Globes Show the Whole Earth

Mission Brief #36

🎯 Your mission

Connect the place to the people.

⚡ The twist

Maps lie a little — they always have to.

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Map scale helps you figure out real distances. If one inch on the map equals one mile, you can measure to see how far apart places are.

Key facts

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Then & Now

🌍 The geography you'll learn is the same one your phone's GPS is using right now.

Question 1 of 2

What does a map show?

How sure?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 2

What is a compass rose?

How sure?😐 maybe

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🌍 Why this still matters: Every label on the food in your kitchen says where it traveled from.

🏆 Try this week: Find where everything in your fridge came from this week.

👨‍👩‍👧 At dinner: “If you could live anywhere on Earth, where would it be — and why?”

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