Flat maps, designed to offer a consistent representation of Earth, reveal inaccuracies in countries' sizing. Some nations near the Poles appear significantly larger than they truly are, while ...

Identifying the seven continents, five oceans, the Equator, the Northern and ... teachers could use a base map to explore the make up of the world and where the features explored in the video ...

The part that really stayed with me is the ‘Ecuascope’ room - a floor-to-ceiling exhibit that aligns the equator to the stars, and exposes the arbitrariness of our world map. Despite the north ...