Our National Parks as Classrooms of Geography
Overview 'National Parks' and protected areas around the world serve as classrooms at large, providing spaces and places that are conducive to enriching education for students. No matter the subject […]
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Mission Palms Conference Room: Xavier
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The Case for Case Studies: Using Truffle Farming to Promote Inquiry and Mapping Skills
Mission Palms Conference Room: DoloresOverview Geography is inherently a visual social studies that requires students to practice a new literacy and observation skill set with maps, charts, visuals and data sets. Case studies can […]
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Purposeful Problems: Using Problem-Based Gameplay to Promote Geo-Capabilities
Mission Palms Coference Room: Joshua TreeOverview By immersing students in scenarios or problems reflective of real world scenarios, educators can promote deeper geographic understanding, independent decision-making skills, and the ability to transfer powerful geography knowledge […]
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Active and Experiential Learning in Geography through the Lens of a Local Urban Development Project
Mission Palms Conference Room: Colonnade 60 E 5th St., Tempe, ArizonaOverview Metropolitan regions require innovative strategies for rapidly changing populations. One example is the Atlanta BeltLine, a major urban redevelopment program. With an estimated cost of $4.8 billion and projected […]
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Siloed AI and the Creative Commons: Supporting Teachers in Lesson Adaptation for Geography Education
Mission Palms Conference Room: Covetto 60 E 5th St., ArizonaOverview Virtual field trips highlight topics of importance in field-based and place-based education and help students learn physical geography concepts. To ensure effective and intentional Virtual Learning Experiences (VLEs) rich […]
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Introduction to Google My Maps
Mission Palms Conference Room: San Pedro 60 E 5th St., Tempe, ArizonaOverview Easily create custom maps with the places that matter to you. Draw: Add points or draw shapes anywhere. Search: Find places and save them to your map. Import: Instantly […]
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The Imagery of Geography: Using Satellite Imagery and GIS to Enhance Learning in the Classroom
Mission Palms Conference Room: XavierOverview This workshop will focus on leveraging satellite and aerial imagery to illuminate geographic concepts in the K-12 classroom. By delving into the realm of remote sensing and satellite imagery, […]
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Beat the Heat: Making Heat Safety Fun
Mission Palms Conference Room: DoloresOverview Join us to discover initiatives aimed at educating students on the importance of heat safety. Our online game, developed in collaboration with Arizona State University's Ask a Biologist team, […]
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Group Testing in the AP Classroom
Mission Palms Coference Room: Joshua TreeOverview Enhance student learning through group testing in any classroom. The methodology in this session is geared toward the AP classroom but can be modified to fit the needs of […]
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Unite the APHG Curriculum with Six Place Processes
Mission Palms Conference Room: Covetto 60 E 5th St., ArizonaOverview Human geography courses tend to be compartmentalized into distinct topics, such as the geography of migration, religion, linguistics, politics, land use, agriculture, urbanization, and economics. This segmented approach, akin […]
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Tales & Travels: First Chapter Friday
Mission Palms Conference Room: San Pedro 60 E 5th St., Tempe, ArizonaOverview Embark on a global storytelling journey! World Geography meets middle grade books through First Chapter Friday. Students make real-world connections through weekly reads that have a setting in a […]
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Lessons Learned from Creating a Local Atlas
Mission Palms Conference Room: Colonnade 60 E 5th St., Tempe, ArizonaOverview A resource geographer, a cartographer, and an educator collaborated to make an atlas of a local watershed as a tool for geographic education. This project addresses declining geographic literacy […]