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Easy Way for Kids to Learn Geography with Google Street View Game

Where in the world game by SuperBreakIt is important for a child to know more about the world from an early age to help with their geography skills in later life. Learning geography can also support with improving other knowledge areas in education such as history and art. The more that children understand about planet Earth, the more they can appreciate natural occurrences and the way that people live their lives in different cultures.

 

The Where in the World? free online interactive game from travel provider SuperBreak is a great way for children and parents to play and learn together, to expand their knowledge of the world.

This game uses Google Street View to teach children in a fun and entertaining way. These five categories form the game; Royal Attractions, Nature, History, Travel and Entertainment. Within the game, children can explore 180 famous landmarks and destinations around the globe, including the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and Disneyland Paris in France.

London Palladium inside | Screen from the game

SuperBreak also give an interesting trivia fact for each location played, such as “Every year Trafalgar Square houses London’s largest Christmas tree, a Norwegian Spruce, which is gifted to Britain from Norway – a tradition which dates back to 1947.”

St Mark's Square, Venice | Screen from the game

How to Play

  • Choose your favourite category to play (or select all for added difficulty)
  • Navigate around the location on Google Street View within the 12 seconds available
  • Make a guess from the multiple choice answers
  • Find out if you are right or wrong and learn some trivia from SuperBreak
  • Repeat throughout each of the ten locations
  • Discover your score out of ten whether you are a ‘Part Time Wanderer’ or a ‘Globetrotting Guru’

You and your child can play the game now here: www.superbreak.com/inspiration/where-in-the-world

2 thoughts on “Easy Way for Kids to Learn Geography with Google Street View Game

  • Tracey Hallmark

    Great game however the time is too short to enable a child to read the question and have a look around before deciding on the answer, still good fun though.

    Reply
    • Absolutely. I’m trying to find if they have some page for comments because it’s very promising idea.

      Reply

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