Giant inflatable Earth gives Richardson students a new perspective on geography

The Brief

  • The Earth Dome stopped at an elementary school in Richardson on Thursday to give students a unique geography lesson.
  • The 19-foot-tall balloon is covered in real satellite images that were stitched together.
  • Students also got the chance to go inside the balloon while learning about the continents.

RICHARDSON, Texas Some North Texas elementary school kids are getting a look at the Earth on a whole new scale.

A nearly two-story-tall inflatable Earth Dome that is used at schools around the country stopped to help them get a better understanding of geography.

The Earth Dome

Mobile Ed Productions’ Earth Dome is an inflatable dome that stands 19 feet tall and 22 feet wide.

In a world filled with information on flat screens, it was a different sort of geography lesson for the students at Canyon Creek Elementary School in Richardson.

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