Where is Cyprus actually located? What does Argentina look like? And which flag is striped yellow-green-red?* Our planet is diverse and worth exploring. Online games invite you to go on a virtual journey and learn more about countries, cities, oceans, volcanoes and more. We present selected geography games for different age groups.
Imagine being abandoned in a place somewhere in the world and having to figure out where you are based on clues. This is what the Swedish geography game is about Geoguessr which is currently very popular among streamers. Players find themselves at the beginning randomly on a Google Street View image of a street or road. Use arrow keys to move through landscapes, villages and cities. They look around, zoom in on road signs, license plates or plants, and search for clues to their virtual whereabouts. Based on this, they try to place their pin as accurately as possible on the world map. The true location is then displayed and a score is assigned depending on the distance to your own tip. In the free version, the game time is limited. The paid Pro account allows you to play for an unlimited period of time and to play together with up to 20 friends in Battle Royal mode. Age recommendation: from 10 years(Spielatgeber NRW).
For children from elementary school age, the educational games on Toporopa are intended. Here, everything revolves around the European continent. Whether it’s matching flags, identifying rivers or guessing capitals – children and young people will find learning stimuli and fun all in one. Before each game, you can expand your knowledge in the library or on the map. Afterwards, the learning success is checked by quizzes. If you want to test your knowledge of the world, you are at World Quiz Geography right. The two Dutch websites can be used in several languages and get by with little advertising. Age recommendation: from 8 years(Internet-ABC).
Playing alone, with friends or against the computer – that’s possible in the learning games on LearningApps . Children from preschool age onwards can play games such as the Germany Quiz put their knowledge to the test. Those who create an account on LearningApps can create and share their own interactive learning games, called apps. These are, for example, matching exercises, multiple-choice questions or cloze tests. Behind LearningApps is a Swiss association, the website is ad-free. Age recommendation: depending on the game from preschool to high school.
Whether for wanderlust or thirst for knowledge – geography games offer good entertainment, expand knowledge and satisfy many a longing. Play different geography games together with your child and virtually travel our world without any luggage. Keep in mind:
1. Cyprus is located in the southeastern Mediterranean Sea between Lebanon and Turkey.
From the rainforest to the pampas and the Patagonian coast, Argentina’s landscape is diverse and, above all, vast.
3. Lithuania’s flag has three horizontal stripes in yellow, green and red.
Do you remember scavenger hunts from your childhood? Today, if you have a smartphone with a suitable app likeActionbound, you can add digital options to the scavenger hunt.
Actionbound can be played with family or friends, for example as a rally for a child’s birthday party or on vacation to explore a new place. Actionbound can be played alone or as a group.
WithActionbound, digital scavenger hunts – known as bounds – can be played using a tablet or smartphone. As you play, clues, puzzles, challenges, and media content appear directly on the screen. The bounds contain varied game elements such as GPS locations, QR codes and mini-games. When using the GPS, the tablet or smartphone shows the players the way by displaying a directional arrow.
Bounds are either created and published by other Actionbound users or you can create a new bound yourself.The app contains numerous bounds on topics such as nature, culture, leisure activities or sights. This turns a city tour into an exciting experience, for example.
Own bounds can be created on the computer via the internet browser in the Bound-Creator. This requires a free registration with Actionbound. Creating a Bound is very simple.Images, videos and audio can be integrated, quiz questions and tasks can be set and QR codes can be created. If you want to share your bound with selected people, you can choose the “secret bounds” function. Creators pay seven euros per compound (as of July 2022).
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Actionbound can also be used with younger children. In this case, however, you should introduce your child to its use, or better yet, accompany your child in the process. When creating a Bound, be sure to use lots of images and little text.
The creation of a bound can take some time. Please also plan to spend time conducting the rally or scavenger hunt. If your child is older, it can be a fun experience to create a Bound together. Note that in the free version all bounds are public. When creating, be sparing with sensitive data such as children’s photos and personal information. If you want to make the bound very personal, the paid option “secret bounds” is worthwhile.
You can also play existing bounds with your child on many different topics. Use the search function in the app to select a suitable scavenger hunt near your location. Keep in mind that here the content is not exactly tailored to one’s needs. Check that the Bound fits your child’s age group.
Actionbound is an app from Germany, therefore your data is subject to European data protection.
Antolin is an online portal for reading promotion from grade 1 to 10. antolin.de (antolin.westmann.de) combines learning at school with reading in the afternoon. Antolin is primarily aimed at schools, educational institutions and libraries.
Antolin asks quiz questions about more than 116,000 books for children and young adults. It is a kind of library for quizzes. Children and young people register through their school, choose a book title on Antolin and, after reading it, take a quiz on it and earn points. Antolin also provides tips and tricks for better and faster reading. In addition, the portal offers promotions such as a reading night, sponsored reading and reading contests . Only teachers, schools, and libraries can purchase Antolin licenses and share registration information for children and teens.
There are two apps from Antolin that are designed to promote children’s reading skills through reading, guessing and searching games. However, the quizzes on books are not included in the apps. The Antolin app for the 1. and 2nd class and for the 3. and 4th grade is available in the Google Play Store and the Apple Store. The apps cost €2.99 each.
Children and young people are provided with a user name and password. Then they get books from the library, from a reading box or from the shelf at home. They can read everywhere. At home, on the train or at school. After finishing the book or a chapter, children and young people can go to Antolin on a tablet, smartphone or PC, enter their book title and start a quiz about it. Antolin asks several questions: How did … come about? Who did they follow …? Why did … happen? Children and young people tap an answer and at the end they get points for finishing a quiz.
Antolin shows children and young people what they have read, how many books they have read and whether they have understood them well. These are welcome occasions to rejoice with the children. For trying hard and accomplishing something, for finishing a book in the general stress of school and the day. It happens again and again that children suddenly read much more than one would have believed them capable of. One child, who doesn’t usually read much, devoured an entire series of books over the vacations.
Antolin provides teachers and parents with meaningful information about their children’s text comprehension and reading performance. You can see progress on how much the kids have read and send them individual praise via a mailbox. Also, parents and teachers can award certificates and medals.
