This time, we are going to a chain of islands known as the Caribbean. They are named after the Carib people, one of the first groups to live on the islands. To get there, I will have to fly a long way, across the Atlantic Ocean and then south towards the equator.
There are hundreds of Caribbean islands, including 21 different countries. Some of these countries are half labelled on the map - can you drag the vowels to the right places to complete their names?
Three bodies of water surround the Caribbean islands - the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. Use the compass rose to work out which body of water is:
To the north and east of the islands
To the north-west of the islands
To the south of the islands
Do you know what the difference is between an Ocean, a Gulf and a Sea?
When I get to the Caribbean, I have four days to visit some of my friends. The trouble is that they live on seven different islands!
Roll your cursor over the map to find out who they are!
Jack will fly a long way to visit all his friends. Click on the icon for his four day plan and a table of distances between the islands he needs to visit. Calculate how far Jack will fly each day, and how far he will fly in total over the four days.
Caribbean islands come in all shapes and sizes. Can you help Cecile with her homework to complete the first column of island areas on this table? Click here to get some help from Jack.
How did you get on? Now print out the table and have a go at these questions:
Which island has the largest area?
If you put the islands in order from the smallest to the largest, which island would be in the middle?
Haiti has the largest population - true or false?
Most islands have less than a million people - true or false?
Complete the table by working out the population density of each island. To do this, use a calculator to divide the total population by the area - for example, 7,200 people ÷ 600 square km = 12. Round up your figures to the nearest whole person! So, there are 12 people in every one square kilometre.
Click on for the answers.
Every island has its own special features. Click on the islands and see if you can guess where these three people live in the Caribbean.
There are hundreds of Caribbean islands, including 21 different countries. Some of these countries are half labelled on the map - can you drag the vowels to the right places to complete their names?
Jack will fly a long way to visit all his friends. Click on the icon for his four day plan and a table of distances between the islands he needs to visit. Calculate how far Jack will fly each day, and how far he will fly in total over the four days.
How did you get on? Now 
