Topographic Maps and Contour Lines

Mission Brief #9

🎯 Your mission

Connect the place to the people.

⚡ The twist

Maps lie a little — they always have to.

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Street maps show roads, highways, and buildings. They help people find addresses, plan walking routes, and understand how neighborhoods are laid out.

Key facts

Remember these

Then & Now

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

Question 1 of 2

What do latitude lines measure?

How sure?😐 maybe

Question 2 of 2

What kind of map shows mountains and rivers?

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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