Geography Club

National Council for Geographic Education

Overview

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Geography Clubs are aimed at upper elementary grades (3 – 5 or higher). May be adapted to middle school grades.

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Activities will be web-based on the NCGE website.

Setting Up Your Club

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Approval from administrator When and how often to meet – 1 or 2 times a month is suggested

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After school transportation Funding – school budget, PTA, local civic clubs, education foundations

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Where the club will meet

Suggested Materials

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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

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.

Monthly Activities

Each month’s activities will include

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a warm-up activity

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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)

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.

Featured Activities

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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.

Trivia Questions

1. Which island, the largest of the Greater Antilles, lies 90 mils south of Florida?

2. Which island, the largest in the world, is separated from Canada by the Davis Strait and Baffin Bay?

3. 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?

4. Which island in the Mediterranean Sea is divided into two sectors and administered by both Greece and Turkey?

5. Of the four main islands of Japan, which is the southernmost?