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GRADE LEVEL: 5 - 6
OBJECTIVE:
- Provide students with the skills to compare the earth's continents in a variety of ways. They will be able to correctly order the continents in terms of area, population, and other geographic terms.
MATERIALS:
- Index Cards
- Envelopes
- Encyclopedia and other references
PROCEDURE:
- Review with the students the continents. As they name them, write them on the board in alphabetical order.
- Ask the students to identify the rule that you used to order the continents. Ask them if there are other rules to classify the continents and write their suggestions on the board
- Students will be using area to list the continents in order, from the least land to the greatest land area, on a sheet of paper.
- Seven volunteers will be asked to come to the front of the class, and each one of them will be given an envelope contains the name of a continent and an ordering rule (land area).
- Without opening the envelopes students will arrange themselves in order from the continent with the least land area to the greatest. The predicted order will be written on the board.
- Students will be asked to open their envelopes and rearrange themselves in the actual order. Provide time for students to discuss the outcome.
- Continue the activity with envelopes for population, population density, annual growth, etc.
ASSESSMENT:
- Orally quiz the students on the continents and the differences among them.