Around the World in 40 Minutes

Introduction

Grab your passports! Pack your bags! We are venturing 'round the world today! 

With our new unit, we'll take our minds on a journey to regions all over the world!

Today we are going to set the scene, by virtually exploring lands from near and far. This will just scratch the surface of what the world has to offer.

Task

Your task is this! Click through all of the links at your own pace and learn about each of the 7 continents included. Record your findings in your explorer's journal. What you must have is

-3 physical characteristics of each continent

-Their most widely spoken language

-Population size

-How many countries are on each continent

-3 Fun facts about each continent

Process

Evaluation

This will be graded out of 15 points. There are five sets of required information and each one will be worth three points.

- 1 point for each physical characteristic listed

- 3 points for the correctly stated most used language

- 3 points for correct population size

- 3 points for correct number of countries

- 1 points for each fun fact given