Finding Places on a Map

🌍Mission Brief #44

Maps help you find places.

🎯 Your mission

Navigate the world like an explorer with a question.

⚡ The twist

Maps lie a little — they always have to.

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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.

Maps help you find places. You can see your home, school, and stores. A map shows where to go. You can use a map with a friend. It makes finding places easy!

Key Facts

Maps show your home and school.

You can find places on a map.

Maps help you go to fun spots.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What can you find on a map?

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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