50 State Geography Games & Review

We'll be working on the geography of the 50 states in class this week and next. Use these sites to help you study.

An easier game and a good place to start if you don't know your states well:

http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/unitedstates.html

A fairly tough game where you need to type in the names of all 50 states while looking at an outline map:
http://www.sporcle.com/games/states.php

Challenging game using a satellite map that you drag the outline of the states onto:

http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/fiftystates2.jsp

Click and drag the name of the lower 48 states to their place on an outline map:

http://www.pibmug.com/files/map_test.swf

History Channel site about all the states. Lots of info and hunt around for some fun and challenging games.

http://www.history.com/topics/states

If you’re not at school, you can play the computer based geo game (that you remember from last year) online at:

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle.html

Good luck!
Which one is your favorite? What's your best score. Be prepared to share your thoughts and scores in class.