National Geographic has an Education site that is in Beta right now. Just in time for the summer, you can visit the site to play “Go on a Family Adventure!” You can choose whether you would like to do a Land or Sea Adventure, which route you would like to take, and the difficulty level. … Read more
I stumbled across KBears when I was in the middle of hunting down some not-so-intimidating sites for geography research for my younger students. I have not investigated all of KBears, but I was immediately attracted to the geography portion as a potential resource for my 1st and 2nd grade Gifted and Talented students. The site … Read more
Next week, November 13-19, is Geography Awareness Week. I think we can all agree that we could stand to brush up on our geography skills. This site, produced by National Geographic, has some great activities for doing that. You can print out a booklet of “missions”, or go to the online version. The wording in … Read more