Travel Game for Kids Geography Math

Dregco escapes New York City, after visiting several famous landmarks.  Students are provided with two important math formulas involved in travel, as well as a short lesson on which countries still use miles as opposed to kilometers.

This lecture establishes what Dregco's plans are.  Children are introduced to two important factors,

surveillance cameras and an FBI Analyst. This lecture helps to increase a child's awareness.

In this lecture children will learn about the city of San Francisco, Silicon Valley and major high tech companies located in the San Francisco Bay Area.  Children also learn about the three letter airport codes.  See Resources to learn more about airport codes and the organization that is responsible for the codes.   In this lecture kids will receive detail instructions on their assignment to help Detective Jarbo catch or stop Dregco.

You will need to figure out the time it takes to go from point A to point B.  You will then need to determine if Detective Jarbo will catch Dregco based on your math problems

In this lecture students learn about Mexico City, population, images, and date the city was established.  Students will need to help Detective Jarbo figure out where Drego might go next???  Use the Resource Tab to learn more about Mexico City.

This short lecture explains knots, nautical miles and changing knots into miles per hour.  Math Formula; multiplication; division.  See Resources for Longitude and Latitude.

In this quiz you will review turning knots into nautical miles.

Kids learn a secret about Dregco and must determine where to send Detective Jarbo, to Mexico City, Hawaii or Tokyo. Japan?  A lesson in decision making.

In this lecture, children visit Tokyo, Japan, the world's largest city  The video lecture shares images of people, trends and places in Tokyo including Tokyo Disneyland, children in school and Japanese kimonos.  Detective Jarbo experiences disappointment when he doesn't catch Dregco,   

The FBI has a strong talk with Professor Spencer and she admits to knowing more about Dregco than she previously revealed.  The FBI ends up contacting the United Nations after the White House gives permission.  The UN calls an emergency meeting to deal with the Dregco security risk.  Please see Resources for assignment on learning more about the United Nations

These are the new rules.  The United Nations Special Cyber-Crime Council doesn't want Dregco arrested.  The  UN wants to know exactly what Dregco is up to.  They want to stop anyone else from committing the same crime in the future. 

Children will learn about the Island of Hong Kong.  Hong Kong is an autonomous territory, and former British colony, located in southeastern China This lecture build awareness and understanding about different cultures.  We are not sure if Dregco will go to Hong Kong or not.

Shanghai is 1,096 miles from Tokyo. In the Detective Game of Jarbo and Dregco, we're not sure which city Dregco will visit next.  Children will learn interesting facts about the city of Shanghai and the Chinese cultural.

Now that all the countries know about Dregco, they will be watching as he travels the world.  Dregco may visit Mumbai, India.  In this video children learn about the city of Numbai,  about the children and different modes of transportation in India. The research online delivered different population numbers for China and India.  We can never be sure of the exact numbers, only what they tell us.

What is the travel time?

Children will visit Russia in this short video.  To learn more facts about the country of Russia, use the link in Resources to connect to National Geographic for Kids

Look up the Airport Code for International Airport in Moscow, Russia

Children get an opportunity to help Detective Jarbo, decide where Dregco may go next.  A world map is presented and children can see the correlation between Moscow, Russia and Istanbul, Turkey.   

This video shares important facts about the City of Istanbul in Turkey. 

How long will it take Detective Jarbo to fly from Moscow, Russia to Istanbul in Turkey?

This video goes over the continents Dregco has not visited.  Children will read the world map and learn which continents Dregco may visit next.

Children are asked to identity the seven continents.

Children learn what a peninsula is and which countries are located on the Arabian Peninsula.  A lifestyle and culture awareness lecture.

A quick look at Saudi Arabia, the capital city and the country's wealth and lifestyle.  The goal of this lecture is to increase culture and lifestyle awareness. .

Select the best answer for each question.

Children were asked to determine what are the largest cities near Saudi Arabia.  In this lecture children improve map reading skills and decision making based on the population of cities close to Saudi Aribia.

In this lecture kids learn about Egypt, Cairo, Giza, the Nile River and the Suez Canal.  The answer to the question of how long will it take Detective Jarbo to reach Cairo, Egypt if the flight miles are 1,019 miles, and the aircraft is traveling 480 mph, is approximately 2.12 minutes.