Continents and Oceans

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Continents and Oceans

• Write On
• Grade 3

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Learner Expectation

• Content Standard 3.0
• Geography enables the students to see, understand
  and appreciate the web of relationships between
  people, places, and environments. Students will
  use the knowledge, skills, and understanding of
  concepts within the six essential elements of
  geography world in spatial terms, places and
  regions, physical systems, human systems,
  environment and society, and the uses of
  geography.
• Learning Expectations
• 3.01 Understand how to use maps, globes, and
  other geographic representations, tools, and
  technologies to acquire, process and report
  information from a spatial perspective.

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In this activity you will

• Identify and name the seven continents
• Identify and name the four oceans
• Complete a writing activity using the vocabulary
  terms and listing the continents and oceans

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The Continents

• About one third of the earth is made up of land
  areas.
• The large land areas are called continents.
• There are seven continents.

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The Seven Continents

• The seven continents are Asia, Africa, North
  America, South America, Europe, Australia, and
  Antarctica.

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The Seven Continents

• North America

Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
South America
Antarctica
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Oceans

• About two thirds of the earth is covered by
  water.
• Oceans are the largest areas of water on the
  earth.
• There are four oceans.

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Oceans

• The four oceans are the Pacific Ocean, the
  Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and the Arctic
  Ocean.

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The Four Oceans
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific
• Ocean

Indian Ocean
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Writing Activity

• Use the vocabulary to write a Four Square. In
  your Four Square you should include the
  following
• The meaning of the words continent and ocean
• List the 7 continents
• List the 4 oceans