September 2020 Newsletter

September 2020 Newsletter

2020 Online Geospatial Workshop Review

Although we postponed our in-person workshop due to COVID-19 restrictions, an intrepid group of educators completed a one-day workshop on Zoom in late July. Geographers from Lincoln University, the University of Missouri, and William & Mary introduced basic geospatial concepts and how they can be used by K-12 teachers.

Watch this space in early 2021 about dates and registration for our Summer 2021 workshop. We will learn--in more detail--various classroom applications of Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (drones), Global Positioning Systems, and Google Earth at Lincoln University in Jefferson City.

Missouri's German Heritage

The Missouri Humanities Council is sponsoring an eight-part series exploring Missouri's German Heritage Corridor. From September to April on every second Thursday at 10 a.m., author W. Arthur Mehrhoff will discuss the people, places, and ideas that helped shape Missouri's German cultural heritage. For more information, see https://mohumanities.org/programs/explore-missouris-german-heritage/.

Missouri Giant Traveling Map Reservations

Interested in renting a Big Map? Non-profit organizations will be charged a flat fee of $125 to cover shipping (round-trip via FedEx) and handling. Maps can be picked-up and returned to our University of Missouri office for a handling fee of $25. For-profit organizations should contact the MGA for pricing information. Handling fees will be used to maintain the Big Maps and the variety of geography education tools included in the Big Map containers. Maps can be checked out for approximately a two week period.

Educators in Boone and Cole counties are eligible, while funding allows, to have free access to the maps thanks to a donation from Missouri Credit Union. Please contact the MGA office for details.

All map rentals are contingent on the University of Missouri campus remaining open.

More information about the MGA Giant Traveling Maps is at https://geography.missouri.edu/mga/giant-traveling-map

This Month's Geographic Fun Fact
Labor Day is the first Monday in September and is considered the unofficial end of summer by many. Did you know that the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council also considers Labor Day to be the end of "hot dog season"? Yup, hot dog season lasts between Memorial Day and Labor Day and is when 7 billion hot dogs are consumed in the U.S.

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Miscellaneous
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