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Pairs of students examined paper maps, online maps and globes to see what features they noticed. They then presented their findings to the class. Students shared the following:
- Globes are round, and you can spin them.
- Maps have a key that tells us what the symbols on the map mean.
- You can zoom in or out of maps on computers and tablets.
- The color green on a map often means land.
- Maps show oceans and continents.
- Bumps on globes show where mountains are.
- The stars on maps show where the capitals are.
- The color white on maps often means snow or ice.
- Some maps show states, towns and roads.
- Different colors on maps mean different things.
- Maps show lots of places such as China, South Korea, Colombia, Canada and Mexico.
- You can see islands on maps and globes; they are land surrounded by water on all sides.