Discovery+the+World+-+Interactive+Activity

In this interactivity you will explore the earth, its features and its continents and countries. =//Mapping our world//=


 * __Your job as learners and teachers:__**

- Create a notebook presentation by using the questions below as a guide. You will then record yourself explaining each page. The recording will be uploaded to the World Connections to this WIKISPACE. - By using the screen feature, you will capture pictures to show your answer on each notebook page.


 * __Resources that you may need to help you with this activity:__**

- Open a Notebook document - Mini lesson about Floating toolbar [] - Mapping our World Website: [] - Use Google Earth to explore and take screen shots of variety of places as it relates to the provided questions.

Name three of the features you would expect to be able to see on the Earth even from quite far away. Name some things that would not be seen from space. Why would they not be seen? If you were looking at a globe or a map - even a very large scale, close-up map - why would you not find people, animals and cars marked on it? What surprised you most about the globe on the view from space? Was there something you expected to see but couldn't? If you were an alien, what would you say about planet Earth when you returned to planet Famox? Questions to consider: What are the strengths and weaknesses of both projections? Which countries or continents seemed to change the most between the two versions? How would you feel if you looked at a map of the world and saw that your country seemed much smaller than it really was? Why do you think charities like Oxfam tend to use the Peters projection map? Why is it so difficult to create a 'perfect' map of the world? Questions to consider as a focus: Which map or maps did you find most difficult to use? Why do you think this was the case? Which country or countries did you have most difficulty locating? Why do you think this was? Did you find it easier to find countries that we generally regard as 'richer' than countries we generally regard as 'poorer'?
 * __These lessons and provided questions will give you a base for your presentation:__**
 * Lesson One:**
 * //What does the globe look like? What's the relationship between a map and a globe? And how do the shapes of continents change when you flatten a globe into a map?//**
 * //Questions to answer://**
 * //Lesson Two://**
 * Map Merging makes it easy for teachers and pupils to compare the Mercator, Peters and Eckert IV projections. What are their similarities and differences? And how do they measure-up to country area statistics?**
 * Lesson Three:**
 * How do a countries projections influence the view of our world?**