This came via Kai Krause via Stephen Fry via Twitter via robynevansSSAT....
The TRUE SIZE OF AFRICA
This might make a good activity for students...
Provide an outline of Africa (or another continent) and some other country outlines, and the students have to assemble their own jigsaw activity by rotating and fitting the countries together... A good time to look at the shapes of these places, and improve their general positional geography. Would also work well on an interactive whiteboard probably....
Could also discuss the map projection used, and various other projections and the extent to which they accurately represent the earth...
The TRUE SIZE OF AFRICA
Provide an outline of Africa (or another continent) and some other country outlines, and the students have to assemble their own jigsaw activity by rotating and fitting the countries together... A good time to look at the shapes of these places, and improve their general positional geography. Would also work well on an interactive whiteboard probably....
Could also discuss the map projection used, and various other projections and the extent to which they accurately represent the earth...
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