GEOGRAPHY FACTS – CONTINENTS & OCEANS
Video: Seven Continents of the World (3:36)
Video: Continents & Oceans (4:15)
Book: Continents by Sepehri (J910.9141 SEP) - skip page 7
Worksheets
Continents Printable
Jump Start Geography Printables
Flag Maps
Country Coloring Books
SECTION II
How many continents are there?
That depends on where you teach. Europeans for example view North and South America as one continent. Others view Europe and Asia as one continent because it is one landmass. Many schools in North America still teach 7 continents,
which has some merit based on historical divisions.
Geographically, a continent is a large, discrete land mass separated by large bodies of water -- by this scientific definition there are only four continents: Antarctica, Australia, Americas and Afro-Eurasia. However, children at a grade school level
are almost never taught using a four continent model. Most educators take geography, politics and history into account
when deciding how to split our world up into continents. Source: http://www.kidzone.ws/geography/
It is believed that in past all continents were joined. This land area was called Pangaea. This area started to break up & got divided into 7 parts. Today we have 7 continents. These continents are still moving away or moving close to each other. This
is called continental drift or plate tectonics theory. For example, Europe & North America are said to be moving 7 cm apart every year. Source: http://www.makemegenius.com/cool_facts.php?mId
Pangea: image, animated gif
Tools to Remember the Continents:
To the tune of "The Adams Family."
They point to each continent and ocean as they sing the song.
Continents of Earth (snap, snap)
Continents of Earth (snap, snap)
There's Asia and there's Europe
There's North and South America
There's Africa and Australia
Don't forget Antarctica
Continents of Earth (snap, snap)
Continents of Earth (snap, snap)
Oceans of Earth (snap, snap)
Oceans of Earth (snap, snap)
There's Pacific and Atlantic
Indian and Arctic
Don’t forget the Southern
Five oceans of the Earth
Oceans of Earth (snap, snap)
Oceans of Earth (snap, snap)
SECTION IV
Related Topics to cover:
Video: Seven Continents of the World (3:36)
Video: Continents & Oceans (4:15)
Book: Continents by Sepehri (J910.9141 SEP) - skip page 7
Worksheets
Continents Printable
Jump Start Geography Printables
Flag Maps
Country Coloring Books
SECTION II
How many continents are there?
That depends on where you teach. Europeans for example view North and South America as one continent. Others view Europe and Asia as one continent because it is one landmass. Many schools in North America still teach 7 continents,
which has some merit based on historical divisions.
Geographically, a continent is a large, discrete land mass separated by large bodies of water -- by this scientific definition there are only four continents: Antarctica, Australia, Americas and Afro-Eurasia. However, children at a grade school level
are almost never taught using a four continent model. Most educators take geography, politics and history into account
when deciding how to split our world up into continents. Source: http://www.kidzone.ws/geography/
It is believed that in past all continents were joined. This land area was called Pangaea. This area started to break up & got divided into 7 parts. Today we have 7 continents. These continents are still moving away or moving close to each other. This
is called continental drift or plate tectonics theory. For example, Europe & North America are said to be moving 7 cm apart every year. Source: http://www.makemegenius.com/cool_facts.php?mId
Pangea: image, animated gif
Tools to Remember the Continents:
- North America and South America got married and went to Europe for their honeymoon. They had four children and each child's name starts with the letter A. The largest child has the smallest name.
- The names of all the continents end with the same letter with which they start.
- Continents Song, sung to Frere Jacques:
"There are seven, there are seven, continents, continents, Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Antarctica, Australia".
To the tune of "The Adams Family."
They point to each continent and ocean as they sing the song.
Continents of Earth (snap, snap)
Continents of Earth (snap, snap)
There's Asia and there's Europe
There's North and South America
There's Africa and Australia
Don't forget Antarctica
Continents of Earth (snap, snap)
Continents of Earth (snap, snap)
Oceans of Earth (snap, snap)
Oceans of Earth (snap, snap)
There's Pacific and Atlantic
Indian and Arctic
Don’t forget the Southern
Five oceans of the Earth
Oceans of Earth (snap, snap)
Oceans of Earth (snap, snap)
SECTION IV
Related Topics to cover:
- Definitions of bodies of water (ocean vs river vs pond)
- Latitude and Longitude
- Time Zones, Greenwich Mean Time, now known as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)
- Pangaea
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