Calling all geography teachers! This huge continents and oceans map bundle includes all sorts of options to use with students. You’ll also get a color-cut-and-paste activity, plus graphic organizers for learning more about each continent and ocean. Grab yours by entering your email in the form on this page.
Use these maps to get the big picture of where each ocean and continent is found. Here’s what’s included:
Blank Continents and Oceans Map
Labeled Continents and Oceans Map
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Individual Continent Maps
These maps are perfect for learning detailed info about each continent. You get these maps for each continent:
Blank Continent Outline Map
Blank Continent Map With Country Outlines
Labeled Continent Map With Countries
Blank Continent Map With Major Rivers
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Individual Ocean Maps
Learn more about the five major oceans using these maps. It includes the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern (Antarctic) Oceans. Here’s what you’ll find in the bundle for each:
Blank Ocean Map
Labeled Ocean Currents Map
Blank Ocean Currents Map
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Color-Cut-and-Paste Continents and Oceans Map
The blank map includes places to label each ocean and continent. The accompanying worksheet page includes a set of cut-and-paste labels you can also use as a word bank, plus directions for coloring each continent a different color.
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Individual Continent Graphic Organizer
This graphic organizer helps students research individual continents. Sections include:
Small world map to color the continent being researched
Area, Number of Countries, Population
Major Rivers, Bodies of Water, Mountain Ranges, and Landmarks
Interesting Facts
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Individual Ocean Graphic Organizer
Use this graphic organizer to research each individual ocean. Sections include:
Small world map to color the ocean being researched
Major Currents
Reefs and Other Underwater Features
Deepest Point
Unique Features
Interesting Facts
Continents and Oceans Map Activity Ideas
Map Out Ocean Voyages
Combine these maps with learning about various explorers and migrations. Draw in lines to represent Viking or Polynesian journeys, or map out the voyages of explorers like Magellan or Cook. Consider wildlife too: Sketch in the seasonal migrations of whales or other ocean-dwelling creatures, for example.
Consider the Effects of Rising Sea Levels
Do some research to learn where scientists predict the effects of melting polar ice caps will have the most effect. Draw in new possible coastlines on the map, and highlight the regions that could wind up underwater if we can’t stop runaway climate change.
Create Continent Collages
Fill in the shapes of the continents with images that represent them. Kids can cut pictures out of magazines, or draw in their own artistic ideas. Some ideas: wildlife, cultural traditions, flags, or traditional textile patterns.
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Explore Ecosystems
Divide the ocean or continent map into its various climate zones and ecosystems. Add pictures or lists of the wildlife that inhabits each area, and any defining characteristics.
Trace the Coastlines
Spend some time using a crayon or colored pencil to trace each continent’s coastlines. Note which countries have lots of ocean access, and which are landlocked. Then, see if students can redraw the general continent shapes on their own. It’s harder than it looks!
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