NCGE 2026 Annual Conference

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Virginia Museum of History & Culture 428 North Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Richmond

Geography on the Fall Line Form a spatial cluster with educators, researchers, and leaders in the discipline to network, learn about new trends in educational practice and research, and explore […]

Kickin’ it Old School with Hands-on Learning tools

Conference Room: Halsey Family Hall

Summary This strategy is especially powerful in Human and Cultural Geography because it mirrors the way geographers analyze patterns, relationships, and spatial organization. In human geography, students are constantly asked […]

Death Valley Daze

Conference Room: Cullen

Summary Death Valley National Park, CA may be the most diverse geographically in the country. Death Valley is the hottest place on earth, the driest and lowest place in North […]

Infusing Geography into Genealogy: Creating a Family Geography

Conference Room: Byrd

Summary This workshop is designed to bring a lesson to a larger, teaching professional, audience. The Family Geography Project transforms the well-worn family tree into a more critical and more […]

Count Me In! Using Labs to Teach Population Geography

Conference Room: Halsey Family Hall

Summary In this session, we will discuss how to use laboratory assignments to teach population geography. Population geography connects diverse topics including sustainability, economics, politics, and culture. Using labs to […]

International Efforts to Improve Geography Teaching and Learning

Conference Room: Halsey Family Hall

Summary This presentation focuses on an upcoming book - International Perspectives on Geography Education (Edward Elgar, 2026) - that highlights the actions taken by geography educators who work to improve […]

The Geospatial Semester at 22: Tales from the Field

Conference Room: Reynolds Leadership Circle

Summary The Geospatial Semester is a unique and innovative project that connects high school students and geospatial technologies to bolster their spatial problem solving and open them up to the […]

Stories of the Chesapeake

Conference Room: Cullen

Summary Stories of the Chesapeake offers a compelling glimpse into the cultures, communities, and environmental challenges of America’s estuary, the Chesapeake Bay. As one of the nation’s most important natural […]

Demarcation Demographics in East Asia

Conference Room: Byrd

Summary In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, a “fall line” was created on the coastal plain of China when Special Economic Zones were created by government fiat. This […]

Myth, Trolls, and Tectonics: Using Storytelling to Teach Physical Geography

Conference Room: Reynolds Leadership Circle

Summary Iceland’s dramatic landscapes are deeply intertwined with a rich tradition of storytelling, where myths and folklore once served to explain the “unexplainable” in the physical world. This presentation demonstrates […]

Resources for Teaching Political Geography

Conference Room: Lacy

Summary Teaching political geography can be an especially complicated task as foreign relations issues are now flash points for cultural and academic debate. This session is designed to connect educators […]