Jill Kuda

TITLE: Creating the Continents

GRADE LEVEL: 3-4

LENGTH: 1 Hour and 30 minutes

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS(the students will be able to):

1. learn the seven continents and where they are in relation

   to one another.

MATERIALS:

1. World Globe
2. Balloons
3. Permanent Magic Marker

PROCEDURE

INTRODUCTION:

The lesson for today is to learn about the seven continents and

where they are in relation to one another. The balloon is going

to be used for learning the location of each continent by creating

your own world globe. You will be split into seven different

groups after making your balloons and you can share them with

your group.

DEVELOPMENT:

A world globe will be sitting in front of the class. Give each

student a balloon and have him/her blow it up. The balloon serves

as a replacement to a world globe. With a permanent magic marker,

each student should draw the shapes of the continents on the balloon

in relation to how close they are to one another. They should

use the entire balloon to create their globe. Have them write

in the name of each continent in its correct shape. They can

make their balloons as colorful and creative as they want. After

they are finished, divide students into seven groups and have

them compare their balloons with one another. Next each group

will be assigned a different continent and they will (as a group)

tell one interesting fact that they know about that particular

continent. For example, it can even be something as simple as

"this continent is under this continent…."

CLOSURE:

Each group will present one of their balloons to the class, and

will tell one fact that relates to their assigned continent.

ASSESSMENT:

Each student should be given a blank map with the seven continents

drawn on it. The students will be responsible for writing in

the correct continents to assess their knowledge from the balloon.

This way the teacher can tell how well they have learned where

each continent is on the map. For a bonus point, the students

can tell one fact about one of the continents.

ADAPTATION/CONSIDERATION:

A visually impaired student can be given the different shapes

of the continents, so they can feel where each one goes in relation

to one another. A hearing-impaired student will be able to learn

the facts of each continent by seeing their balloon with the continents

written on it. The group that the hearing impaired child is in

may want to write down ideas about the fact that they are going

to present to the class.

REFERENCE:

Jill Kuda 10/5/97