Locating neighbouring countries
Locate the countries and regions neighbouring their own country on maps and globes and describe their direction and relative distance (e.g. Australia's neighbours New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Timor-Leste and the Pacific Islands)
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NASA Space Place · Practice link — not the full lesson
Home | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
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Free geography/earth resource useful for Locating neighbouring countries. An adult guides the exploration; not a full atlas course.
Free educational page, no sign-in for the tested path.
Before you openAsk the learner to point to one place or feature and describe it.
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Public NASA Space Place page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.
NASA Space Place. “Home | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.
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Check understanding
- Locate their own country's neighbouring countries and regions on a world map or globe (e.g. for Australia: New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Timor-Leste and the Pacific Islands)
- Describe the direction of each neighbour from their own country using compass points (e.g. 'Papua New Guinea is north of Australia')
- Use a map scale or distance tool to compare which neighbouring country is closest
“Looking at a world map or globe, can your child find the countries closest to ours — and say which direction each one is?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Geography
- Domain
- Maps & Spatial Skills
- Age range
- Ages 8–9
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