Where In the World Is......

Third grade has been hard at work learning about the fascinating geography of China.  A country of many different landscapes, China's unique geographical features have long impacted the history and people of China.  In our early geography lessons, we studied the different landforms of China.  Students had to match pictures of different landforms and figure out the definitions based on the visual cues.  

 

In class, we had a presentation on the geography of China and learned about the natural and man-made borders of China, including the fourteen countries that surround China.  Students noted the number of times the country of India borders China, and remarked upon the location of the rivers that we've read about in some of our Chinese folktales.  We also learned many important facts about the about many of the major deserts, mountain ranges, and waterways in China.   

For each landform, students created a symbol to represent it and carefully located it on the map.  These maps will become the base of our geography studies this semester, and we will add different elements to our maps each month to explore where major landmarks are located, how the land is used, what lives there, and other interesting ideas.