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    Community Geography Initiative

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Participate in our Citizen Science Programs

Featured Program

  • Geography Awareness Week

    Learn about the program and look through resources to help you celebrate all year long.

    Test your geo-literacy and find ways to have fun with your whole family, class, or friends. Find classroom activities, campus event ideas, and geography missions that will turn you into a true "guerrilla" explorer!

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    Network of Alliances for Geographic Education

    Geography Education Alliances connect K-12 teachers with university faculty, offering professional development opportunities and promoting improvements in geographic education at state and local levels.

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    Donate Now

    Find out how you can contribute to the fund for geo-literacy.

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Geo-Literacy

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    Geo-Literacy

    Learn about geo-literacy, and how you can participate in National Geographic’s geo-literacy efforts.

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Professional Development

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    Grosvenor Teacher Fellow Program

    This professional development opportunity engages current K-12 educators in finding new ways to bring geographic awareness and ocean stewardship to their classrooms or informal learning environments through a field-based experience.

Featured Project

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    The Road Map Project

    Learn more about a project that brings together experts in geography, education, and research to chart a course for the large-scale improvement of K-12 geography education in the U.S.

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    GeoMentor Program

    Find a volunteer GeoMentor who can help your students connect their geographic learning to the real world.

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    NG Bee

    Does your school participate in the National Geographic Bee? Find out more about the Bee and play the online GeoBee Challenge. See if you have what it takes to be the next National Geographic Bee champion.

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    Giant Traveling Maps

    Get great resources for introducing geography and map-reading skills to students in Grades K-8.