Location, Location, Location!

Sample Standard: Locate, describe and explain places, regions and features on the Earth.

Grade level: 4

Time: 10-15 minutes

Materials: Globe or world map for every two students,

PowerPoint slides with clues (use a build so that the previous clues remain on the screen as the next new clue is revealed.)

 

Group Size: Any. Divide students into partners.

 

Purpose: The purpose of this activity is for students to find the secret location (region/country/state/city/etc.) on a globe or map from the geographic clues that are given.

 

Activity:

  • Students will pick a partner for this activity and will have a globe or world map to share.
  • The teacher will create a set of clues that range from general to specific and put them on PowerPoint slides. Slowly remove the needle from the balloon.
  • The clues are revealed one at a time as partners use their globes/maps to locate the region suggested in the clue.
  • This continues until all of the clues have been revealed and students shout out the location.

 

Sample Clues:

  1. Located in the Northern Hemisphere
  2. Located in the continental United States
  3. A mountain range runs through it
  4. Located West of the Mississippi River
  5. North of New Mexico
  6. South of Wyoming

Welcome to Colorado!

 

Modification for Above-Level Students

Have students create their own geographic clues for a location of their choosing.

Students identify the longitude and latitude of the location.

 

Modification for Lower-Level students:

Provide a diagram showing the positions of North/South/East/West for use with the globe.

 

Submitted by Adrianne Roggenbuck, a former teacher who is director of education with The Bob Pike Group.

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