Geography: Age 11
12 illustrated Geography lessons for Age 11.
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A Busy Industrial Port A seaport is a place on the coast where big ships load and unload goods from all over the world. Cranes, wareh… -
Port and seaside resort People use and build up a coast in different ways. A port is made for moving goods by ship, while a seaside re… -
Where People Live on Earth People are not spread evenly across the Earth. Many live together on green, well-watered lowlands, while very … -
The Layers Under Our Feet Over a very long time, rain, ice and plant roots break solid rock into smaller and smaller pieces, and these p… -
Where People Live Most people on Earth live in large groups in South and East Asia. Deserts and polar lands have very few people… -
Moving Plates of Rock Earth's outer shell is not one solid piece; it is broken into large slabs of rock that move very slowly. Where… -
Polar Orbit Scanner A polar-orbiting satellite travels around Earth in a loop that passes over the North Pole and the South Pole. … -
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…