Activity
Enchanted Learning

Enchanted Learning: The Continents

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Brightly colored printouts, maps, and graphics on the greatest land masses on earth. See how continental drift works, look up extremes, label maps, learn about latitude, longitude and other geography terms. Teachers will find a Landforms...
Handout
Indiana University

Indiana University: Evolution of Continents and Oceans

For Students 9th - 10th
A course lecture on how the Earth's geological features have evolved through the movements of tectonic plates. Explains the different types of plate boundaries and how they manifest in geological formations. Also describes the structure...
eBook
World Wide School

World Wide School: Etext of "The Lost Continent"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the complete etext for Edgar Rice Burroughs's story, "The Lost Continent."
Interactive
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Map of the 7 Continents of the World Game

For Students 3rd - 8th
A quick game where students drag and drop the name of each continent onto the correct location on an interactive world map.
Website
PBS

Continents on the Move

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists believe that all the continents were once combined in one supercontinent. That means that the continents must be moving. Find out how scientists can measure the movement of whole continents!
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Precambrian Continents

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the first continents were formed.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Precambrian Continents

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the first continents were formed.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: North America the Continent of North America

For Teachers 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the continent of North America and the countries it contains. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Interactive
World Geography Games

World Geography Games: Continents

For Students 3rd - 5th
A simple game where one must identify each continent on a world map as its name is presented.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: What Are the 7 Continents

For Students 4th - 6th
Provides short descriptions of the characteristics of each of the seven continents, along with maps.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Across the Continent

For Students 3rd - 5th
A scanned copy of the 1897 publication of Across the Continent by Kate Tannatt Woods, a fiction book for children.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the complete text of the novel The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Circus Boys Across the Continent by Edgar B. P. Darlington

For Students 4th - 6th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is Edgar B. P. Darlington's book titled The Circus Boys Across The Continent, or Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark. Published in the early 1900s, this is the...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Continent Jump

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars will learn about animals that live on all seven continents. Students and teachers will use websites to learn additional information about the animals from various continents.This lesson plan was created as a result of the...
Unit Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Continents: North America

For Students 9th - 10th
Use these internet sites and complete the activities for each one to learn more about the third largest continent.
Unit Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Continents: Antarctica

For Students 9th - 10th
Use these internet sites and complete the activities for each one to learn more about the second smallest and coldest continent.
Unit Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Continents: Australia

For Students 9th - 10th
Use these internet sites and complete the activities for each one to learn more about the smallest continent.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Name the Continents

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart will allow students to label the continents and the oceans on a world map.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Continents of the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is devoted to identifying, locating, and learning facts about the 7 continents. It contains interactive maps, facts, and a short video at the end.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Introduction to Continents

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart providing a simple introductory lesson to the study of continents prompting further map work away from the computer.
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Lizard Point Quizzes

Lizard Point: World Oceans and Continents Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your geography knowledge by taking this interactive quiz over the world's continents and oceans.
Website
Nations Online Project

Nations Online

For Students 9th - 10th
This portal site offers quick access to a wide range of information about each country, continent and region of the world.
Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Education: My Wonderful World

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive map of the world in which students select a continent and begin exploring using online resources from the Smithsonian Institute.
Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Asia Continent : Facts and Information

For Students 2nd - 8th
Interesting facts and details about Asia, the largest and most diverse continent.