Lesson 43 of 84 · Maps and Geography

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How GPS and Satellites Help Us Navigate

🌍Mission Brief #43

GPS, or Global Positioning System, uses satellites in space to help us find our way on Earth.

🎯 Your mission

Find it on the map. Then find what makes it special.

⚡ The twist

Borders move. Mountains don't.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 There's a country (Vatican City) that's smaller than most golf courses.

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Then & Now

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

GPS, or Global Positioning System, uses satellites in space to help us find our way on Earth. These satellites send signals to GPS devices, like those in our cars or smartphones, allowing us to see our location on a map. By using these signals, GPS can also give us directions to reach our destination quickly and safely. This technology has changed how we travel and explore new places!

Key Facts

GPS stands for Global Positioning System.

Satellites send signals to help locate positions on Earth.

GPS can give directions to help us navigate.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What does GPS stand for?

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.

Find where everything in your fridge came from this week.

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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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