Monday, September 10, 2012

"It's hard to draw on a grapefruit."


To illustrate the difficulties of translating the realities of a spherical world into a flat 2D map, Mapping the World by Heart suggests drawing a map on a grapefruit and then trying to peel the grapefruit in one big piece and laying it flat. Here are some photos of our experience trying out this lesson.







I think they managed to comprehend the basic concept - a sphere doesn't translate to a flat map.

4 comments:

Denise Bryant said...

That's cool. And you got pictures!

Anonymous said...

You do such amazing things with your kids!! Love, Mom

Jamie said...

That looks like a neat exercise!

Wee Pip said...

I can almost smell the citrus earth:) Looks messy, but fun. I'm sure your kids have a new appreciation for mapmakers!