Find out about European countries

Zoom into Europe
Take a look at the countries of Europe for interesting facts and a zoomable map.

Slide the stars
How many countries do you know? Slide the stars and name all the EU countries on this interactive map game.

Is that a fact?
Lots of facts on every country, just type in the European country that you want

I’m the map
Some of the EU countries are here. Just click to learn.

Slide shows and more
Click on Europe for information on some European countries as well as fabulous images and useful facts about the country.

Before you travel
Looking for more information about Europe? Try the tourism sites here.

European flags

European flag
All about the flag, anthem and motto of the EU.

Flags of Europe
They’re all here.

Games (to test yourself!)

What do you know about Europe?
Lots of games to try out what you have learned about the EU.

Test yourself on Europe
Do you know the EU candidate countries?

Flying high
Guess which country the pilot is flying over – see who’s the fastest at this?

Europe map game
A fun game to help you identify countries in Europe.

Word search
Find the Italian cities hidden in the wordsearch.

Try European languages

Play the Memory Game!
Council of Europe Languages

Talk to Me game
How many languages can you guess?

How do you say that?
Click on the languages on the right hand side and have fun finding out how to say basic words in different EU languages.

a-Maze-ing languages
Play your way through the maze, guess the names of European languages. Watch out for the spiders! Imir as Gaeilge más maith leat!

Europe long ago

Ancient Europe
Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome and the Middle Ages, exploring clothing, religion, mythology, environment, food, philosophy, arts and sports of the different eras.

Europe now

Visit a country from home
Explore the wonders of new countries without leaving your home! Visit a European country, take a virtual a tour and challenge yourself with the online quiz.

Everyday life in Europe
Click on the interactive map to find out lots of interesting things about everyday life in some European countries. What was the most interesting thing you learned?

Life in France
Read about daily life in France, especially about the menu and food and then try the quiz.

Show me the money

Coins and flags
Match the Euro coin to its country by clicking on the correct country or flag.

More money
Learn about how Euro came about.

Earn your place on the Euro crew
Play games and quizzes about the euro, but you need to think fast and react quickly to stay in the game! Bain triail as trí Ghaeilge!

Science and environment

European Space Agency
Packed with information, news, games and activities including making model spacecraft.

Our European environment
EU themes for the next 10 years: air, water, waste and nature.

Inventors and scientists

Galileo Galilei
Proved that the earth revolves around the sun

Isaac Newton
What happened when he saw an apple falling to the ground?

Charles Darwin
The origin of the species

Marie Curie
The most famous woman scientist, and her daughters were scientists too

Leonardo da Vinci
An artist and a scientist – how cool is that?

Albert Einstein
A very smart guy.

Alexander Graham Bell
Ring! Ring!

Louis Pasteur
He was into germs.

Archimedes
He figured out the bathtub experiment.

Explorers

Marco Polo, from Venice, Italy

Christopher Colombus, from Genoa, Italy

Ferdinand Magellan, from Portugal

Captain James Cook, from Yorkshire, England

Vasco Da Gama, from Portugal

St Brendan the Navigator, the Irish explorer

Thor Heyerdahl, the modern day Norwegian explorer

Art and artists

Make a Picasso head
Have some fun making your own Picasso-style head. You can enlarge, shrink, print and email as well!

Make music (or noise) to paintings
Try making some famous paintings noisy by adding sound effects and music tracks, including Rousseau’s Jungle. Great fun!

Noisy jungle painting
If you liked the noisy jungle painting, why not invent your own jungle just like Rousseau did?

The Kids Tate Gallery
Experiment with some famous European art in the Tate Gallery in London.

Kandinsky – great with colour
See Kandinsky’s Sea Battle painting on this interactive site. Explore how he uses colours, shapes, lines to suggest a battle.

Cezanne, Van Gogh and Degas
Explore the art in some interactive activities.

Carnival in Venice
Click on the icons and enjoy some fabulous Carnival masks of Venice. What’s your favourite?

Disguise in Venice
Would you like to go out and about in disguise? Find out why the Venetians liked to wear masks and which ones they preferred.

Famous artists
Look at the paintings of 15 different famous artists.

Pompidou Centre
Visit the famous Pompidou Centre in Paris – combines art and science

Music and musicians

Composers in Europe
Not every country in Europe, but lots here. Choose a country and find out more about composers there.

Traditional tunes in Europe
Can you play any of these on the recorder? You could use one in your presentation or story about Europe.

Music from Scotland
Explore, listen to and make Scottish music

Food

All you can eat in Europe
Scroll down on the right hand side for recipes - lots of ideas for traditional food from across Europe. Try making cabbage rolls from Finland or beans with apples from the Netherlands!

Farming

Farming in Europe
Learn about the lives of EU animals, their welfare and needs. There’s also a fun farming game here.

Sport

European football fans!
Look at San Siro, see the stadiums of the future, find out all about great European players.

Stories

A European Author
Read about the life of Hans Christian Andersen and find out where he got ideas for his stories.

Literature
Hans Christian Andersen
Follow his travels of all over Europe in the last century. See how many countries he visited, how he got there, how long his journey took.

European Myths
Stories from Iceland, Scotland, Finland, Brittany, Italy. Get the headphones on! (See the one about the Gigantic Stones from Brittany)

Emergency number in the EU

Emergency Number
Imagine you are on holidays in Europe. You have an accident, you see a fire or you spot a burglary– would you know who to call? Find out and then test your knowledge.

Search engines for children

Cybersleuth Kids

Kids Yahoo

 

 

 

 

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