Category: geography education
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Q & A: Global Geology and Topography
Question: My teachers are working on a geology project that they did last year with Texas and US geology maps. They had the students give real world examples of different landforms (volcanoes, and where they existed in TX and the US. This year they are looking to expand it to world wide examples. It’s for… Read more
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National Conference on Geographic Education 2010
Savannah, what a nice spot to return for a vacation get away! An impressive 46% of the membership attended this conference! How many organizations can say that? NCGE is such a warm gathering of scholars and teachers from many disciplines, all united by geography. Everyone in this organization is excited about how geography can… Read more
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Ready for Disaster?
I love that there’s always something new in resources and enhancements for any lesson that you create! In the Rural STEM GIS lesson collection (http://www.isat.jmu.edu/stem/curriculum.html) there are activities related to disasters. FEMA has created a web experience for kids (Adults and Businesses at www.ready.gov) that sends them on an adventure. http://www.ready.gov/kids/index.html There are nice ancillary… Read more
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Geography Awareness Week
This Geography Awareness Week, get lost in mapping! From November 15-21, go to GeographyAwarenessWeek.org for games, activities, and lessons about mapping that you can do at home or at school, brought to you by National Geographic and partner organizations. Explore maps big and small, high-tech and low-tech! At GeographyAwarenessWeek.org, you can piece together a… Read more
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Create Your Own Earth Story with Earth Live
Check out Discovery’s Earth Live. You can view other stories or create your own original with their interactive online tools. http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/discovery-earth-live/discovery-earth-live.html http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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New Design, New Lessons Available, Next Conference
NEW DESIGNMy website has adopted a new design. I hope you find it helpful. I’ll be added RSS feeds and other features soon.http://www.barbareeduke.com/ NEW LESSONS…go get ’em!My work with the good folks at JMU is available at http://www.isat.jmu.edu/stem/curriculum.html. The latest lessons use the 2002 agricultural census data: “Survivor: The Agricultural Challenge” and “Can You Grow… Read more