Resources
- Mapping Our Human Footprint (Grades 6-12)
- Provided by National Geographic Education Programs
- Earth/Environmental Science, Social Sciences
- Hands-On Projects, Curriculum and Lesson Plans
- For Educators
- Students learn about the Human Footprint data set, analyze a map showing where and to what extent humans have influenced Earth, and participate in a class discussion.
- Make a Contour Map (Grades 6-8)
- Provided by National Geographic Education Programs
- Earth/Environmental Science, Social Sciences
- Hands-On Projects, Curriculum and Lesson Plans
- For Educators
- Students create three-dimensional clay mountains and then use them to make contour maps.
- Locate Yourself on a Map of the Americas (Grades K-2)
- Provided by National Geographic Education Programs
- Biology, Earth/Environmental Science, Social Sciences
- Hands-On Projects, Curriculum and Lesson Plans
- For Educators
- Students locate themselves on a map. They explore spatial relationships among geographic features that are nested inside one another, such as countries within continents, states within countries, and cities within states.
- Bioluminescence: Living Light (Grades 3-5)
- Provided by National Geographic Education Programs
- Biology, Earth/Environmental Science
- Hands-On Projects, Curriculum and Lesson Plans
- For Educators
- Students learn about bioluminescence and conduct an experiment to learn how ocean animals use bioluminescence for camouflage.
- Penguins: Built to Swim (Grades 3-5)
- Provided by National Geographic Education Programs
- Biology, Earth/Environmental Science, Social Sciences
- Hands-On Projects, Curriculum and Lesson Plans
- For Educators
- Students conduct a series of experiments to test how the physical characteristics of penguins help them to swim and dive.