The use of geographical dictation as a form of testing students' knowledge is very great. What are the advantages of this method? There are many of them: variety in the lesson, introducing an element of entertainment, the formation of literate speech among schoolchildren, independence, saving the teacher's time to check the knowledge gained.
Many teachers have been successfully using these dictations for a long time, as they are able to form an image of the territory and fix them in memory. In the course of studying a geography course, the teacher can first compose them on their own, and then give them as homework: compose a similar dictation for the next topic.
Our planet
For the convenience of the dictation, each student can separately print small cards in advance. If this is not possible, then children can dictate questions or write them on the board. Since the device of our planet is studied in the fifth grade, the kids should not be overloaded. Our first dictation contains only four tasks.
- A few questions need to be answered. Based on the level of knowledge, students can be offered a schematic drawing of the solar system. First question: how many planets are there in the SS? Second question: what planet from the Sun is the Earth? Third question: between which planets is the Earth located?
- Write: what is the name of the path along which the planet moves around the Sun.
- What do you think causes the seasons to change?
- What is the name of the Earth's satellite, and what role does it play?
Map knowledge
The first task in the geographical dictation on the knowledge of the map, we suggest filling out a small table. The left column is a type of geographical map, the right column is what is shown (students must fill it out on their own).
| Physical map of the hemispheres | |
| Physical map of Russia | |
| Political map of the world | |
| Economic map | |
| Outline map |
Second task - choose the largest scale among the listed ones: 1:500000; 1:1000000; 1:25000 and 1:7500. Explain how to read the scale correctly.
The third task should also contain a detailed answer. It is necessary to determine the scale of the map, on which 2.5 thousand kilometers are shown as a segment of twenty centimeters. Write down your answer and explain how you got it.
Lithosphere
In this topic, we will strengthen our knowledge on the topic a little"Lithosphere", let's give the most popular questions for geographical dictation. Geography has many questions to offer, but these are the most interesting.
- What is the name of the molten substance of the mantle, which is saturated with gases and water vapor?
- Is the statement true: the thickness of the earth's crust on the continents is greater than the ocean?
- Choose the correct answer: sedimentary rock is: granite, bas alt, marble or rock s alt.
- What form of relief was formed as a result of wind activity: ravine, volcano, moraine ridge, dune.
Hydrosphere
To the geographical dictation on the topic "Hydrosphra" we can offer the following questions:
- What is the name of the water shell of the Earth (biosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere or atmosphere)?
- Water is (3/4, 2/3, 1/4 or 4/5) of Earth.
- Which resources account for the largest share of water (rivers and lakes, groundwater, glaciers or the world's oceans)?
- What is the name of the sea without shores (Black, Marmara, Sargasso or Arabian)?
- What is the largest ocean (Pacific, Atlantic, Indian or Arctic)?
- What is mineral water (pure underground water, sea, glacial or underground with impurities of s alts and gases useful to humans)?
As you can see, this dictation can also be done as a test to test your knowledge of the topic.
Atmosphere
Now moving on to the topic "Atmosphere",questions, answers of geographical dictation are presented in this section. Here the students have to give detailed answers.
- What gases does air consist of? Answer: nitrogen, oxygen, argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen.
- How does the air temperature in the troposphere change with height and why? Answer: the higher the altitude, the lower the temperature. This is due to the fact that the sun's rays heat the Earth, and it, in turn, gives off heat to the atmosphere.
Biosphere
Now we will list the questions for the geographical dictation to check the concepts of terms in the topic "Biosphere".
Define the following terms: biosphere, aerosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, living matter, artificial biosphere.
For convenience, you can divide the class into two options and offer each of them three terms.
Oceans
Questions for geographical dictation on the theme "Oceans" are presented in this section of the article.
- Which ocean has only southern borders?
- Using an atlas, make a description of one ocean according to the plan (name, GP, dimensions, prevailing depths, maximum depth, economic activities).
Russia
Geographical dictation may contain the following questions:
- Most of Russia is located on…
- How many entities are there in Russia?
- How many time zones are there in Russia?
- How many states border onRF?
- How many seas wash the territory of Russia?
- How many federal districts are there in Russia?
- The highest point in Russia…
- The lowest point in Russia…
Please note that this dictation can be used as a control test. Only four options remain to be added.
Global Issues
First question: what is the most pressing problem of mankind (environmental problem, food or demographic)?
Second question: What is the impact of environmental degradation (population quality, quality of life or he alth status)?
Third question: what will the destruction of the ozone shield lead to (development of oncology, climate change, restructuring of the gene pool)?
Question four: Where was the first UN conference held in 1954 (Cairo, Rome or Mexico City)?
Fifth question: What is sustainable development?
Sixth question: what is an environmental map?
