Name the continents and oceans, find the Equator, understand the location of the Tropics, and explore why time zones are necessary on Earth in this collection of scenes to support student learning of geography.
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Time Zones
This scene displays a giant globe, highlighting the boundaries between different time zones around the world.
5 Zones
Latitude and Longitude
This scene transports users to a giant globe, with the lines of Latitude and Longitude clearly marked, and some well-known sites located to show how these measurements can be used to find a position on Earth’s surface.
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Hemispheres, Equator and Tropics
This scene allows students to explore a giant globe, with the lines of the Equator, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, and Arctic and Antarctic Circle highlighted. Colours on the land masses give an indication of the average temperatures in different regions, showing the heat experienced in the tropics contrasting to the freezing polar regions.
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Continents and Oceans
Explore Continents and Oceans in this scene as a giant globe highlights the seven continents and five oceans of planet Earth. This super-sized model allows students to explore these features of the Earth in a memorable way. Each location has been given a colour to help students and teachers to name the regions that are being studied.
