A quick country-border discovery
Meet Mexico’s three neighboring countries. Distinguish a shared land or river boundary from a place across the sea.
Follow the country bordersMEXICO · 31 STATES AND MEXICO CITYFollow a clue.
Follow a clue.
Find a new place.
Start with a peninsula. Follow neighboring shapes. Discover Mexico in small steps, with time to remember what you’ve learned.
Start finding MexicoOne new place · two short clues · no timer
GO A LITTLE DEEPER · OPTIONAL NEXT CHAPTER
Discover borders and connectionsWho is next door?
Follow shared state edges, meet Mexico’s three neighboring countries, and discover where rivers form part of a boundary. Eight short stories connect the places you are learning.
Two clues, then try the map · Recognition and border skills keep their own progress.
FOLLOW WATER · EXPLORE REAL LANDSCAPES
Discover water and volcanoesWhat shaped this place?
Trace a lake’s river connections, follow water through a canyon, and discover a cenote. Then compare real volcanoes and travel through Parícutin’s story.
Six short discoveries · two clues at a time · Remember the connections with later-day reviews.
LOOK CLOSELY · LIFE BY THE COAST
Discover roots and wetlandWhy do these roots reach for air?
Find Celestún on the coast, then investigate a real photograph of black mangrove roots. One small discovery connects a place with a plant’s surprising adaptation.
Two short clues · a map check and a root mystery
LOOK CLOSELY · A FOREST WITH SEASONS
Discover a forest with seasonsCan a forest have bare branches?
Find Chamela near the Pacific. Look at a real forest photograph and discover why the season matters.
Two clues · a map check and a seasonal mystery
LOOK CLOSELY · LIVING LANDSCAPES
Discover living landscapesHow does a place shape a living thing?
Explore real landscapes and discover how plants and animals meet the challenges of their homes. Start with water stored inside a cactus stem.
0 / 4 discoveries complete · two clues at a time
HISTORY DETECTIVE · ONE DISCOVERY
Discover history detectiveAn old place, a new discovery
Find Templo Mayor in Mexico City. Look at real remains and separate the year something was found from when it was made.
Two clues · a map check and a history puzzle
TWO CLUES AT A TIME
Start a discoveryplaces through time
Investigate a fort, a congress, a constitution, a battle and a science museum. Separate events from outcomes.
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TWO CLUES AT A TIME
Start a discoveryremarkable places
Discover earth-built rooms, hilltop cities, raised reliefs and connected coastal habitats.
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Make the map familiar, four places at a time.
Continue follows your next unfinished stop. You can also open any group. These are learning groups, not official regions or habitats.
Begin with two Bajas, then cross the Gulf of California to the mainland.
Connect three northern states, then step south into San Luis Potosí.
Follow Sinaloa inland through Durango and Zacatecas to Aguascalientes.
Follow a coastal chain, one neighboring shape at a time.
Use familiar neighbors to find four places in the center.
Distinguish Mexico City, then meet Morelos, Puebla and Tlaxcala.
Recognize the long Gulf edge and three southern Pacific states.
Follow the Gulf coast to Mexico’s part of the Yucatán Peninsula.