I hope you are taking advantage of National Geography Week. In case you were wondering how to do that, here are some fun things you can do with your kids:

  1. Pick a destination you have heard about and thought was interesting, but know very little about. Find it on a map. Research that place on line or at the library. Learn about the history, culture, climate, natural wonders, monuments and attractions.
  2. Write a story about the attractions of your city for someone who is unfamiliar with your part of the country.
  3. Write a letter to a friend or family member who lives in another country and ask that person an interesting question about where he or she lives.
  4. Find your city on a map and figure out its latitude and longitude.
  5. Study a map of the USA and identify each of the 50 states’ capital cities.
  6. Put your finger on a globe, close your eyes and spin that globe around. Whatever destination your finger lands on, look that place up to learn more about it.
  7. Look up the currency of every country on the planet.
  8. Look up the names of all the world leaders.
  9. Make a list of the 10 highest mountains on earth and find them on a map.
  10. Research a nation comprised of islands such as Indonesia or the Maldives. Figure out how many islands there are and how many are inhabited. Learn about the flora and fauna.
  11. Research the names of famous people who came from your state. Find out what they did to get famous.
  12. Pick your favorite large city in the world and do some research to find out what life was like there 100 or 200 years (or longer) ago.
  13. Identify the 7 Original Wonders of the World, learn all about them including what happened to make most of them disappear.
  14. Find the city in the US with largest population, and the city with the smallest population.
  15. Study the map of the world to identify all the different time zones. Then figure out what time/day it is at hour home when it is ___ time/day in a far away place.
  16. Find every city in the world with the same name as your city – if there are any.
  17. Look at a map and concentrate on only the largest bodies of water. Name them and remember their locations.

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