Online Seterra
- Online Seterra State Capitals
- Online Seterra Africa
- Europe Countries Map Quiz
- Online Seterra 50 States
- Online.seterra.net/en/vgp/3003
Overview
Seterra, the popular online and desktop based geography quiz that has been entertaining and educating geography fans for almost 20 years has finally gone mobile! In this comprehensive map game, you. Seterra Online has a new color scheme today! Try it out here: http://online.seterra.net/en/vgp/3007.
Seterra is an online ultimate map quiz game that allows students to practice their map skills. It can also be used as a map quiz to give students a score. There are many options that students can choose to create an environment where map skills are fun!
This is also a great tool for teachers as it contains free printables of all countries, continents, geometry basics as well as country flags. Teachers can also generate their own quizzes on the Seterra website.
Online Seterra State Capitals
Students will:
- Be able to practice their map skills.
- Know more about different countries and continents.
- Know about the different country flags.
Vocabulary Words:
Ocean: An ocean is a large body of salt water; oceans cover most of the earth's surface.
Continent: A continent is one of Earth's seven great bodies of land.
Equator: The equator is an imaginary line halfway between the North and South Poles; 0 degrees latitude.
Hemisphere: A hemisphere is half a circle/sphere. There are four hemispheres.
Latitude: Latitude measures distance north or south; lines go east to west.
Longitude: Longitude measures distance east or west; lines go north to south.
Compass rose: A compass rose is a drawing on a map which helps you find directions.
Cardinal directions: Cardinal directions are the main directions of north, south, east and west.
Intermediate directions: Intermediate directions are in between directions on a compass rose; northeast, southeast, northwest, southwest.
Map key: A map key tells you what each symbol on a map means.
Map scale: A map scale shows the relationship between distances on a map to help you figure out the real distance.
Physical maps: Physical maps show the natural features like mountains and lakes of the Earth.
Prime meridian: The Prime Meridian is the line of longitude marked 0 degrees.
Note: Basic Map Concepts and Terms Quizlet quiz
To prepare for this lesson:
Create an account at Seterra.
Watch the video on how to use Seterra.
View the large resource library on YouTube.
Print out the free printables from Seterra as well,
Decide how you want to use Seterra with the students. Ideas could be the following:
Pre and/or post-test
Practice
Setting learning goals - Give students a map and they color in each state as they master it on the quiz.
Beat your time- The quiz will give students a percentage and time. Students could set goals based on time and/or percentage.
Decide what video(s) to use.
Note: Students may use Seterra Online to practice their knowledge of the U.S. States based on the following choices:
- Native American Tribes and Native American Cultural Groups
Online Seterra Africa
See Accommodations Page and Charts on the 21things4students.net site in the Teacher Resources.
Directions for this activity:
- Play Tour of the United States video from YouTube to the students.
- Have them watch the United States Song.
- Show them 50 Nifty United States if there is time.
- Have students take the quiz as a pretest to see which states they know.
- Hand out the printable of United States. Have students color the states they DO know.
- Have the students set a reasonable goal as to how many states they can learn each week/day/ every two days.
- As they practice, they may retake the quiz at any time to see how they are doing at reaching their goal. Each time they retake the quiz, they may color in the states they mastered. For those who master ahead, they can set a goal for how many states correct in a specific time frame.
- Give post-test at the end of the two weeks.
Different options for assessing the students:
- Observations
- Check for understanding
- Students can record their score on a Learning Management System, or color in their states on the free printables.
MITECS: Michigan adopted the 'ISTE Standards for Students' called MITECS (Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students) in 2018.
Empowered Learner
1b. Students build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that support the learning process.
1c. Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and to demonstrate their learning in a variety of ways.
1d. Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.
Knowledge Constructor
3a. Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.
Device: PC, Chromebook, Mac, iPad
Browser: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, ALL
iOS app
Android App
Websites:
50 Nifty United States video
Students use their information from Seterra to write a short paper on a country or continent.
Students can take the various science quizzes.
Students choose a country or continent to learn more about using the printables.
Report a bad link, inappropriate content or out-of-date content.
Credits
This task card was created by Courtney Conley, Utica Schools. January 2019.
As soon as Miss 12 finished the school year, she dove into a new project. She now spends hours with a globe every day, playing Seterra, a geography fact game. Her self-imposed goal is to get 100% on every single Seterra challenge, from flags of the world to countries of the world to capital cities of Africa and provinces of China. And she has come a long way.
So have we all. Occasionally Miss 9 is lured away from her schoolwork and ends up running back and forth from our huge wall map to Miss 12’s computer, helping to find answers. The rest of us can’t resist sitting down once in a while to see if we can match scores. And that is how we all continue to learn about the world.
So, what is Seterra? Honestly, it is the best geography fact resource I’ve ever come across. It’s an addicting computer game, a very efficient teacher, and completely free. In fact, this is the one resource (besides the Bible, of course) that I think every homeschooling family should have. I cannot say enough good about Seterra…which is why I’m writing about it here a second time.
For specific details about this free map quiz program, see my 2010 Curriculum Choice review of Seterra.
Europe Countries Map Quiz
Or you can just go straight to the Seterra website to download the program.
Update: Miss 12 has reached her goal! She has actually gotten 100% on each of these geography quizzes, even learning the cities of Sweden.
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Written by Annie Kate, a Christian homeschooling mom of five, who reviews and blogs at Tea Time with Annie Kate.
Online Seterra 50 States
Disclosure: Seterra, developed by Marianne Wartoft from Sweden, is freeware that we have enjoyed for years.
Annie Kate and her husband are the parents of five busy blessings, ages 15-25. Though inspired by classical and Charlotte Mason education, they have discovered that the best learning involves real life: music, cooking, dairy farming, nature walks, bee keeping, reading, judo, blogging, website development, writing, gardening, photography, learning retail, working with horses, and more. Annie Kate's goal is to inspire and equip her children to love the Lord their God with all their heart, soul, and mind, and to love their neighbors as themselves.