7 Continents Country Research Project 3rd Grade Elapsed Time Social Studies Maps

This is a research-based learning project that integrates social studies, math, and writing.

To complete this project, students will go on a world tour of six different countries around the world. Through their travels, they will learn the location of these countries along with important facts.

To get to each destination, students must use their budgeted money to buy plane tickets. They will:

• use subtraction with regrouping to calculate how much money is left after each purchase
• determine the length of each flight (elapsed time)
• find and mark each location on a world map
• label the continents and the compass rose

After traveling to all six destinations, students will:

• use 3-digit addition to calculate the total money spent
• write a descriptive paragraph about a landmark of their choice
• write an opinion paragraph about the location they would like to visit again

Includes:

• Teacher instructions
• World map in color and black/white
• 12-page passport booklet
• Customs stamps for each country
• Boarding passes/airline tickets
• Travel book to hold tickets and stamps
• Answer keys

The passport is where students will record their work. They will research each location to complete its page in the passport. They will be looking for each country's:

• continent
• capital city
• official language
• currency
• climate
• important landmark

Kid-safe website suggestions for conducting research are included.

The first page of the passport is the travel budget. Students will use this page to keep track of their tickets and calculate how much money they have left after each purchase. The last three pages of the passport include a landmark matching activity, a page with addition, subtraction, and elapsed time questions, and descriptive and opinion writing activities.

The countries students will visit include:

• Australia
• Brazil
• China
• Egypt
• Germany
• Russia

DIGITAL ACTIVITY

This product is enabled as an Easel Activity, so you can assign it to students through your online learning platform. The map and passport pages have already been prepared for use in Easel with answer boxes for students to type into. You can also print the PDF as you normally would. For more information on Easel Activities see this GETTING STARTED GUIDE.

This activity is most appropriate for third or fourth grade.