Giant Traveling Map -- Asia

The National Geographic Giant Traveling Map of Asia was with us last week. Sixth grade students spent a class period walking around on the map finding a variety of landmarks and places, measuring distances, and drawing conclusions about the things that the map had to show them. One student was found "barefoot surfing" in the Indian Ocean, others seemed intent on a bit of very literal "island hopping," and another student rejoiced in the chance to stand atop the summit of Mt. Everest -- the world's highest peak. Here are some pictures of the students on the map --