Around the world word search
From the Tasman Sea to the South Pole and right round the globe. Twenty words about continents, oceans and the lines on the map, for young geographers.
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Asia
- Atlantic
- Atlas
- Compass
- Date line
- Equator
- Europe
- Globe
- Hemisphere
- Indian Ocean
- Latitude
- North Pole
- Pacific
- Scott Base
- South Pole
- Southern Ocean
- Tasman Sea
- Time zone
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
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Name
| E | T | I | N | D | I | A | N | O | C | E | A | N | O |
| E | A | F | O | D | O | N | D | C | E | H | I | R | P |
| L | G | O | R | A | S | T | P | O | N | E | A | T | O |
| A | R | W | T | T | O | A | A | M | R | M | T | A | C |
| T | A | G | H | E | U | R | C | P | A | I | L | T | T |
| I | F | L | P | L | T | C | I | A | T | S | A | I | A |
| T | R | O | O | I | H | T | F | S | L | P | N | M | S |
| U | I | B | L | N | P | I | I | S | A | H | T | E | M |
| D | C | E | E | E | O | C | C | G | S | E | I | Z | A |
| E | A | H | A | W | L | A | C | U | F | R | C | O | N |
| S | O | U | T | H | E | R | N | O | C | E | A | N | S |
| S | C | O | T | T | B | A | S | E | S | M | S | E | E |
| E | Q | U | A | T | O | R | E | M | E | R | I | S | A |
| I | M | E | U | R | O | P | E | U | E | P | A | C | C |
Find these words
- Africa
- Antarctica
- Asia
- Atlantic
- Atlas
- Compass
- Date line
- Equator
- Europe
- Globe
- Hemisphere
- Indian Ocean
- Latitude
- North Pole
- Pacific
- Scott Base
- South Pole
- Southern Ocean
- Tasman Sea
- Time zone
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About this word search
From New Zealand the rest of the world is a long way off, and that shapes how Kiwis look at the map. The Tasman Sea lies between us and Australia, the Southern Ocean between us and Antarctica, and Scott Base, New Zealand's research station on Ross Island, has been there since 1957. The international date line runs east of New Zealand, which is why we are among the first to start each new day.
The grid is fourteen by fourteen and words run across, down and diagonally, never backwards. Southern Ocean is the longest at thirteen letters, then Indian Ocean with eleven and Antarctica and Hemisphere with ten. Asia is the shortest with four letters. North Pole and South Pole share the letters POLE, so make sure you have the right one. Look for the Z in Time zone and the Q in Equator. Two-word names like Tasman Sea and Scott Base run together without a space.
Use the sheet with a globe: when you find a word, point to it on the globe before you cross it out. Older children can draw a world map from memory afterwards and add every word from the list.
Ways to use this word search
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