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Thursday, December 23, 2010

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.
    clipart by www.graphicsfactory.com

    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

    4 comments:

    1. Hi there, Love all you ideas for space my children and I are studying that right now I have been doing one planet a week and are up to Saturn. Having lots of fun. Hope you will follow back

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    2. My year seven kids LOVE this. I added Arctic Circle (shoulders) and Antarctic Circle (shins).

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    3. Thanks, That's great...I love how you've added in more geography vocabulary. :)
      Marcia

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    4. Thanks for linking up to Thinky Linky Thursday. I love your idea. A great way to make earth study more tangible for kids to understand!
      Lori

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