世界地理、國家研究 - 讓我們一起環遊世界（7-12歲）

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In this ongoing class we will discover the World one country at a time. Every week we will explore a new destination, starting from its location on the map, bordering countries and capital, taking virtual reality trips to some of the locations and looking at the architecture, diving into the language, culture and local food, while linking some facts to its ancient or more modern history, learning about some wild life, sports and other traditions and aspects.  We will not only learn physical, human or environmental geography. To awaken learners' curiosity we will aim to give them a taste of the local culture, exposing them to the similarities and differences between different parts of the World. Even though the places that we live in are unique, we all have something in common! Join us at any time to learn more! :)

As a solo female traveler, I have traveled to over 85 countries, meeting people, always looking to immerse myself in the local culture and explore off-the-beaten path. I am looking forward to sharing my love of travel and my curiosity about the world with your learner! 

Each class content will vary depending on the country, however there will be a common structure to each class:
 - Brief introduction
 - What do you know or have heard about the respective country? 
 - Presentation of new information (including location, capital, flag, weather or other geographical features, customs, typical local food, wild life, maybe learn a word or two in the local language)
 - Pictures, videos, virtual reality tours, virtual travel or field trip (using Nearpod)
- Classes will often include some information (from real travel experience of the teacher) about what it is like to travel to the respective country
 - Optional Kahoot Game (to check the retention of the new information in a fun, engaging way) *Given enough remaining time
I strongly believe that traveling can awaken learners' curiosity in so many different disciplines and of course just make them better understanding of the world around them. 

This is a fun and interactive class. Student are invited to actively participate by asking/answering questions, expressing their opinion, and making suggestions on what they want to learn about in future classes including which countries we will cover. We will use a Nearpod presentation for visuals (pictures, virtual reality tours and short videos) and to increase participation (collaboration boards and polls). I invest a lot of time each week to prepare for this class, researching and creating a fun presentation. 

Countries and places that we will explore (all as per learners' requests): 
Week of September 12 -->  Malaysia
Week of September 19 -->  Belgium
Week of September 26  -->  Colombia
Week of October 3 --> Botswana 
Week of October 10 -->  Chile
Week of October 17 -->  Tanzania
Week of October 24 -->  Cuba
Week of October 31 -->  Kyrgyzstan
*Schedule is subject to change.
** New destination will be added as we progress. If there is a specific country that the learners are interested in, feel free to request it and we can add it to the schedule.

Other countries currently requested by students (to be added to future class schedule):  UAE, Hong Kong, Sao Tome and Principe, Somalia, Kenya, Philippines, Nepal, Nigeria, Mozambique, Slovenia, Gabon, Georgia, Belarus, Haiti, Solomon Islands, Paraguay, Bhutan, Honduras, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Iran, Afghanistan 
Nicaragua, Uruguay, Poland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Cambodia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, 

Countries covered in previous classes: Russia, Italy, Canada, United Kingdom, Israel, Mexico, Egypt, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Turkey, Mongolia, Greenland, China, Switzerland, India, Germany, Australia, Norway, Austria, France, Brazil, Tunisia, Japan, Belize, Greece, USA, Costa Rica, Thailand, Bolivia, Ukraine, Dominican Republic, South Africa, Finland, Argentina, Jamaica, Indonesia, Iceland, Malawi, Hungary, Antarctica, Namibia, Sweden, Vietnam, Iraq, Morocco, 

There are additional activates that learners can complete after the class, including creating their own travel passport or scratch off each country as we visit it using a scratch-off map.


This is my most popular class on Outschool. And I have learners that have been attending this class since the day day I first offered it. 
This class will be a good fit for with different levels of interest in geography, from geography buffs to newbies.

Here's what some of my learners' parents have to say about this class:
-----> "Our 11 year old son really enjoys this ongoing class. Despite his vast knowledge and passion for all things geography, he continues to learn new and interesting things about the locations Oxana and the class explores. He also loves Oxana's open conversation and interactive style. Definitely one for your geography loving kids to try out!"
-----> "My son loves this class.  He takes a ton of Geography based classes and watches videos.  It is hard to find something that he finds interesting.  He likes this and asks to take it again each week!   :)"
-----> "... Thank you for making Geography fun and interesting.  She enjoys your class and is learning so much."

I hope to meet your traveler in class soon! :)

Note: This class is scheduled to last 40 min, however if there is less then 3 participants the class might run a little shorter (depending on learners' engagement and chattiness). If a section has only 1 learner, I will offer the option to transfer the learner to another section, so that we can keep the class fun and be able to play Kahoot together.