Supplemental Resources
Resources Courtesy of AGS
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Our daily newsblast, DailyGeo, gives you "Today's News with a Geographical Twist." It highlights the importance of geographical understanding behind the day's leading news stories and reporting on the latest scientific advances and discoveries. DailyGeo gives you the summary of the most important headlines of the day, trivia questions on fascinating and thought-provoking facts about the world around us, and periodic features about the importance of maps to solve problems, convey ideas, or provide a means of expression. A subscription to DailyGeo is offered free to teachers.
UBIQUE, meaning "everywhere" in Latin, is the American Geographical Society's blog. Here, students and teachers can find our Map of the Week feature, showing the power and pleasure of maps to inform and delight, and our regularly-updated Company Spotlight features, introducing readers to the companies and people breaking new ground and finding new ways to leverage the power of geography and geospatial data to tell us more about the world and solve the challenges the world faces.
UBIQUE is also where you'll find the complete archive of our DailyGeo newsblast, with an interactive map and database where you can search every edition of DailyGeo by country or topic!
FOCUS on Geography is AGS' online journal featuring first-hand accounts of real-life research and exploration in far-flung corners of the world or giving new ways to understand the places and people close to home. With photos, videos, and interactive maps to accompany the essays and articles, students see how geographical disciplines enrich the varied fields of archaeology, biology, conservation, culture, and more.
Social Media
Whether you're trying to connect to and share ideas with other APHG teachers, catch up on the latest geographical news from DailyGeo, add enlightening and positive content for your feeds, or just looking for a laugh designed for people with geographical minds, AGS' social media channels have got you covered!
External Resources
Trimble
Help your students learn about innovative 3D modeling software applications in the classroom with SketchUp. Through SketchUp4Schools, a program created by the Trimble Foundation, you can create and edit 2D and 3D models with a patented "Push and Pull" method. This program is used for a wide range of 3D modeling projects in the fields of architecture, construction, real estate, interior design, landscape architecture, and video game design. Introducing 3D map building to high school students encourages their imagination and prepares them for a wide range of career paths
Use this link to access SketchUp4Schools, create an account, and bring your lesson plans to life through the use of 3D modelling tools!
National Geographic Society
National Geographic is where education meets exploration! There are a number of resources available to educators through NatGeo, including the following:
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Explorer Classroom, where your students can be connected with a NatGeo explorer for 45 minute virtual learning sessions.
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The Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship, a professional development opportunity for pre-K–12 educators, where you can gain field-based experience.
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Map Maker, a digital mapping tool created in partnership with Esri, designed to be simple and easy to implement for teachers and students.
To access all these resources, and learn more about what National Geographic can offer educators, please visit their resource page, located here.
Esri
The Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri) allows teachers to access mapping software, ranging in intricacy from resources like Map Maker, all the way to ArcGIS. ArcGIS provides modern, industry-standard GIS tools and methods for your classroom exercises and projects. Students benefit by using the same industrial-strength GIS software used by the institutions looking to hire them after graduation. Additionally, Esri provides a wide array of resources and GIS tutorials to help you succeed as an educator.
For more information on ArcGIS and other educational resources, please visit the Esri Educator page, linked here.
AlphaGeo
AlphaGeo offers students and educators access to peer-reviewed analytics for climate adaptation and resilience. For a small fee, you can access the most advanced and granular climate risk and adaptation scoring for every location on Earth, societal resilience attributes, and more all in one place. This information can help students learn about the climate risk for locations across the globe, whether they have sufficient adaptation – and what they need to do for greater resilience.
Use this link to access AlphaGeo and introduce your students to climate risk management, financial planning, and adaptation!