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More Land? More Water?

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  • DOMAIN(S)
    Cognitive Development and General Knowledge (CD)
  • INDICATOR(S)
    CD-SC2.4d
  • AGE GROUP(S)
    48-60 months

During large group, ask the children “Does our planet Earth contain more land or more water?” Toss an inflatable globe to a child in the group. Encourage the child to catch it with both hands and then spread his fingers. After he catches it, ask him to look where each of his thumbs landed. Are your thumbs touching land or water? Graph where each thumb landed, making a tally under “L” for land and “W” for water. Have the children continue to toss the globe back and forth to one another, tally the results each time. Look at the graph and count the results. Ask children, which one has more, land or water? Explain how all of the water on Earth is connected across the globe, and how we identify separate oceans by name. Also discuss how living next to water affects our weather. 

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