A local second grade class is going to start a geography unit in February and I was asked to give a talk to them. While mulling over the various things I could teach, it dawned on me that this is a very exciting time for maps. I don’t have to go in there, pull down a U.S. map from the wall, and proceed to point to it while naming off the states and their capitals in a Ben Stein Bueller voice. Indeed, there are a lot of really cool things to discuss…
- The orange-peel projection!
- There’s a Map on My Lap!
- GPS and the Smartphone!
- Where to go Skiing this Weekend!
- The Valentine’s Day Coloring Map!
- Cartograms, diagrams, the four-color theorem, etc!
They’re going to love it. These are good times for our profession I think. Don’t you?
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