Geography: Age 11
5 illustrated Geography lessons for Age 11.
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Cracked Globe with Moving Pieces Earth’s outer shell is broken into huge pieces called plates. These pieces move slowly, carrying continents, a… -
Three Airs Meet a Mountain Three moving air masses meet at a mountain range: one warm and wet, one warm and dry, and one cold. The mounta… -
The Layers of the Earth The Earth is made of layers, like an onion: the crust, the mantle, the outer core and the inner core. The deep… -
How a Lagoon Is Born Sea currents carry sand along the coast and drop it across the opening between two hills. Little by little, th… -
The Big Sailing Loop Across the Atlantic Sailing ships could not simply go straight across the ocean, because they needed the wind behind them. So they…