Geography, Easter Hunt Around The World Using Google Maps & Absolute Location
By Geography and Math Made Easy
Need a fun and motivating Easter-themed activity to move into the Easter holiday? This lesson reinforces basic geographical skills — a good review of geography skills and knowledge. This lesson is a great way to encourage students to use their map and technology skills, as well as, review using the coordinate system to calculate latitude and longitude (Geographical theme: absolute location). Students will use Easter terms and Google Maps to identify geographical locations and features around the world. Your students will love this and interacting with their peers! Description: Each team will work together to go on a Scavenger Hunt around the globe to identify cities, landforms, and landmarks, etc. around the world that incorporate Easter words such as Easter Island (West of Chile in the Pacific Ocean), Easter Creek (Australia), Eggs and Bacon Bay (Australia), Bonnetan (France), etc. using Google Maps. Then, they will work together to determine its absolute location using the Easter Hunt Map. Students will have a blast, and it is interesting and fun, too! Includes: • Easter Hunt Word List (Student Copy) • Easter Hunt Chart (Student Copy) • Easter Hunt Map (Student Copy) • Detailed teacher instructions • Teacher answer guide/key • Suggested useful websites for checking absolute location. and more! ☑ For secondary — middle school and high school students ☑Check out the preview to see what is included. Visit our store Geography & Math Made Easy to view other related resources. OT
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