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Geography · Grade 5

Continents, Oceans and Global Regions

Learners revisit the seven continents and five oceans and order them by real area, then compare where the world's eight billion people live: more than half in Asia, the next-largest share in Africa, and no permanent residents in Antarctica. They learn that world regions such as Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia are groupings people make for a purpose, that atlases draw them differently, and they locate the regions and example countries on the world map.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 85 minutes
  • Continents, oceans and regions check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, pick map regions, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Locate the seven continents and five oceans and order them by area.
  • Compare the populations of the continents using a chart and a table, and explain why the largest area does not always have the most people.
  • Explain that world regions are groupings people make for a purpose, and why region names and borders vary from one source to another.
  • Locate major world regions and example countries in them on a world map.

Lessons

  1. Continents and oceans by size 8 steps4 practiceabout 20 min
  2. Where the people are 8 steps4 practiceabout 20 min
  3. Regions are groupings people make 8 steps4 practiceabout 22 min
  4. Find the world regions 8 steps4 practiceabout 23 min
  5. Continents, oceans and regions check 10 questions at the end

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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 5th grade geography

Guide for grown-ups