Mapping the Playground

🌍Mission Brief #80

A playground can be mapped to help us find things.

🎯 Your mission

Connect the place to the people.

⚡ The twist

Borders move. Mountains don't.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 Russia spans 11 time zones. You could leave on Monday and arrive on Tuesday without traveling for a day.

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Then & Now

🌍 Where things are still decides who gets what.

A playground can be mapped to help us find things. We can show where swings, slides, and sandbox areas are located. A map of the playground helps kids know where to play. It also helps teachers keep everyone safe during playtime.

Key Facts

Maps show where things are located.

Playground maps help us find fun places.

Maps can help keep us safe at play.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What can a map of a playground show?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Why this still matters

Every label on the food in your kitchen says where it traveled from.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Pull up a map and find a country you've never heard of. Look up one fact.

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For the dinner table

“If you could live anywhere on Earth, where would it be — and why?”

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