Are Viafocus lessons free?

Yes — every lesson in the library is free to play in the browser, with no account required. A free account lets you save lessons and see results.

Can I run a lesson live with my class?

Yes. Start a live session from any lesson — students join with a code on their own devices, and their answers land on your dashboard in real time.

Who creates the lessons?

Teachers in the community and the Viafocus studio team. Lessons built by the Viafocus studio carry a blue verified mark next to the byline.

Can I use a lesson someone else made?

Yes. Any published lesson can be played, shared with a class, or copied into your own library so you can adapt it before teaching it.

LessonGeographyBeginner

The Map Lied — Why does Greenland look as big as Africa on a world map?

On a world map Greenland looks about the size of Africa. It is not: Africa is fourteen times bigger. This lesson shows why, with your own hands. A flat map has to stretch a round world to make it fit, and the stretch grows the further you go from the equator - so everything near the top and the bottom of a world map is far smaller than it looks. Drag Greenland down to the equator and watch it shrink to its real size.

12 min13 questionsGrades 4, 5, 65.0(1 ratings)

VCreated byViafocus

Start lesson