PPT-Maps and Globes are Models of Earth

Section 12 Maps and Globes A map is a flat model of the surface of the Earth It is the Birds eye view of an area Show natural AND humanmade features A globe represents Earth as if you were looking at it from Outer Space. NameDate Maps and Globes Geographers have many tools to help them learn about Earth.Today Do . YOU. know the difference? . The tools that geographers use the most often are . MAPS. . and . GLOBES.. A map is . FLAT . drawing that shows all or part of the Earth’s surface. . A globe is a . Maps. Both. Globes. Flat & portable, distorted. Show geographic info. Only accurate means of showing the earth. to scale. Show whole world, or. part of it. Can be physical or political. Can only show the whole world, no parts. . On the blank paper at your desk complete a brainstorm with your group (each person must use a different color). Topographic Maps 11/18. Contour maps show the changes in elevation on the Earth’s surface.. G. eography and You. September 2014. What is Geography?. Geography is the study of how the earth works and how people interact with it.. It is about the world we live in. Take the Challenge?. Which country is Canada’s largest trading partner?. Globe. is a three-dimensional scale model of Earth. . Presents the most accurate depiction of geographic information. . Map . is a symbolic representation of all or part of the earth on a flat piece of paper. Maps can be useful in showing small areas in great detail.. Directions:. Cut out photos and sort onto the chart “Maps and Globes.” . A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE: One summers day at noon, around 255 B.C., Eratosthenes drove a stake into the ground at the mouth of the Nile River in Alexandria, Egypt. Eratosthenes wrote down the angle of the shadow cast by the stake. Around the same time in . September 2014. What is Geography?. Geography is the study of how the earth works and how people interact with it.. It is about the world we live in. Take the Challenge?. Which country is Canada’s largest trading partner?. . Presenter: Alicia McGee. Email: . amcgee@mobilemcps.org. Make a copy of this to take notes!. Maps and Geography . We want students to become global students….. So….. Students should be able to:. Claudia . Mesnil. -Baez . Social Studies Lesson grade 2 & 3 . Continents . Continents are main expanses of land. They are made up of countries . Earth / Globe terms . Ocean: The oceans are the larger bodies of water that surround the lands of the world. . . Presenter: Alicia McGee. Email: . amcgee@mobilemcps.org. Make a copy of this to take notes!. Maps and Geography . We want students to become global students….. So….. Students should be able to:. . 3. Copy the following definitions:. Geography. - the study of the Earth, people, places and environments.. Map Legend- . gives symbols to represent places on a map. Map Scale- . compares distance on a map to actual distance on the Earth.. The oldest map?. Konya . town map, Turkey, c. 6200 BC. Milestones Project. http://www.math.yorku.ca/SCS/Gallery/milestone/. The First World Map. Anaximander of Miletus, Turkey, c. 550 BC. Milestones Project.