Overview Join Arizona Geographic Alliance for a guided walk through the history of the original Tempe town site. Included in this tour will be descriptions of the development of the community within the broad patterns of state growth and development. Visit ASU’s Old Main and the Old St. Mary’s Church, and the Governor Moeur and […]
Overview Join the Arizona Geographic Alliance on a delightful photo walking tour, "Tempe Tales," where you'll embark on a playful scavenger hunt to discover adorable rabbit statues hidden throughout Downtown Tempe. Each statue has its own unique story to tell, like Jayne, who found the perfect rock to rest under a canopy, or Judge, who […]
Cost: $30 per person (Includes shuttle fare and museum entrance fee) Date: Friday, October 18, 2024 Time: 8:00am to 1:30pm (MST). Please arrive no later than 15 minutes prior to the start of the tour. Field Trip Check-In: NCGE Information/Registration table located at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel Pre-function Ballroom. Recommended: Comfortable walking shoes Comfortable […]
Cost: $30 per person (Includes shuttle fare and museum entrance fees) Date: Friday, October 18, 2024 Time: 8:00am to 2:30pm (MST). Please arrive no later than 15 minutes prior to the start of the tour. Field Trip Check-In: NCGE Information/Registration table located at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel Pre-function Ballroom. Recommended: Comfortable walking shoes Comfortable […]
Summary In this session, participants will learn how to use Giant Traveling Maps in the classroom. As an illustrative and interactive example, we will focus specifically on bald eagle distributions and habitats. Giant Traveling Maps facilitate a dynamic and interactive learning environment and are effective in engaging students in hands-on exploration of geographical concepts and […]
Summary Alumni and trip leaders from the NCGE-GeoCamp Iceland program will demonstrate activities developed after the field course and how the experience(s) changed their teaching. Additionally, lessons will be shared regarding how alumni changed the way they plan, and teach geography concepts and skills to a variety of age groups and audiences as a result […]
Summary How can you effectively and easily gather, map, analyze, and communicate the results of the data you have gathered in the field? ArcGIS Survey123, the ArcGIS Online map viewer, dashboards, and story maps and other configurable web mapping applications can be powerfully but easily created and used even by those who are not GIS […]
Summary In this workshop, we will share a framework to partner with teachers on education research, new avenues to embed geography across the school curriculum, the importance of measuring aspirations of students of all backgrounds to pursue a geography or related career path, and funding possibilities to support education research partnerships. We will then transition […]
Summary Participants will connect the importance of geography to the agricultural production of the food, clothing, and shelter that we depend on in our daily lives. These connections will focus on the three Big Ideas of the AP Human Geography course: Patterns and Spatial Organization, Impacts and Interactions, and Spatial Process and Societal Change. Through […]
Summary This workshop will feature two scholars Dr. Jessica Barnes from the University of South Carolina and Dr. Megan Carney from the University of Arizona, in conversation on their research at the intersections of critical food security, migration/refugee studies, and precarity. The workshop will explore how marginalized groups experience food insecurity and how it manifests […]
Overview One of the services NCGE provides is facilitating trips at home and abroad for geography educators. This session will cover three things: (1) the types of materials teachers produce from previous excursions, notably GeoCamp Iceland, (2) practical resources for aspiring field guides, and (3) strategies for expanding field trip options beyond existing locations. Session […]
Overview Join Arizona Geographic Alliance for a guided walk through the history of the original Tempe town site. Included in this tour will be descriptions of the development of the community within the broad patterns of state growth and development. Visit ASU’s Old Main and the Old St. Mary’s Church, and the Governor Moeur and […]
