U.S. News & World Report – Cassidy Swanson
“Seventh-grade students at John W. Wynn Middle School got a unique view of their vast world on Friday – on a scale that fit inside their school gymnasium. The students participated in Project EarthView, a geography education program hosted by Bridgewater State University and the Center for the Advancement of STEM Education. The program features a hand-painted, accurate scale, inflatable globe – 22 feet in diameter, depicting oceans, continents and topography. Participants are able to go inside the globe for a unique look at the entire earth, in its correct proportions, all at once…”To become responsible citizens, we really need to understand our place in the world,” said Dr. James Hayes-Bohanan, professor of geography…”(more)