Continents and Oceans

Write On
Grade 3
Learner Expectation

Content Standard: 3.0

Geography enables the students to see, understand and
appreciate the web of relationships between people, places,
and environments. Students will use the knowledge, skills, and
understanding of concepts within the six essential elements of
geography: world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical
systems, human systems, environment and society, and the
uses of geography.
Learning Expectations:
3.01 Understand how to use maps, globes, and other
geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire,
process and report information from a spatial perspective.
In this activity you will:
Identify and name the seven
continents
Identify and name the four oceans
Complete a writing activity using
the vocabulary terms and listing
the continents and oceans
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.
The Seven Continents
The seven continents are Asia,
Africa, North America, South
America, Europe, Australia, and
Antarctica.
The Seven Continents

North America
Europe
Asia
Africa
South America Australia

Antarctica
Oceans
About two thirds of the earth is
covered by water.
Oceans are the largest areas of
water on the earth.
There are four oceans.
Oceans
The four oceans are the Pacific
Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the
Indian Ocean, and the Arctic
Ocean.
The Four Oceans

Arctic Ocean

Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Ocean Indian
Ocean
Writing Activity
Use the vocabulary to write a Four
Square. In your Four Square you
should include the following:
The meaning of the words continent
and ocean
List the 7 continents
List the 4 oceans