Food Geography
Summary Given the complexity of our world today, it’s never too early to introduce students in the elementary grades to geographic thinking. While it’s not unusual for schools to include […]
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Conference Room: Nebraska
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The Chesapeake Bay Climate Institute: Integrating Climate Literacy into Curriculum
Conference Room: IowaSummary Studies indicate climate literacy remains low across the U.S. K–12 system. Funded by the Virginia and Maryland Geographic Alliances, the Chesapeake Bay Climate Institute has introduced educators to the […]
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How the Amazon Rainforest connects and supports your classroom curriculum and why it’s important to teach about it.
Conference Room: FlanniganSummary This engaging workshop explores the vital role of the Amazon and its powerful connections to classroom curriculum at every grade level encompassing subjects as diverse as geography, social studies, […]
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Omaha Redlining: How the hotel we are in divided Omaha
Conference Room: FlanniganSummary This session will cover redlining in Omaha as well as the opportunity for highway diets to reconnect a city. It will cover the economics of redlining in Omaha and […]
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Canceled Context, Input, and Implementation Challenges on Learning Outcomes in Geography
Conference Room: WinnebagoSummary Geography has laudable goals that could make students become responsible citizens. However, students’ achievement in geography is generally low, and this is caused by map reading. Previous studies on […]
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How Do We Define Regions?
Conference Room: LewisSummary In this presentation, I demonstrate a mini-lecture and in-class activity I use in my undergraduate World Regional Geography course to introduce students to the concept of a region. On […]
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Count Me In! Using Labs to Teach Population Geography
Conference Room: ClarkSummary 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 […]
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The Student Atlas of Nebraska – Ten Years in Practice
Conference Room: NebraskaSummary The creation of a dedicated student atlas for use in Nebraska elementary grade classrooms will be discussed. This teaching tool began with an initial 2016 limited edition and came […]
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Exploring the Complex Geography of the Balkans
Conference Room: IowaSummary This lecture will present the findings of two geographers who recently conducted field research in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina in preparation for leading professional development in the region. […]
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Opportunities in Non-Formal Education to Enhance Girls’ Motivation Toward Learning Geography, Geospatial Technologies, and Related Careers
Conference Room: WinnebagoSummary Join Lisa Elikan, NCGE 2025 Salvatore J. Natoli Dissertation Award recipient as she shares her dissertation that was conducted under the Department of Geography, Texas State University, San Marcos […]
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Mapping the African American Green Book
Conference Room: FlanniganSummary The erasure of minority stories makes challenging the dominant reading of history important. The Green Book was an annual travel guide used by African American travelers from the 1930s […]
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The geography of the Holocaust: Topics, geographical concepts, methods, and representation
Conference Room: LewisSummary In this presentation, I will explore how geographic principles enhance Holocaust education, emphasizing spatial thinking, geographic inquiry, and geospatial technologies. Drawing from professional development courses and curricula, I will […]