More Continents and the Oceans

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil; drawing or spoken answers are welcome.
• Topic notes: North America: a continent including Canada and Mexico. Australia: a country and continent in the stated model. Antarctica: the continent around the South Pole. Pacific Ocean: a vast ocean between the Americas and Asia/Australia.
• Original exercise cards: The continent includes Canada. / The stated continent model names Australia. / A continent surrounds the South Pole. / Ocean water lies between western South America and Asia. / A country also shares this continent’s name. / The southern polar land continent is described. / A ship crosses an ocean from Japan toward western North America. / The continent includes Mexico.

Learn the idea

North America includes Canada, the United States and Mexico. Australia can name both a country and a continent in the stated seven-continent model. Antarctica is the southern polar continent. The Pacific is an ocean, not a continent. The five named oceans are Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern and Arctic.

North America: a continent including Canada and Mexico. Australia: a country and continent in the stated model. Antarctica: the continent around the South Pole. Pacific Ocean: a vast ocean between the Americas and Asia/Australia.

Use the place clue: Canada or Mexico, the country-and-continent Australia, the South Pole or the Pacific Ocean. Ask an adult to read the notes and cards aloud. Point, draw or say your answer. These are word descriptions of pictures and places; no picture or map is supplied or needed.

1. Ask an adult to read the four notes. Find the words North America, Australia, Antarctica, Pacific Ocean.
2. Use the place clue: Canada or Mexico, the country-and-continent Australia, the South Pole or the Pacific Ocean.
3. Read the worked answer. Then try the other cards and explain which words helped you choose.
4. Point to, draw or say two different examples: one for North America and one for Australia. Explain how their clues differ.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

New card: “The continent includes Mexico.” Match it with a note, then point to or say the words that helped. Check: The card says: “The continent includes Mexico.” That matches North America. North America is a continent including Canada and Mexico.

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