| Approach: |
Station |
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Level: Year 4
and year 8 |
| Focus: |
Knowledge
of world geography |
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| Resources:
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Computer
program on laptop computer |
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| Questions/instructions: |
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This
activity uses the computer.
Click on the button that says World Wide.
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voice-over
and onscreen instructions:
Click the spot to show the country where each site is found.
[Each location then given by voice-over and onscreen,
same as adjacent.] |
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%
responses
2009 ('05) |
y4 |
y8 |
| Correctly
located: |
Opera
House, Sydney, Australia |
67
(65) |
89
(91) |
| The
Pyramids, Giza, Egypt |
12
(13) |
27
(31) |
| Red
Square, Moscow, Russia |
30
(26) |
54
(56) |
| The
Leaning Tower, Pisa, Italy |
12
(10) |
31
(32) |
| The
White House, Washington DC, USA |
25
(23) |
42
(50) |
| The
Great Wall, China |
21
(20) |
37
(40) |
| Taj-Mahal,
Agra, India |
14
(14) |
27
(33) |
| Mosque,
Baghdad, Iraq |
14
(11) |
30
(29) |
| Machu-Picchu,
The Andes, Peru |
11
(10) |
23
(25) |
| Big
Ben, London, UK |
20
(14) |
31
(44) |
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Total
score: |
9–10
|
2
(1) |
12
(12) |
7–8
|
2
(2) |
10
(13) |
5–6
|
8
(4) |
12
(16) |
3–4
|
21
(24) |
24
(23) |
1–2
|
58
(56) |
40
(33) |
| 0
|
10
(13) |
3
(3) |
