The target question was "We recently updated our globes and now I have a
shelf full of old globes.
Does anyone have any creative ideas on using them or should I just toss
them? "
You were quick to answer as always. I have copied the responses below.
Lots of good ideas to think about. I am going to share them with my
teachers and see if any of them want their globes back before I start
using them. Thanks for all your ideas. - Joan
1. Well, this is kind of an oddity, but on While You Were Out, they
designed a room with an international theme and they created a coffee
table out of four old globes. Basically it was a large, round wooden
base (painted, could use plywood) and in the base were four holes to fit
a dowel rod of about 1/2 inch. Holes were drilled in the top and bottom
of each globe to fit the dowel,
and the globes were slid down the dowels to make the "legs" of the
table, which can still spin. At the top of the dowel they placed a
rubber stopper or something non-skid that was flat, and then a piece of
glass was the top. It was quite cute! If you want to see it, the episode
was Charlotte Marblerock Court.- (4 people mentioned this one - I love
that show and got to see Andrew at a Home and Garden Show in Tampa - lots
of fun!)
2. I have seen old globes turned into lamps, by cutting shapes out and
installing a lamp kit. Some globes are strong enough to be made into
planters if you line them with plastic.
3. Globes are excellent for teaching phases of the moon, eclipses etc -
why
not paint a couple grey - mark on a few "craters" for use in science,
package each with a torch.
For more realism add a little paper mache to the surface.
Paint them different colours for representations of planets.
Take them off the stand, paint appropriately and use to hang in displays
as
the earth, balls, moon, oranges, peach - you name it...
Grab some old cds, cut them into squares, glue on to globe, laser side
out,
for a disco ball! (my favourite)
4. I cut old globes in half (one vertical, one horizontal) to show
hemispheres. It makes the kids understand which continents go where.
Great visual aid for S. Studies.
5. Trading Spaces, that TV show about decorating used old globes to make
lights. They cut out sections and outfitted them with light bulb and cord
thingys. They looked interesting.
6. I had an idea once about taking old globes and cutting them in half to
use for planters.
7. I was at a craft fair in Brownsburg, IN a couple of Saturdays ago and
saw where an artist had taken old globes and painted them in a very
creative, artistic way. You might offer your old globes to a nearby art
department - high school, college?????
8. What about an art / futures lesson? Work with the art teacher to help
the students envision the world in 2103 & then paint the globes to
represent their visions. Display in the library... Keep the best ones
for decoration or use again next year (re-paint). Could also do a
"world according to..." with globes painted in the style of major
painters (Rembrandt, Van Gogh, etc.)
social studies.... the new world order. What will the political
landscape look like in 2103? Paint the continents in a translucent
(see-through) color & then let the students redraw the political lines.
language arts... distribute one per class & let the students mark the
locations of the settings of the books they read during the year. You
could make (purchase?) picks with flags on them that could have the
book's title, or a number keyed to a master list, etc. You could have
them in the library & do the same thing.
9. A few years ago our outated globe fell off its stand and was not able
to be fixed. On the last teacher day of school we were all done but the
superintendent wouldn't let us leave. So, we stood the Poland Spring
water bottles up on the small end like bowling pins and used the globes
for Globe Bowling for a few hours. We made such a ruckus they finally
let us go
10. I wonder if Books for Africa would be able to make use of them. I
checked theri website and it only mentions books but there is a link to
contact them with that question.
http://booksforafrica.com/
11. I took my old globes and removed the stands. Then I hung them from
the
ceiling around the media center. Kids love them hanging like that - I
hung
a few over our study area - so when I am teaching about mapping or world
geography in some way, I reach up and point to the area on a nearby
hanging
globe.
Joan McClelland, Media Specialist
Mabry Elementary
Tampa, FL
mcclellandj@juno.com
http://www.sdhc.k12.fl.us/~dalemabry.elementary
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