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Geography Club

Geography Club. National Council for Geographic Education. Overview. Geography Clubs are aimed at upper elementary grades (3 – 5 or higher). May be adapted to middle school grades. Activities will be web-based on the NCGE website. Setting Up Your Club. Approval from administrator

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Geography Club

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  1. Geography Club National Council for Geographic Education

  2. Overview • Geography Clubs are aimed at upper elementary grades (3 – 5 or higher). May be adapted to middle school grades. • Activities will be web-based on the NCGE website.

  3. Setting Up Your Club • Approval from administrator • When and how often to meet – 1 or 2 times a month is suggested • After school transportation • Funding – school budget, PTA, local civic clubs, education foundations • Where the club will meet

  4. Suggested Materials • A wall map of the world • Atlases, almanacs, and other reference books are suggested • Internet access • colored pencils and/or markers, construction paper and similar supplies

  5. Monthly Activities Each month an activity for Geography Clubs will be posted on the NCGE website. The activities will be based on the National Geography Standards and will be designed to engage students with high-interest, hands-on activities.

  6. Monthly Activities • Each month’s activities will include • a warm-up activity • a featured lesson • trivia questions • The materials needed for the activities and any websites will be included. Student worksheets will be ready to print. • (.PDF format)

  7. Warm up 1. Name the four states shown on the map. 2. What is the specific name of this place? 3. What is the nearest mountain range to this place? 4. On which continent would you find this place? 5. Name the lowest point found on this continent.

  8. Featured Activities • Tear-It Map Activity • Groups create a map of the world by tearing construction paper • Visual Geography Terms • A to Z geographic terms illustrated with pictures • Going to Extremes • The highest, lowest, tallest, longest, deepest, largest, smallest, hottest, coldest, wettest, driest places on Earth and the U.S.

  9. Trivia Questions • Which island, the largest of the Greater Antilles, lies 90 mils south of Florida? • Which island, the largest in the world, is separated from Canada by the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay? • The Falkland Islands lie off the coast of Argentina. A British possession, these islands are also claimed by Argentina and are known by what other name? • Which island in the Mediterranean Sea is divided into two sectors and administered by both Greece and Turkey? • Of the four main islands of Japan, which is the southernmost?

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