The Journey Begins: Building a State Atlas for Iowa
Summary State atlases are a tool to teach students about the social, cultural, and natural history and current affairs within the context of a state’s geography. Maps help students make […]
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Conference Room: Nebraska
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Poster Session: Minnesota State University and the Founding of NCGE
Banquet Level - Mezannine AreaSummary The National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) was founded in 1915 by George J Miller and Cora Sletten, both teacher educators at the then State Normal School in Mankato, […]
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Poster Session: Teaching with Primary Sources Midwest Region
Banquet Level - Mezannine AreaSummary The Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) is the premier educational program by the Library of Congress. The TPS Midwest Region at Illinois State University has helped distribute funding to […]
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Poster Session: Drones in Geography Classrooms: Advantages and Challenges
Banquet Level - Mezannine AreaSummary Drones as remote sensing platforms have changed the way geographers map the world. Given the low cost and ease of use of drones, the need to educate geography students […]
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Poster Session: Geographic Thinking in Interdisciplinary Research: Examining Conceptualization, Experience, and Communication
Banquet Level - Mezannine AreaSummary Geographic understanding is essential in academia, providing frameworks to interpret natural phenomena. Geoscience research often requires interdisciplinary collaboration and an appreciation of interconnected processes across spatial scales. However, limited […]
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Esri Bring Your Own Device Lab & Workshop
Conference Room: Missouri Omaha, NebraskaSaturday, October 18, 2025 | 8:00 AM - 4:45 PM Each lab is 45-minutes long with a 15-minute break between sessions. Esri Representatives will use training accounts on the T3G […]
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Field Mapping: Engaging Students by Collecting Data using Street Surveys
Conference Room: FlanniganSummary Field data collection remains one of the most important ways to collect geographic information. An increasing number of commercial applications rely on OpenStreetMap so adding pedestrian-level detail to OpenStreetMap […]
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Mapping Majdanek: A Topographic Inquiry into the Bystanders of the Holocaust
Conference Room: WinnebagoSummary Using geo-literacy skills, students can engage in learning about the Holocaust in new ways. How we map the Holocaust can both answer and raise important questions. Knowles (2024) identified […]
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Spiraling to help students interpret random internet “facts”
Conference Room: ClarkSummary "Students can find facts on the internet; we should focus on teaching skills." This observation is common, but it is also naive and dangerous. If students lack a framework […]
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Publishing in NCGE Journals
Conference Room: NebraskaSummary The editors of the two NCGE journals – the Geography Teacher and the Journal of Geography – invite you to learn about the publication process for the journals and […]
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Exploring Climate Change Through Play
Conference Room: IowaSummary In this session, participants will explore one of the consequences of climate change, that of sea-level rise. Attendees will participate in a lesson which uses blocks to model the […]
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Chicago Today: Effects of Redlining and Urban Renewal
Conference Room: FlanniganSummary Cities change their structural space and are a part of globalization, but how does this affect residents across a city? This two-part session discusses the challenges of urban growth, […]