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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.
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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 |