20 free levels
Geography · Atlas Isles
Landform Explorer
Mountains, valleys, peninsulas and deltas — learn the shapes of the land and find them on Earth.
- Grades
- 1–6
- Levels
- 48 in 2 tracks
- Free
- 20 levels
- Session
- 4–12 minutes
What it is
Hand-drawn landscapes seen from the side and from above. Tap the mountain, the plateau or the bay, label a picture with landform words, and solve definition riddles. Older explorers then find real examples — the Nile Delta, the Isthmus of Panama, the Tibetan Plateau — on the world map. This is a simplified world map made from Natural Earth data. Country borders follow Natural Earth's conventions, and places where people disagree about a border are never used to mark an answer wrong.
What children learn
Builds vocabulary for landforms and bodies of water with short, accurate definitions, and connects each one to real places on Earth.
What it teaches
- Landforms and bodies of water
How to play
Tap a shape in the picture. To label, tap a word and then its place. Keyboard: Tab to the list of places in the picture, Enter to choose; on map levels, arrow keys move the map and Enter drops the pin.
Plays with: Touch Mouse Keyboard Pen
Accessibility
- Read-aloud on request
- Fully playable with a keyboard
- Calm mode with reduced motion
- No timers or time pressure
- Never relies on color alone
- Quiet mode turns off sound effects
Level maps
Tracks and levels
Each track is made for a grade range. Start anywhere that fits — you don't have to play the younger tracks first. As a guest, your stars are saved on this device.
Land and Water
Mountains, hills, valleys, plains, islands, lakes, rivers, peninsulas and bays.
1–3
24 levels · 10 free
Land and Water
Mountains, hills, valleys, plains, islands, lakes, rivers, peninsulas and bays. · 1–3
- 1 Up and Down 1 ☆☆☆
- 2 Land Meets Water 1 ☆☆☆
- 3 Up and Down 2 ☆☆☆
- 4 Land Meets Water 2 ☆☆☆
- 5 Up and Down 3 ☆☆☆
- 6 Challenge: Land Meets Water 3 ☆☆☆
- 7 Up and Down 4 ☆☆☆
- 8 Land Meets Water 4 ☆☆☆
- 9 Up and Down 5 ☆☆☆
- 10 Land Meets Water 5 ☆☆☆
- 11 Up and Down 6 Plan level
- 12 Challenge: Land Meets Water 6 Plan level
- 13 Up and Down 7 Plan level
- 14 Land Meets Water 7 Plan level
- 15 Up and Down 8 Plan level
- 16 Land Meets Water 8 Plan level
- 17 Up and Down 9 Plan level
- 18 Challenge: Land Meets Water 9 Plan level
- 19 Up and Down 10 Plan level
- 20 Land Meets Water 10 Plan level
- 21 Up and Down 11 Plan level
- 22 Land Meets Water 11 Plan level
- 23 Up and Down 12 Plan level
- 24 Challenge: Land Meets Water 12 Plan level
Levels after 10 are part of a PlayOwl plan. Free levels, saving and basic reports stay free.
Landforms of the World
Canyons, deltas, isthmuses, straits and plateaus, then real examples on the map.
3–6
24 levels · 10 free
Landforms of the World
Canyons, deltas, isthmuses, straits and plateaus, then real examples on the map. · 3–6
- 1 Up and Down 1 ☆☆☆
- 2 Land Meets Water 1 ☆☆☆
- 3 Up and Down 2 ☆☆☆
- 4 Land Meets Water 2 ☆☆☆
- 5 Up and Down 3 ☆☆☆
- 6 Challenge: Land Meets Water 3 ☆☆☆
- 7 Up and Down 4 ☆☆☆
- 8 Land Meets Water 4 ☆☆☆
- 9 Up and Down 5 ☆☆☆
- 10 Land Meets Water 5 ☆☆☆
- 11 Up and Down 6 Plan level
- 12 Challenge: Land Meets Water 6 Plan level
- 13 Up and Down 7 Plan level
- 14 Land Meets Water 7 Plan level
- 15 Up and Down 8 Plan level
- 16 Land Meets Water 8 Plan level
- 17 Real-World Landforms 1 Plan level
- 18 Challenge: Real-World Landforms 2 Plan level
- 19 Real-World Landforms 3 Plan level
- 20 Real-World Landforms 4 Plan level
- 21 Real-World Landforms 5 Plan level
- 22 Real-World Landforms 6 Plan level
- 23 Real-World Landforms 7 Plan level
- 24 Challenge: Real-World Landforms 8 Plan level
Levels after 10 are part of a PlayOwl plan. Free levels, saving and basic reports stay free.
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Paper activities that go with this game.
Land and water word search
Geography · Preschool · Puzzle · 1 page
Olly finds an island: warm-up
Geography · Pre-K · Reading · 1 page
Picture halves: land and water
Geography · Pre-K · Worksheet · 1 page
Trace land and water
Geography · Kindergarten · Tracing · 1 page
Land and water features word search
Geography · Grade 1 · Puzzle · 1 page
Land and water features crossword
Geography · Grade 2 · Puzzle · 1 page
Great rivers and mountains crossword
Geography · Grade 4 · Puzzle · 1 page
Landforms and waterways: fill in the blanks
Geography · Grade 4 · Reading · 1 page
Great rivers and mountains word search
Geography · Grade 5 · Puzzle · 1 page
Plate tectonics crossword
Geography · Grade 7 · Puzzle · 1 page
Mountains and deserts: fill in the blanks
Geography · Grade 8 · Reading · 1 page
Plate tectonics match-up
Geography · Grade 9 · Worksheet · 1 page
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