Take 1 orange (we don't have any of those 'perfect' looking ones around here ;) & roughly draw the shape of the continents on it with a permanent marker. Use the top of the orange (where the stem was atttached) as the North Pole.
Slice the orange in half creating a Western and Eastern Hemisphere. You can scoop out the fruit & show how the hemispheres can be flattened & explain that this is how we make maps.
Here's what Hug did himself after my presentation (which was in the middle in dinner btw! the orange was their dessert :) You can see that he's circled the North Pole on this lime & drawn an arrow (pointing North) as a compass.
And then gobbled it all up!
Take 1 orange (we don't have any of those 'perfect' looking ones around here ;) & roughly draw the shape of the continents on it with a permanent marker. Use the top of the orange (where the stem was atttached) as the North Pole.
Slice the orange in half creating a Western and Eastern Hemisphere. You can scoop out the fruit & show how the hemispheres can be flattened & explain that this is how we make maps.
Here's what Hug did himself after my presentation (which was in the middle in dinner btw! the orange was their dessert :) You can see that he's circled the North Pole on this lime & drawn an arrow (pointing North) as a compass.
And then gobbled it all up!
Lovely Activity! You sure have some great ideas!
ReplyDeleteLove it - we have oranges right now and the kids would really like all of the presentation - esp. the eating part.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea!
ReplyDeleteWonderful idea!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! Cyan is working on cultures around the world right now and this would fit right in!
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this works really well if when using the world map puzzle, the child doesn't understand why it looks like there's 2 Antartica's :)
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