Asia Guide

The largest and most populated continent on Earth, Asia is the home of more than half of all the people in the world! The geography of the continent is very diverse, from the icy northern tundra, through the dry Gobi desert, to the southern rain forests.

The three largest cities in the world, Tokyo, Delhi and Shanghai, are all located in Asia.

Teach your children about Asia using our handy topic guide!

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Teaching Ideas

Use an atlas, globe or Google Maps to locate Asia. Use Biome Viewer to see the range of biomes on the continent. Compare to another continent. What do you notice?
Try this Oak National Academy lesson, where children make a virtual visit to Asia, as part of a unit on the continents of the world.
Research a country in Asia and create a presentation or factfile about it.
Try a recipe from Asia, such as naan bread or sushi.
Take a virtual tour of Agra Fort in India and create a picture of it.
Using this list, find some Asian capital cities on Google Maps.

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Resources

Download our Asia Banner for your display board from this page.
This Britannica article could be used for research or as a guided reading text.
These Asian flag colouring pages include information about the flags.
Explore the city of Hong Kong using this series of lessons from the Royal Geographical Society.

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Asia Facts

Asia is the largest continent on Earth. Over 4.5 billion people live in an Asian country.
The highest and the lowest land on the planet are found in Asia. The highest is the peak of Mount Everest, and the lowest is the Dead Sea, which is over 400 metres below sea level!
Over 2,000 languages are spoken in Asia. Mandarin Chinese is the most spoken, with over 1 billion speakers.
The city of Kyoto in Japan has over 1,600 Buddhist temples.
Indonesia has over 150 volcanoes, of which about 70 are active.

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