activity6 earth is round- departmentof mathematics（activity6地球是圆的,departmentof数学）.docVIP

Whats Up, Earth? Header Insert Image 1 here, right justified to wrap Grade Level 3rd Time Required: 60 minutes Group Size: Whole class and small group experiment teams Summary: Through discussion and work with models, the students will explore the implications of the fact that the Earth is round. By working with the models they will reconcile the intuitive perception of a flat Earth with the formal statement that it is in fact a sphere. The concepts of geography: poles, equator, rotation of the Earth, direction of the axis of rotation will be clarified by working w