The Mind-Blowing Map Quiz is designed to assist students comprehend how Mercator forecast maps misshape our view of the world. Can You Make an Accurate Map? The video supplies a concise description of why Mercator projection maps dont accurately represent the size of things near the poles but are none-the-less used in numerous applications.

Can You Make an Accurate Map? is a good video to reveal after students have played The Mind-Blowing Map Quiz. The video provides a succinct description of why Mercator projection maps dont precisely represent the size of things near the poles but are none-the-less utilized in many applications.

Recently I.
shared a brand-new Crash Course about geography. One of the first videos because course deals with the question “what is a map?” Yesterday, through the.
Maps Mania blog, I found out about a fun quiz game that might be an excellent activity for students to complete after watching.
What is a Map? and before watching.
Can You Make an Accurate Map? That enjoyable test game is called.
The Mind-Blowing Map Quiz and is hosted by BBC Bitesize..
The Mind-Blowing Map Quiz is developed to help students comprehend how Mercator projection maps misshape our view of the world. It does this by asking relational questions like “just how much bigger is Australia than Alaska?” and “how close are Russia and the United States?” A few enjoyable truths are tossed into the explanations of each response..
Applications for Education.

For more ideas for lessons about map projections take an appearance at National Geographics hands-on lesson prepare for teaching map forecasts or this lesson from Leventhal Map (hosted by Boston Public Library) that integrates using Google Earth.