Watch our video to learn how Go Geo works.

  
 

Lin Laoshi's class learned how to sing the "Continents Song" in Mandarin!  Play it!   (You will need Windows Media Player to view the videos on this page.)

 

Chinese New Year Super Challenge.  Try to get this learning accomplished before Chinese New Year.   Learn at least the territories on the coast of China.  Good Luck!
 
 

Please note:  if some of our Go Geo games do not function on school computers, permit pop-ups if the toolbar is blocking them.  Sometimes the problem is that our internet security system at HKIS.  The learning sites will probably work fine if you try them at home.  You can try using different browsers:  Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.
Play Games! 
1.   Challenge yourself to achieve a personal goal.  We'll report the progress of big learners in The Dragon's Gazette!
2.   Geosense:  Play against yourself or a partner online!   Requires a 1-minute simple registration but does not include advertisements.  Students:  never use your real name or last name when you register at a site like this-- just use a nickname.  Put HKIS in your name to help classmates find you.  Example:  HKISMargaret.  Site includes a chat feature that we do not permit students to use. First page of web site gives links to many geography resources! (Works at school with Mozilla Firefox.)
2.1   Lots of games at Syvum, including a focus on India, world capitals, vocabulary challenges, and sibroquets (nicknames, similar to analogies.)  (Use Internet Explorer.  Scroll down to see it!)
2.2   Latitude and Longitude. (Use Internet Explorer.  Scroll down to see it!)
  Label Continents:
3.   Continents and Oceans Drill   (Works at school with Mozilla Firefox..)
  Label Countries:
4.   Asia  (important in grade 3!)   (Works at school with Mozilla Firefox.)
5.   Middle East Drill   (important in grades 3/4 and 4!)  (Works at school with Mozilla Firefox.)
6.   United States  (important in grade 5!)  (Works at school with Mozilla Firefox.)
6.1   China  Master it, and win a prize!  Claim it in the Library!  But try at least to learn the territories on the coast.  (Works at school with Mozilla Firefox.)
7.   Australia and more   (Works at school with Mozilla Firefox.)
8.   Practice naming the countries.  (Multiple Choice)  
9.   Practice naming the states of the US. (Multiple Choice)
10.   Map Puzzles:  scroll to middle of the page for all kinds of map challenges!
10.1   Read to Feed Explore the World passport game:  click and drag the country to the correct continent to get your passport stamped.  Read interesting geographical information about that country.
Study Maps!
11. Outline Maps (blank): Print out a copy, tape it up where you brush your teeth, and use it to quiz yourself.

Outline Map of Middle East.  

Outline map of Southeast Asia.  

Outline Map of Asia.  

Outline Map of United States.
12. Labeled Maps: Click "help" at the drills listed in #3-7 above and you'll see a labeled map.
13.   Google Maps  - shows you street maps in US        Google Earth
14.   Practice locating the continents with our continents song!  (You will need REAL ONE PLAYER. Go here and click "Singapore."  Cookies must be enabled.)
15.   Lin Laoshi Singers present the "Continents Song" in Mandarin!   
16.   World Maps for print out (blank outlines or labeled.)  
17.   Mr. Carpenter's site lists more map resources including the "puzzles" for download at the bottom of this page.
18.   Open the "Atlas" section of World Book Online to study its maps. (Available on school computers.)
19.   3 "Map Projections" videos by Kristofer coming soon!
Learn Vocabulary!
20.   Vocabulary List to study 
21.   Graphics that show landforms and geography terms. Use them to quiz yourself.  
22.  

Video Quiz of Vocabulary Terms    (You will need REAL ONE PLAYER. Go here and click "Singapore."  Cookies must be enabled.)
23.   View the scenes from HKIS that model Vocabulary Terms in Atlas Analogies. (You will need Windows Media Player.)
Other Teaching Resources
24.   To post around school:  "Your eyes are looking in this direction..."
25.   If we draw a grid on the ground, how fast can your class run to a particular grid location (like G-4?)  You want to play Group Grid Go!
26.   Hong Kong Maps (Including street maps and satellite images.)  
27.   Web links to information about countries are on our Library Web Site. 
28.   Learn more about world cultures.  See this great selection of fiction books set in various cultures around the world that we've found for you.  These are highly recommended.
29.   Open the "Atlas" section of World Book Online to study its maps. (Available from school or home!  Password is listed on the library's door.)
30.   Map projections are discussed here with links to examples.
31.   Reed to Feed "Looks at Books" - search for book titles on such topics as "caring for the earth," "food for life" and "awesome animals."  The search function allows you to search according to a particular reading level.  Books are recommended to support themes of the Heifer Project's Reed to Feed project.
32.   Take your geography skills a step further.  Ask about the CD-ROM available in the library's office.  It links to ISSUES IN GEOGRAPHY and helps you learn about topographical maps.
Can you recall the name of this landform below?  Hint:  it rhymes with "Christmas" and begins with an "i."  It even LOOKS like a skinny "I" in this picture!   See more Graphics like the one below!

Go Geo has been developed for grades 3-5 at HKIS by the following students:  Ethan, Lucas, Jane, Alex, Aidan, Neil, Solomon, Nathan, and Thomas.  

Do you want to help?  Create a study tool that we can use for this web page or that we can use on a bulletin board or the DragonNews. See our GATE Coordinator in the library for details. 

 

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