Featured Activity: 10 Things You Can’t Live Without

Diane White Husic, this week’s Educator of the Week, shares an engaging activity to get students thinking about the consequences of their consumption patterns and life choices. Read more about this activity and other ideas for incorporating geo-education into your classroom. Activity: 10 Things You Can’t Live Without Grade Level: 6 – 12, Undergraduate Time Commitment: 2 weeks I have students spend about five minutes creating a list … Continue reading Featured Activity: 10 Things You Can’t Live Without

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At National Geographic, we recognize and appreciate that educators are shaping how their students understand their world in their classrooms every day. We’re hosting a new series called the “Educator of the Week” in order to feature inspiring activities and lessons that educators are implementing with their students that connect them to the world in bold and exciting ways. Stay tuned tomorrow to hear from … Continue reading Nominate a Colleague Today!

@NatGeoEducation Behind the Scenes at #AMLE2013

National Geographic Education staff recently attended the 2013 Association for Middle Level Educators (AMLE) conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. While at the conference, our team had the pleasure of speaking with a slew of AMAZING middle-level educators. Check out this brief message from the @NatGeoEducation staff from #AMLE2013! I’m a geo-educator. Are you? At AMLE, National Geographic invited everyone from science, social studies, foreign language and art … Continue reading @NatGeoEducation Behind the Scenes at #AMLE2013