If you are a friend of ESRI’s GeoInquiries, this might be for you, as things have changed. If you do not know what they are, they are worth investigating. WHAT […]
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Tag: national geographic
LESSON PLAN: Remote Learning Nat’l Geo Puzzle
A couple of years ago I edited the numbers out of the National Geographic map provided by their MapKit website to make a giant floor map puzzle for the first […]
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LESSON PLAN: The First Day of School
Day 1 is daunting. Where does one start? Do you jump right in with content? Do a fun ice-breaker to get them engaged? Maybe you’re limited to attendance, fire-drill protocols, […]
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VIDEO via NGS: Food by the Numbers: Feeding Our Hungry Planet
By 2050, the world’s population will likely increase 35 percent. But is growing more food the only option—or even the best? National Geographic investigates the challenges and solutions to feeding everyone […]
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ARTICLE via NGS: The Pyres of Varanasi: Breaking the Cycle of Death and Rebirth
The Pyres of Varanasi: Breaking the Cycle of Death and Rebirth One river, 18,000 feet, 1,500 miles. In the fall of 2013, photographer and videographer Pete McBride, along with professional […]
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NEWS via Mashable: Mapmakers Debate How to Define Crimea
Mapmakers Debate How to Define Crimea A cartographer at work, circa 1930.IMAGE: VINTAGE IMAGES/HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY IMAGES BY COLIN DAILEDA1 DAY AGO Much of the world is watching how the high-stakes […]
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NEWS via National Geographic: Behind the Headlines: History and Geography Help Explain Ukraine Crisis
Behind the Headlines: History and Geography Help Explain Ukraine Crisis The country rests precariously between East and West. A woman wipes away tears as she walks away from a memorial […]
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NEWS via Nat’l Geographic: The Growth of Megacities
Geography in the News: The Growth of Megacities Posted by Neal Lineback of Geography in the NewsTM on February 17, 2014 By Neal Lineback and Mandy Lineback Gritzner, Geography in the NewsTM Megacities’ Expansive […]
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