Stingray Chaser

Free stingrays and remove harmful algae from the ocean. After removing enough debris from the stingrays, you will be asked to select the correct answer to continue.

• World Geography
• Landforms
• mapping

Pinball

Vocabulary Pinball Click on the red flipper buttons to keep the ball in play. Try to hit all of the letters with the ball to spell a word. Next, choose the correct definition for the word. A correct answer gives a free ball and an incorrect takes a ball away. Hold down and release the green button to launch the ball! Try all of the lists or register to make your own!

• World Geography
• Landforms
• mapping

Word Find

Play the classic Word Search and find game.

• World Geography
• Physiographic Regions
• Landforms
• Landforms
• Vikings
• Ships
• Navigation
• Mapping
• mapping

Word Scramble - Words Only

Solve the scrambled words by moving the tiles around. Use the vocabulary definition or math answers to provide you the hint you need!

• World Geography
• Physiographic Regions
• Landforms
• Landforms
• Vikings
• Ships
• Navigation
• Mapping
• mapping

Word Scramble - Problems and Definitions

Solve the scrambled words by moving the tiles around. Use the vocabulary definition or math answers to provide you the hint you need!

• World Geography
• Landforms
• mapping

Hangman

Play hangman with your words. Guess letters to form words from the lists that are added by people just like you! Practice your classroom lists.

• World Geography
• Physiographic Regions
• Landforms
• Landforms
• Vikings
• Ships
• Navigation
• Mapping
• mapping

Landforms

• river --
• archipelago -- a group or chain of islands in an ocean
• lowland -- low-lying level land
• isthmus --
• mountain -- very high land with steep slopes
• archipelago --
• bay -- body of water partly enclosed by land
• valley --
• gulf -- part of the ocean, partly surrounded by land
• range --
• isthmus -- a narrow strip of land connecting two larger pieces of land, with water on two sides
• cliff --
• mountains --
• plateau -- large level area, higher than land around it
• coast --
• pennisula -- land surrounded by water on three sides
• lowland --
• inlet -- narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water
• strait --
• range -- a chain of mountains separated from other mountains by lowlands, passes or rivers
• gulf --
• river -- large flowing body of water; empties into ocean
• bay --
• valley -- long narrow lowland between mountains
• pennisula --
• cliff -- a steep face of rock and soil
• plateau --
• strait -- narrow body of water that connects two larger bodies of water
• inlet --
• coast -- part of the land adjoining or near the ocean

Mapping

• legend --

mapping

• index -- a list found in the back of an atlas, it tells you where to find a place on a map

Mapping

• map --

mapping

• key -- like a legend - it explains what the symbols on the map mean

Mapping

• grid --

mapping

• scale -- shows how much smaller than real life a map has been made

Mapping

• title --

mapping

• cardinal dir. -- short for cardinal directions - the directions that a compass shows

Mapping

• intermediate --
• symbol --

mapping

• compass rose -- an instrument that shows the directions (north, south, east, west)

Mapping

• scale --

mapping

• legend -- usually found in the corner of a map - it's where you find out what the symbols on the map mean

Mapping

• compass --

mapping

• map -- a drawing of a place from a "bird's eye" view

Mapping

• label --

mapping

• title -- tells you the name of the place or topic the map is about

Mapping

• direction --

mapping

• grid -- a way of using lines and numbers and letters to find places on a map

Mapping

• key --

mapping

• label -- names used by map-makers to name things on a map

Mapping

• colour --

mapping

• map -- a drawing to show important details about a place

Mapping

• index --

mapping

• symbol -- a small drawing used to show important details

Mapping

• orient --

mapping

• colours -- like words, these are used on maps to show things like areas of water

Mapping

• cardinal --

Navigation

• sandglass --
• stars --
• maps --
• captain --
• stern --
• astrolabe --
• line and lead --
• knots --
• northwest route --
• starboard side --
• compass --
• sun --
• journal --
• port side --
• bow --

Physiographic Regions

• Innuitian --
• landform --
• St Lawrence Low --
• Arctic Lowlands --
• region --
• Interior plains --
• Hudson Bay Low --
• Canadian Shield --
• Cordilleran --
• Applalachian --

Ships

• bow --
• shrouds --
• crow's nest --
• cannon --
• mainmast --
• stern --
• rudder --
• gunwale --
• launch --
• scuppers --
• keel --
• poop deck --
• anchor --
• yards --
• bowsprit --

Vikings

• keel --
• Knarr --
• bow --
• starboard side --
• helmsman --
• longship --
• Drakkar --
• gunwale --
• stern --
• berserkers --
• warrior --
• mast --
• prow --
• clinker design --
• oarsmen --

World Geography

• Africa -- Largest continent in the southern hemisphere.
• prime meridian -- 0' longitute.
• Southern Ocean -- Ocean that surrounds Antarctica.
• seven -- The number of continents in the world.
• South America -- Contnient south of North America.
• Asia -- Very large continent in northern hemisphere beside Europe.
• equator -- 0' latitude.
• Atlantic Ocean -- Ocean east of North and South America.
• Arctic Ocean -- Ocean north of North America, Europe and Asia.
• North America -- Continent we live on.
• Europe -- A smaller continent attached to west side of Asia.
• Antarctica -- Continent at the South Pole.
• Pacific Ocean -- Ocean west of North and South America.
• Indian Ocean -- Ocean east of Africa and northwest of Australia.
• Australia -- Continent that is also an country.

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