Pumpkin Globes
A culminating activity to our map unit included creating a globe out of a pumpkin.  The students worked together with a partner to place two strings around the pumpkin.  One string was the equator, the other string was the prime meridian. The students then used these lines of latitude and longitude to help them  place the continents.  Stencils of the continents were provided for the students.  They traced the continents on the pumpkin with a waterbased marker (in case they made mistakes!). Following that, they painted the continents with green paint. The water was painted the following day. Check out the photos of our pumpkin globes! It was a great way for the students to review the terms they had learned in their map unit!