Introduction: Maps and Globes

Here is a riddle for you! Read the poem and try to guess what it is about!

Did you guess the answer? It’s a globe! Have you ever seen a globe? A globe is a round, three-dimensional sphere, like a basketball. Three dimensional, or 3-D, means that it’s not flat. A globe is a model of Earth. It shows land and oceans. Globes can be different sizes and colors. Just like on a map, water on a globe is usually shown as blue.

Let’s spin the globe around! We can stop it at any continent. Click on the pictures in the slideshow to see a globe from different angles. Which continents do you see on each slide?

Here is our first spin! This part of the globe shows North America and South America.

Let’s see where our next spin has taken us! This part of the globe shows Africa.

Where did we land on our third spin? This part of the globe shows Australia.

Our final spin brought us here! This part of the globe also shows Asia and Australia.

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How are Earth and a globe the same? They are both round. When you are looking at a globe, it’s like looking at a mini Earth.