Teaching with videogames: Global Geography with GeoGuessr
Students have been abducted by aliens and dumped in a random location on Earth. As quickly as possible they have to look around and figure out where they are.
Year levels: Grade 4 and up
Subject areas: Geography / Humanities
Suggested duration: 1 lesson with option to repeat
Technology required:
- Individual devices with internet access.
- Students and teachers will need to sign up for a free account.
Download the full lesson plan
The lesson plan includes links to the Victorian Curriculum, indications of lesson timing, and ideas for differentiation and assessment.
Students play the free browser-based game GeoGuessr, to figure out their global location using contextual clues from Google Street View.
| 1. Play GeoGuessR as teams or individuals | |
| 2. Use environmental and geographic features to guess location | |
| 3. Revisit, revise and justify their predictions |
By the end of this lesson, students should
| Types of environments (built, natural, managed) |
| Language used to describe geographical features and environments |
| How GPS coordinates relate to location |
| Use observation to deduce cultural, climate and geographical features |
| Use clues to support claims about location |
| Ask questions to develop understanding beyond what they know |
| Teamwork and collaboration |
| Critical thinking and problem solving |