Social Studies · Grade 5
Wayfinder
Skill: Map skills
What students practice
Use latitude and longitude to find places on a world map, name the hemispheres a place is in, identify the Equator, Prime Meridian, tropics and polar circles, and locate the oceans, continents and twelve large countries.
Helpful to know first
Knows the cardinal directions and can name most continents.
This beta demo is still being reviewed. Each activity includes a way to report a confusing question.
Wayfinder is a navigation game about world geography. Choose a voyage: Oceans & Continents, Latitude & Longitude, or Countries of the World. Read the chart, then plot a course by tapping the place your orders name, and take a fix by reading where the ship already is.
Wrong headings explain themselves, like “30°N is on the other side of the Equator.” Missed questions come back for a second look at the end of each stage. Nothing is timed.