Get ready for an exciting voyage across the world! Come along as we walk on the Great Wall of China, wander through the Amazon Rainforest, and climb the Egyptian Pyramids! Within this curriculum you’ll discover the sights and sounds of 31 countries across the globe. You’ll get hands-on with fun activities, crafts, recipes and more! So grab your passports, and get ready to go! It’s time for Expedition Earth!
We’ll be using this for our Geography and Science this year, so I hope you’ll join in with us! And since I’ve had so many requests, I decided to do a video to show you some of the fun things included in this curriculum!
Check out my video review of Expedition Earth World Geography
Want more information? Check out Expedition Earth: A Journey Through God’s World
So what is Expedition Earth: A Journey Through God’s World?
Expedition Earth is a hands on world geography curriculum that covers 31 countries across the world. It is designed primarily for K-5th grade students. Students will learn the continents, oceans, people, cultures, animals, climates, try new foods, crafts and more, all through hands-on activities! I used it with my preschooler, 1st grader, and 2nd grader all together. (My preschooler didn’t do any reports, but she did learn the country names, songs, languages, pray and do all the fun crafts and recipe activities!)
The revised version includes Lap Books for each country, new information, internet links, and books. Here’s a peek at the Teacher’s Manual. It includes everything you need for each lesson including any additional info, internet links, reading assignments, crafts, and recipes for each country as needed. There are 32 weeks of lesson plans, plus a Christmas Around the World Unit. The Teacher’s Manual is outlined for you on a daily basis and even includes a Craft Supply Shopping List for each country just to make your life a little easier!
Click here to download a sample of our Brazil Week
What’s included?
- 7 Wonders of the World
- World Lap Book
- Geographical Locations
- Mapping Skills
- Science: Ecosystems Study
- Geography Vocabulary
- People of the Region
- How to Pray for the Regions
- Christmas around the world
- Children like me
- Science: Animals mini-books for each country
- Science: Animal Classification Study
- Food and recipes
- Craft activities
- Country Songs
- Review Games
- Reports & Quizzes
- Country, continent, ecosystem, and animal reports
Here’s a peek at the Student Workbook: It contains everything you need for each student in one easy printable section. The student workbook includes mapping and flag pages for each country along with mini-books that you’ll use to complete a World Lap Book.
Language study: Each country comes with a fun flashcard to help you learn how to say “hello” in the main language of the country!
Additional activities for older students:Depending on the age of your student you may want some additional challenge. I have created 5 reports that your student can complete depending on interest or skill level.
- Country Report
- Continent Report
- Animal Report
- Ecosystem Report
- Children Like Me Report
- Country Quizzes
Printable Passport: No world wide expedition would be complete without a fun souvenir for the students! Expedition Earth comes with a fun printable passport that you can use to stamp for each country visited. I have also included printable flags that can be added to your passport as you travel through.
And as an added bonus, all students participating in Expedition Earth will receive a a commemorative Certificate of Completion once they’ve completed their journey!
Additional Reading: I’ve included an additional reading resource section in the Appendix of the teacher’s manual, and I also suggest visiting your local library or doing an internet search for countries that interest your child. They can use these books during their free reading time for a more in depth study!
As if that weren’t enough, I also included an animal unit study called Expedition Earth: Discovering God’s Animals. It’s a wonderful supplement for Expedition Earth, and includes animals found in each country, a mini-book, and animal cards. It also includes animal classification labels for an animal wall. Here’s a peek:
Click here to download the Discovering God’s Animals Supplement FREE!
Hi! I was wondering if it is possible to do the countries out of order?? I bought and set up to use MFW exploring countries and cultures but really wanted to add extra countries in. But my friend had your Expedition Earth and I love all that you do…I’m thinking at combining side some of the activities already overlap…i don’t want to give up ECC completely though bc I really like the aspects it has that yours doesn’t-AND I’ve already sent a huge amount of time planning and setting up…but they go in a different order…will anything be wonky if we start with North America?? Thanks!!
Hi Amy,
Yes you can do them out of order 🙂 I would probably stick to one continent at a time just to make it easier, but you can skip around 🙂
Thank you for your super fast response!!
Are the lessons scripted?
No, they are bullet point type instructions, with detailed facts for each region as well as a teacher’s manual with answers to the student workbook.