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Geography · Grade 2

Routes and Transportation

People and goods move by land, water and air, along roads, railroads, waterways and air routes. Learners sort kinds of transportation, choose a way to travel by weighing time, cost and what is carried, add and compare miles and minutes on a route map, and follow goods such as corn and bananas on journeys that use more than one kind of transportation and cross real oceans.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 55 minutes
  • Routes and transportation check: 8 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, plot points, pick map regions, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Sort transportation into land, water and air, and name the route each uses: roads, railroads, waterways or air routes.
  • Choose a way to travel by comparing time, cost and what needs to be carried.
  • Read a route map to find and compare distances and travel times.
  • Explain how goods travel from faraway places to us, often using more than one kind of transportation.

Lessons

  1. Land, water and air 7 steps4 practiceabout 13 min
  2. Choosing how to travel 7 steps4 practiceabout 14 min
  3. Read a route map 8 steps5 practiceabout 15 min
  4. How goods travel to us 7 steps4 practiceabout 13 min
  5. Routes and transportation check 8 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Globe ExplorerSpin a real 3D globe, flip to the flat map, and find continents, oceans and countries.
  • Pin the PlanetDrag the pin onto wonders, cities and exact latitude and longitude points.
  • Mapmaker QuestFollow directions to make a map, then read its legend, compass rose and scale.

More 2nd grade geography

Guide for grown-ups