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Winter 2022 Newsletter
Geography Awareness Week 2022



Celebrate Geography Awareness Week, November 14-18, 2022.  Additionally, GIS Day is November 16.  Need ideas on how to promote Geography and spatial thinking?  See https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/celebrate-geography-awareness-week for Geography Awareness Week programming and https://www.gisday.com/en-us/overview for GIS-specific content.

Save the Date--NCGE 2023 Annual Conference



Save the date for next year's NCGE conference.  It will be held from October 27-29, 2023 in Columbia, South Carolina.  More information will be posted at https://ncge.org/ throughout the school year.
Summer 2023 Professional Development with NCGE

Interested in exploring the world?  NCGE summer travel programs to Iceland (June 27-July 8, 2023) and the Peruvian Amazon (July 18-27, 2023) are in the planning stages.  More information on these and other NCGE opportunities is posted at https://ncge.org/main_page/professional-development/.
Small Town Showcase with Missouri Humanities

Small Town Showcase strives to highlight the uniqueness of Missouri’s small towns, and to showcase the bigger picture of what Small Town America really is and why it should not be overlooked, overshadowed, or under-appreciated.  For access to both the case study podcasts and videos, visit https://mohumanities.org/small-town-showcase/.  
Geography Games

In the mood to play a game during Geography Awareness Week?  Check out these geo-games:

Satle (identify cities using satellite imagery): https://satle.brendaninnis.ca/
Citydle (guess the city name): https://citydle.com/
Worldle (guess the country name): https://worldle.teuteuf.fr/
Posio (locate the city): https://posio.abrenaut.com/
Geoguessr (find locations using street imagery): https://www.geoguessr.com/
Texas State University 100% Online Ph.D. and Master's Degrees in Geography Education
 
Texas State University now has 100% Online programs in Geography Education at the Ph.D. and Master's levels.  These programs can prepare teachers for careers in educational research, teaching at all levels, and school district administration.  For more information, see https://www.gradcollege.txstate.edu/programs/geo-ed-phd.html (Ph.D.) or http://mycatalog.txstate.edu/graduate/liberal-arts/geography/geography-geoeducation-mageo/ (Master's).

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) 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.

More about the MGA Giant Traveling Maps is at: http://mga.missouri.edu/giant-traveling-map.  
Today's Geographic Fun Fact
Which country shares an international boundary with the most neighboring countries?  China!  China's almost 14,000 miles of boundary touches North Korea, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar. 
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