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Geography Belt Loop and
Academic Art Pin
Requirements
Belt Loop
Complete these three requirements:
Draw a map of your
neighborhood. Show natural and manmade features. Include a key or legend of
map symbols.
Learn about the physical
geography of your community. Identify the major landforms within 100 miles.
Discuss with an adult what you learned.
Use a world globe or map to
locate the continents, the oceans, the equator, and the northern and
southern hemispheres. Learn how longitude and latitude lines are used to
locate a site.
Academics Pin
Earn the Geography belt loop, and
complete five of the following requirements:
Make a three-dimensional model
of an imaginary place. Include five different landforms, such as mountains,
valleys, lakes, deltas, rivers, buttes, plateaus, basins, and plains.
List 10 cities around the
world. Calculate the time it is in each city when it is noon in your town.
Find the company's location on
the wrapper or label of 10 products used in your home, such as food,
clothing, toys, and appliances. Use a world map or atlas to find each
location.
On a map, trace the routes of
some famous explorers. Show the map to your den or family.
On a United States or world
map, mark where your family members and ancestors were born.
Keep a map record of the
travels of your favorite professional sports team for one month.
Read a book (fiction or
nonfiction) in which geography plays an important part.
Take part in a geography bee
or fair in your pack, school, or community.
Choose a country in the world
and make a travel poster for it.
Play a geography-based board
game or computer game. Tell an adult some facts you learned about a place
that was part of the game.
Draw or make a map of your
state. Include rivers, mountain ranges, state parks, and cities. Include a
key or legend of map symbols.
