Hi! It’s Thursday, March 11, 2010 and time for Social Sciences at ClickSchooling!
Recommended Website:
Maps.com – Map Games
Age Range: 9 and up (approximately, non-readers will need assistance)
A Maryland ClickScholar recommended this commercial map website that also features 16 free, interactive games that you can use to teach geography in an entertaining way.
When you get to the site you’ll see a menu of games that includes:
- AlienZ! Map Game
- Geographic Continent Map Game
- USA Jigsaw Map Game
- Latin America Map Game
- Asia Map Game
- Super Quiz Map Game
- Map GeoTournament
- Africa Map Game
- Crossword Map Game
- Europe Map Game
- Middle East & North Africa Map Game
- US Capitals Map Game
- South East Asia Map Game
- USA & Canada Map Game
- Russia Map Game
- South Africa Map Game
Click on any one and a new screen opens with instructions to launch the game. In most of the games you drag-and-drop a country or state into a regional map. In some, you answer questions to place a country or capital city on a map. All of them will challenge your knowledge of the locations of countries and capitals worldwide.
