I believe so strongly in the importance of our children having a global perspective– knowing the world is so much more than about them, their neighborhood, and their country. I’ve found over 30 fun ...

If you want to inspire your kids to travel, then reading map books is a great way for kids to visualise how big and diverse ...

While Google Maps may offer a globe mode, it's really not the same as having a real, tactile globe to use to learn geography. The Orboot Earth combines the best of both worlds, giving you a tangible ...

Right now, your kids probably aren’t exploring like they were a few months ago. So give them another option: Have them explore the world by making maps. Maps show more than how to get from Point A to ...

At a tournament in DC, students compete to identify states from their shapes on a blank US map. They're having fun while acquiring factual knowledge that enables them to think critically. The ...

So many of the cartographers I’ve gotten to know while writing about maps seem to genuinely love their jobs. It’s one of those professions with a disproportionate number of people who are really happy ...

Here's a quiz for you. 1) Butte, known for its huge copper deposits, is located in which state? Too easy? Try this one. 2) The Dead Sea borders Israel and which other country? Feeling challenged yet?

For more than 100 years, armchair adventurers have learned about ancient civilizations, exotic cultures, and the mysteries of the wild through the vividly illustrated pages of National Geographic ...

It's crazy to think people once believed the earth was flat. One step too far and you'd be sent tumbling into the depths of the abyss of who knows what or where. Thanks to the explorers who came ...

For many school-age kids, geography consists mostly of maps of faraway places and the capitals of the 50 states. But some inner-city Buffalo children have been studying geography much closer to home ...

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has teamed with the National Science Teachers Association and the National Council for Geographic Education to launch the latest in its series of 21st century ...