A globe is a really fun thing to have in the house, no matter how young or old the kids in that house may be. I keep ours with Antartica at the top, because years ago we turned it that way when we had a housemate who worked for NOAA whose ship went there, and it struck me as a useful way to keep on challenging my geographical biases. I usually have to turn it back southside up after parties, because people helpfully turn it northside up.
It can be a useful prop when demonstrating revolution and rotation as well, although those are easy to demonstrate if you have enough people. When Amber was about 6, we had her be the sun, while Glenn was the earth and I was the moon as we all walked and rotated and revolved down the sidewalk.
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Date: 2008-03-13 06:07 pm (UTC)It can be a useful prop when demonstrating revolution and rotation as well, although those are easy to demonstrate if you have enough people. When Amber was about 6, we had her be the sun, while Glenn was the earth and I was the moon as we all walked and rotated and revolved down the sidewalk.