THE GLOBE

RHYTHMIC ACTIVITY
MAPSKILLS
BODY MIND MAP

Objective: Students will review map and geography terms and the names of the continents.

Cognitive Link: Body mind mapping engages the senses and memory pathways for better retention of memory.

Academic Concepts: Map skills, continents, latitude, longitude

Equipment: Bodybrain

Organization: Students are in personal space with room to move.

Anticipatory Set: Teacher's Quote: "Let's put our map skills into action. Here's a way you can remember geography better."

Activity: This activity uses the body as a mental map to anchor spatial connections. Use a map of the world to transfer the learning. Use the body as a model of the globe to show:

• North Pole: touch head
• South Pole: touch toes
• Equator: hands around waist
• Latitude Attitude: Circle body around
• Multitude of Longitude: Jump up and down
• Tropic of Cancer: shoulders (lungs that smoke can get cancer)
• Tropic of Capricorn: knee caps
• North America: left hand
• Europe: nose
• Asia: right hand
• Africa: waist (equator)
• South America: left knee
• Australia: right knee
• Antarctica: feet

After identifying the seven continents on the body, sing their names and show their location to the tune of "Are you sleeping?"

Closure: Teacher's Quote: "Show me Europe. Show me your latitude attitude. Turn to your neighbor and say, "You are out of this world!"."