Tuesday, 3 January 2012

What is different about the map?

Do you notice anything different about the African Map?


Take a look at this video clip to work out why people are celebrating

What does this remind you of?

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http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/system/?cid=Rdt_System


Do you think his is a good idea?

Geography Jokes

See what you think?

Q:What always sits in the corner but can move all round the world?
A:A stamp.

Q:How can you tell that compasses and scales are intelligent?
A:Because they're all graduated.

Q:Why didn't the map grids go to the punk disco?
A:Because they were all squares.

Q:What's big, white, furry and always points North?
A:A Polar Bearing.

Q:What do geographers grow in their gardens?
A:Compass roses.

Q:Where do all the pencils come from?
A:Pennsylvania.

Q:What do an astrologist and a cartographer have in common?
A:They both specialise in projections.

Q:What city always cheats at exams?
A:Peking

Q:Why does the Bogie Man know all the map symbols?
A:Because he's a legend.

Q:Why is it easy to get into Florida?
A:Because there are so many keys.

Q:Why can fish measure distances so well?
A:Because they have their own scales.

Q:Which has the higher IQ, latitude or longitude?
A:Longitude; it's got 360 degrees!

Q:What do penguins wear on their heads?
A:Ice caps.

Q:What sort of pudding roams wild in the Arctic circle?
A:Moose.

Q:What rocks do young geologists play with?
A:Marbles.

Q:Where do fish keep their money?
A:In riverbanks.