Earth Exercise and Simon Says Geography Game

This little activity can be a Physical Education (Latitude) Stretching Exercise or a Science and Social Studies (Latitude) Game.

Vocabulary: Earth, North Pole, South Pole, Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricon

As a Physical Education Stretching Exercise

1. Tell the children that they are going to pretend that they are the Earth.
2. The teacher/leader will call out the vocabulary terms relating to Latitude.
3. The students job is the place their hands on the part of their body that corresponds to the LATITUDE of the Earth.

• North Pole ... place both hands on their head
• South Pole ... place both hands on their ankles or feet
• Equator ... place both hands on their waist
• Tropic of Cancer ... place both hands on their shoulders
• Tropic of Capricon ... place both hands on their knees

North Pole

South Pole

If you have a globe and or map, have the kids also locate these lines of latitude on the globe and/or map.

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As a Science/Social Studies/ Physical Education GAME

After the children have become familiar with the vocabulary terms and locations, they can play this as a SIMON SAYS Geography GAME

Example: "Simon says touch the North Pole."
                "Simon says touch the Equator."
                "Touch the South Pole."

HAVE FUN! This game usually gets lots of laughs.

Linking up to this post at Minds in Bloom:
http://www.minds-in-bloom.com/2012/04/get-those-kids-moving-link-up.html