When confronted with any issue, geographers ask three important questions: Where is it? Why is it there? Why do we care? Geographic thinking can be applied with learners at any age, in any situation. Geographers view every issue through multiple perspectives and at multiple scales to gain a full understanding. This short, introductory course provides background […]
A professional development initiative designed to fit your lifestyle and support you in delivering quality geography education by offering a Super Saturday Kickoff that continues all year long.
Do you want to support kids in working with maps, graphs, and community and citizen science data sets? BSCS Science Learning has developed Invitations to Inquiry with FieldScope, free instructional activities designed to connect students with environmental data and build their confidence in working with the data to answer questions about the world. This session […]
This session will model methods for incorporating materials collected from personal travel experiences, and also provide information on organizations and fellowships that are available to teachers to help them travel. Through the incorporation of geospatial technologies, photos, and other technologies, teachers can use professional and personal travel to bring meaningful learning experiences back to their […]
Cartooning in a Geography Classroom uses a PowerPoint presentation to explore the use of newspaper cartoons in grade 7 -12 classrooms. After examining the types of newspaper cartooning, participants receive strategies to read and analyze political cartoons. All material relates to the concepts of geographic thinking with suggestions to create computer-generated cartoons. Links to cartoon […]
When students are able to use a hands-on approach to the learning of different types of geographical perspectives they become better learners. This session will show you how to incorporate art into any social studies classroom. You will be shown examples of student work across the different disciplines in a social studies department, as well […]
Many scholars refer to the current period in human-environment history as the Anthropocene (the Age of Humans). No place on Earth is unaffected by human influences, and the pace and magnitude of environmental change are accelerating. This reality has both practical and ethical consequences for social studies educators. This session brings together ideas related to […]
