First Year Success Series: What We Know and Where We Are Going
How do we know where we are?
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How do we know where we are?
How do we getHere?Here?
MAPS&GLOBESAn Introduction
Early explorers had little to guide them.Many people even thought the earth was flat!
Early cartographers (mapmakers) had different ideas of what the world looked like.
This is an early map of North and South America.Click on it to see how it compares to what we know today.
Click this ancient map of Africa to see how different it is from reality
After a while, some came around to thinking differently
GLOBESA Round EarthWhat an idea!-Spheres
-Lines
-Precision
What can we do with these tools?
We can discover the area where we live and go to school
We can tell How tall mountains are
Where the Oceans Are
And all kinds of wonderful places!
We can use the grid of lines called Latitude and Longitude to find any place on earth!How Precise Can We Be With Latitude and Longitude?
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Satellites orbiting earth can take amazing pictures!
We can use these pictures to better understand our world, and how to get around this big place!
Look at this picture from spaceIts a giant map of the world made out of sand!
We are even learning how to map the world outside of earth
Click on the globe to find a map anywhere on earth!