Oceania Geography Map and Research Skills Activity

Students will review map skills and research skills by going on a geography treasure hunt through Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Micronesia, Melanesia, and more). There are 37 questions and most answers are either a country, city, landform, landmark, or animal. Three questions have students identify which locations correspond to 9 latitude and longitude coordinates.  

There are then 2 questions to determine where the "treasure" is located (one letter from some of the previous questions will give students what they need to find the location). They must identify the country and the specific landform within the country to "find the treasure." They will then creatively, but plausibly, describe how they could retrieve the "treasure" from said location. Lastly, students will draw or describe what the treasure is that they have uncovered. 

Time permitting, a map is included where students can mark the locations of each answer. The answers are included and if your students have access to research materials this would be great for a sub!

Sample questions include:
--What do the countries in the region almost all lack?
--What are two names for Australia’s sandstone monolith in the Northern Territory’s “Red Centre?”
--Which strait separates New Zealand’s South Island from Steward Island?
--Which is the longest river in the region?
--Which part of Oceania is Vanuatu located in?
--Where can you visit Karlamilyi National Park?
--What type of landform is the Great Australian Bight?
--What type of animal is a spotted wobbegong and where is it endemic to?

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