Geography/Math Center: Rivers, Deserts & Mountains - Longest, Largest & Tallest

Geography/Math Center: Rivers, Deserts & Mountains is a fun, matching activity which can be used as a either a geography or math center.

As a geography center students match the river, mountain or desert with its size and its geographical location.

As a math center students create matches by sorting out the measurements from longest to shortest for the rivers, largest to smallest for deserts and highest to lowest for mountains.

• The Rivers 1st - 8th longest in the world: The Nile, The Amazon, The Yangtze, The Mississippi, The Yenisey, The Yellow, The Ob, La Plata

• The Deserts 1st - 8th largest in the world: Antarctic, Arctic, Sahara, Great Australian, Arabian, Gobi, Kalahari, Patagonian

• The Mountains 1st - 4th tallest in the world : Mount Everest, K2, Kangchenjunga, Lhotse

This resource contains:

• 60 cards (20 matches).
• The measurement cards all contain both forms of measurement (e.g., mi and km)
• PDF and PNG files.

Instructions:

• Print, laminate and cut the individual cards.
• Mix the cards. Using the imbedded arrows, students create matches of three.
• Cards can be divided into as few or as many sets as required.

Enjoy!