All About the Earth Miss White 5th Grade

Introduction You will be learning about the Earth; definition of continent the different continents geography of the continents If you could pick anywhere on Earth to live, where would that be and why? Think back to the unit on country culture

Content A continent is a large unbroken land mass completely surrounded by water We will be learning about the geography & other information about the continents *Compare and contrast the continents

The Continents There are seven continents: Africa Antarctica Asia Australia Europe North America South America

Every Continent Has Similarities and Differences Africa, Europe and Asia are connected North and South America are connected Antarctica is by itself Australia is by itself (with some islands connecting to the Asian continent)

Compare & Contrast Physical geography Culture Climate Example: Australia vs. Europe Culture Example: North America vs. South America Climate Example: Antarctica vs. Africa

Review What is a continent? How many continents are there? Are all continents the same? What are some similarities and differences between them?

Resources Wikipedia http://www.commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Globe.svg (globe on slide 1) http://www.appliedlanguage.com/language_translation (map on slide 3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Continental_models.gif (slide 4) www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/exposing (slide6) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baja_California_Desert (slide 6)