Social studies

Map Skills Lesson: Map Projections & Distortion, Grades 5-8 Geography

Grades 5-8 · Lesson

Price on TPT: $3.99

Why does Greenland look as big as Africa on a classroom map? This lesson answers it: a round Earth cannot be flattened without changing something.

What's inside

  • 18 slides, with speaker notes on all 18
  • Lesson plan, 2 pages
  • Student worksheet, 2 pages
  • Answer key, 1 page

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