This document provides an entry task and lesson on continents and oceans. It includes objectives to identify the 7 continents and 5 oceans, as well as activities like drawing a map, playing an online game, and guessing Carmen San Diego's locations based on clues. Students are challenged to name the continents and oceans. The lesson defines continents as large land areas, and names and locates the 7 continents and 5 oceans on illustrations. It concludes with a video review and questions to check students' understanding.

1. Entry Task:
 Define the vocabulary term: continent.
 How many continents are there on Earth?
 What continent do we live on?

2. Objectives:
 The students will be able to identify and
locate each of the 7 continents.
 The students will be able to identify and
locate each of the 5 major oceans.

3. Mental Map:
Draw a map of the world.
– Include all 7 continents.
– Include all 5 oceans.

4. Brain Pop!
 https://w
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5. Challenge!
 Identify and name
the seven
continents
 Identify and name
the five oceans

6. The Continents
 About one third of the earth is made
up of land areas.
 The large land areas are called
continents.
 There are seven continents: Asia,
Africa, North America, South America,
Europe, Australia, and Antarctica.

7. The Seven Continents
North
America
South
America
Asia
Europe
Africa
Australia
Antarctica

8. Oceans
 About two thirds of the earth is
covered by water.
 Oceans are the largest areas of water
on the earth.
 There are five oceans: the Arctic
Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic
Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the
Southern Ocean.

9. The Five Oceans
Pacific
Ocean
Atlantic
Ocean
Indian
Ocean
Southern Ocean

10. Where in the World Is
Carmen San Diego?
 What continent
is Carmen in?
Hints:
She is speaking
Chinese.
She will be meeting
Russians.

11. Where is Carmen now?
 What continent is
Carmen in now?
Hint: She is “down under”.
 Next she’ll be visiting
this place.
Hint: It’s VERY cold here.
She’ll see penguins!

12. Where is she now?
 What continent is
Carmen entering
now?
Hints:
This continent has a large
desert, the Sahara Desert.
She will see the pyramids
and the Nile River.

13. Do you recognize this
place?
 Where is she
headed now?
Hints:
This continent has
the Rocky Mountains.

14. What is Carmen now?
 She is heading south to
this continent.
Hint: She will ride a boat
on the Amazon River.
 Next she’ll be visiting
this continent.
Hint: It is famous for places
like the Eiffel Tower, and
the Roman Colloseum.

15. What Ocean is Carmen San
Diego Sailing on?
 Someone saw her on a
ship sailing from
Australia to California.
What ocean was she on?
 The next week she was
flying from New York to
South Africa. What ocean
did she fly over?

16. What about now?
This ocean
is at the top
of the Earth!
What ocean
is it?
This ocean is
under India
and beside
Africa. Do you
know it?
This ocean is
at the bottom
of the Earth! It
surrounds
Antarctica.

17. Video Review:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=fqsCWZtZlk4&list=PLQ3XW4iap
WbYrm4qM5DBe6_QJthp7bjl9

18. What do you remember?
http://stellar-
students.blogspot.ae/2012/09/maps-
and-globes-continents-and-
oceans.html

19. Homework – on Google Classroom

20. Interactive Notebooks:
 Right side = Continents and Oceans handout.
Read and highlight together!
 Left side = your side!!