Globe Sleuth

• Grades 2–5
• Geography
• Reading

Globe Sleuth is a detective chase across the map: read what the witnesses saw, fly to the right city, and name the thief. 200 cases take kids through all 50 states and then around the world, and every case is new each time.

Free trial: 3 days with the first 25 levels of every game. No card needed.

What it teaches

• US states, capitals and landmarks, then countries of the world
• Read clues and make inferences (where did the thief go?)
• Listen to read-aloud details and use evidence to decide

Standards

Common Core (Math / ELA)

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.1 Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text …

TEKS (Texas)

• TEKS SS 2.1(B) Identify and explain the significance of various community, state, and national landmarks such as monuments and government buildings.
• TEKS SS 5.16(D) Explain the significance of important landmarks, including the White House, the Statue of Liberty, and Mount Rushmore.
• TEKS SS 6.3(C) Identify and locate major physical and human geographic features such as landforms, water bodies, and urban centers of various places and regions.
• TEKS SS 6.3(D) Identify the location of major world countries for each of the world regions.
• TEKS 2.6(F) Make inferences and use evidence to support understanding.

B.E.S.T. (Florida math & ELA)

• ELA.K12.EE.3.1 Make inferences to support comprehension.
• ELA.K12.EE.1.1 Cite evidence to explain and justify reasoning.

Florida NGSSS (science / social studies) & Florida Computer Science

• SS.2.G.2.2 Using maps and globes, locate the student's hometown, Florida, North America, and both the state and national capitals.
• SS.3.G.2.5 Identify natural and man-made landmarks in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
• SS.5.G.1.6 Locate and identify states, capitals, and United States Territories on a map.

C3 Framework (social studies)

• D2.Geo.2.K-2 Use maps, graphs, photographs, and other representations to describe places and the relationships and interactions that shape them.
• D2.Geo.6.K-2 Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.