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The following activities will help students learn about
continents, bodies of water, and other great facts about
the world. However, since there is so much to learn and
teach about our world, the possibilities are endless!
Activity 1: Water World
1. Hold up the globe and explain that the world is
made of land and water.
2. Ask the students what they think there is more of
land or water?
3. Draw two columns on a board: one labeled Land
and the other labeled Water.
4. Ask a volunteer to be blindfolded.
5. Ask the class what they think the blindfolded
student will touch.
6. Instruct the blindfolded student to touch the globe
with their index finger and then take off their
blindfold to see what their finger is touching.
7. Record the result on the board.
8. Spin the globe around and ask for another
volunteer to do the same thing.
9. Continue in this way until all the students have had
a chance to touch the globe. Make sure to record
the results on the board.
10. What were the findings? (Water should have been
touched the most.) Earth is made of mostly water.
Discuss this fact as a class.
Activity 2: Country Toss
1. Have all the students stand in a group.
2. Explain that you are going to toss the globe into
the air.
3. The student who catches the globe must name a
country that begins with the letter “A."
4. After that student correctly names a country with
the letter "A," that student then tosses the globe to
another student.
5. The next student who catches the globe should
name a country that begins with the letter "B."
6. Play continues until all the letters of alphabet are
used. However, if you want you may run through
the alphabet again, but now using different country
names.
Variation:
Try this game with major cities, both in the
US and around the world! The student should name the
city and the state and/or the country where the city is
located.