runs left to right, from east to west.

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  2. We need to know where things are located so you can know the coordinates to world landmarks, and it will also help you read the map easier. You also need to know how to locate places on the map to mark locations. For example, you’re on a hike and you find a cool viewing spot you can locate it on a map and write down the coordinates. You also need to know time zones for when you’re on a plane or car passing over multiple time zones. – Nick Buchholzer

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  3. We need to know where things are located because we need to be able to find things.
    We can locate things with a phone and a map.
    In Winnipeg ,its 10:28 in London England it would be 4:28 pm because the earth rotates and the sun is in a different place the others. -Tessa 7c

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  4. Knowing where things are located is very important. Like what if you had to buy groceries to feed your family or, you needed gas for your car you need to know where those places are. How do we locate places? We use the longitude and latitude lines. Longitude runs North to South and latitude runs East to West. There are 24 different time zones. Winnipeg’s located in the central Time Zone.
    - Eknoor S.

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  5. Knowing where things are located is very important. Like what if you had to buy groceries to feed your family or, you needed gas for your car you need to know where those places are. How do we locate places? We use the longitude and latitude lines. Longitude runs North to South and latitude runs East to West. There are 24 different time zones. Winnipeg’s located in the central Time Zone.
    - Eknoor S.

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  6. Knowing where things are located is very important. Like what if you had to buy groceries to feed your family or, you needed gas for your car you need to know where those places are. How do we locate places? We use the longitude and latitude lines. Longitude runs North to South and latitude runs East to West. There are 24 different time zones. Winnipeg’s located in the central Time Zone.
    - Eknoor S.

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