Lesson Planning

Take part in a world-wide mapping scavenger hunt to ‘collect’ a series of countries, continents and oceans. Can you use maps, atlases and globes to solve the clues and find your allocated locations?

Teaching Outcomes

• To find and mark on a world map the seven continents and five oceans.
• To use maps, atlases and globes to locate countries based on geographical clues.

Children will

• Identify and locate a series of countries, continents and oceans across the wider world using atlases.
• Understand and apply the mapping skills involved in using maps, atlases and globes.

Enrichment Activities

• Compose ocean inspired music.
• Paint an animal from each continent.
• Create a city guide for a capital city.
• Compose a riddle based on the characteristics of a European country.