5 Fun Geography Activities to Do at Home

One of the best things about learning Geography is the endless possibilities for geography activities at home. When your students are learning about a certain topic, challenging them with real-world projects and experiments is a fantastic way to get them engaged with learning. Exploring geography at home becomes highly engaging for your students as it enables them to contextualise their learning within their own living environment.

Geography activities at home

Let’s dive into some exciting geography experiments and activities that your students can get involved with at home.

Create a weather diary

This could be an interesting homework activity for your students. Whatever year group you’re teaching, it can be adapted to require more or less detailed observations. All they need is a piece of paper/notepad and a pen (maybe some colours for any younger classes). What your students need to do is keep an eye on the weather when they’re back from school and make a diary of what they have observed.

It can be as simple as noting down if it rained or was sunny, all the way to more in-depth variables and information. This provides an excellent opportunity for your students to apply their knowledge effectively and is a brilliant activity to do at home.

Paper mache volcanoes

Creating paper mache volcanoes stands as a timeless and beloved geography activity, consistently earning the title of a classroom favourite. Using their knowledge of how volcanoes look and form, your students will need to create their miniature volcano out of paper mache and paint it too. On the day when your class brings in their creations to share with the class, you could also perform a chemical reaction in class to replicate a volcano eruption and observe how the ‘lava’ flows out of the crater.

Explore a forest or park using a map

Learning map skills? Why not ask your students to go on an exploration adventure around their local forest or park, plotting their route using a map? There’s often a public map on display at the entrances, so it’s a perfect opportunity for students to plan which way they’ll go and identify other features highlighted on the map.

Investigate rocks in your local area

Your students could go on a hunt to find a collection of different rocks in the local area. Think beaches, lakes and rivers. Can your budding geologists identify the various types of rocks in these areas, and maybe even predict the kinds that they’ll find? The fact that this activity can be done anywhere in the world is another reason why geography at home is so amazing. Everybody will get different results depending on their geographical location and this can be fascinating for students.

Create a holiday brochure

You could assign a destination to each of your students and ask them to design their own holiday brochure. This activity encourages students to delve into their geographical understanding, considering the unique features, attractions, and cultural highlights that draw visitors to the area, ultimately persuading them to book a holiday.

Book a Geography field trip with PGL!

We hope your students enjoy these geography activities at home! If you’re interested in taking your Geography students on a field trip then why not take a look at our residential school trips which include Geography GCSE trips, Geography KS3 trips, Geography A-Level trips and Self-taught Field trips. They offer pupils an experience they’ll never forget! Life at PGL is about adventure, fun and laughter! With fantastic group activities galore, your students will never tire of the wide range of adrenaline-fuelled activities and amazing activities into the evening too.

We provide school trips for primary schools and secondary schools that are all about outdoor education! Take a look at some of our programmes: