Perspective · 5–10 minutes
Put your country at the center.
Make a familiar place the starting point. Discover how changing the center changes the map around it.
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One Earth.
So many ways to see it.
Choose a short experiment. Make a prediction, unfold Earth, and discover what a flat map can—and cannot—tell you.
Size & shape · 10–15 minutes
Same Earth. Different sizes.
Use equal-area circles to see why a familiar world map can give an unfamiliar impression of size.
Try this experimentCoordinates · 5–10 minutes
Where did the poles go?
Follow latitude and longitude through an unfamiliar view. Learn why the top of a map is not always the North Pole.
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