Andrea+VI+of+TRUTH+(STCOS)

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===Hi. My name is Andrea Pletikosa. I am in Year 6 and from St Catherine of Siena at Prestons. This is my first time doing e~TASC. ===

Have a look at my discussion page. Feel free to enjoy my page.
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===I know this has got nothing to do with digging up the truth but think this will comfort you if you are sad. Read this: ===

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LOOK AT WHAT I FOUND WHILE DIGGING UP THE TRUTH!!!! media type="custom" key="4687863" align="center" media type="custom" key="4825867" align="center"

Under Construction!!!!! Due to our school on the map looking like it was five years ago!! They should update the map!!! LOL



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This is where we went for our Challenge Day! Hope you enjoyed your day there!  I am sure I enjoyed my time there! My favourite activity was with Ms Donovan, the 'representing truth materially' activity.



 I have uploaded images of me representing truth materially on my page. Hope you like it! Ms Donovan my e~TASC teacher will give me some more pictures of my invention so I will also be putting that up in a few days.



I have got the answers and a recount on the CSIRO Activity we did on the Challenge Day. If you have the answer to question please feel free to write to me through wikispaces inbox!!!!


 * I have done a recount on who I think blackmailed Norm. Hope you like it! **

Truth is a statement or fact that correctly represents the reality.
===Do we ever really think about what we mean when we use this word? === ===In my opinion, we don't really think about what we mean when we use this word because we don't understand the word or we just don't know its full meaning. It is really hard to explain the meaning of true but I somehow have conveyed the meaning to you in my own words. ===

===How can a term we use every day be so difficult to define, explain and apply? ===

===A term we use every day can be so difficult to define, explain and apply as there is no absolute truth that can be used as a reference for comparison. Different people often have different opinions in relation to what truth is, so agreement is difficult to reach. ===

=== <span style="color: #9d62da; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 116%; text-align: left;">Which is bigger, Greenland or China? === ===<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">With the traditional Mercator Map (circa 1569, and still in use in many schoolrooms and boardrooms today), Greenland and China look the same size. ===

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #9d62da; display: block; font-size: 140%; text-align: center;">But in reality China is 4 times larger!


===<span style="color: #9d62da; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 116%; text-align: center;">On the traditional Mercator Map, Greenland and Africa also appear to be the same size. ===

<span style="color: #9547b3; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Here I have some information on square kilometres in different countries, if you would like to add another country please post it in my discussion page.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Africa is 30,330,000 sq. km <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Greenland is 2,175,600 sq. km <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> China is 9,326,410 sq. km <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> South America is 17,840,000 sq. km <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> North America is 23,090,542 sq. km <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Russia is 17,098,242 sq. km <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Germany is 357,021 sq. km <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Europe is 9,940,000 sq. km <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> United Kingdom is 245,000 sq. km <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Asia is 44,700,000 sq. km <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Australia is 7,686,850 sq. km

===<span style="color: #9d62da; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 116%; text-align: left;">Explain what is actually shown on the map to below (first one)? ===

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif;">Africa, North Ameriher on the Peters Projection Map. Australia looks bigger on the Mercator map.


<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 210%; text-align: center;">The Peters Projection Map

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 210%; text-align: center;">The Mercator Map

===<span style="color: #9d62da; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 116%; text-align: center;">In response to such discrepancies, Dr. Arno Peters created a new world map that dramatically improves the accuracy of how we see the Earth. ===

<span style="color: #df0167; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;"> Here is a very good video to teach you all about the Mercator and Peters map. The Peter's Projection Map is explained in an episode of West Wing. It will show you how the reasons why the President rejected it and what the Peters map is. View the 'youtube' footage that has been uploaded on this page for you to view.

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<span style="color: #9d62da; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;"> Why would social justice agencies like Caritas want the Peter's Map opposed to the Mercator? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Social justice agencies like Caritas would want the Peter's Map opposed to the Mercator Map to better plan charity and organise delivery and to better compare regions/countries in relation to population density, employment rate, income and other social/economic indicators.

<span style="color: #9d62da; display: block; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 170%; text-align: center;">What 'truths' does it tell us? <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The 'truths' that it tells us is that in real life Africa is 14 times bigger than Greenland, South America is double Europe (Europe - 4 million sq miles), on the Mercator Map appears 3x as large as Mexico, on the Mercator Map Germany is in the Middle but in reality it was in the northern most quarter of the Earth.

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