by Barbaree | Mar 8, 2012 | Free Resources, Our Blog
Some like to point to cycles when dismissing climate change, brushing off warming as simply being the thing that happens right before cooling. In this view, concern about climate change is akin to the naïve worry that half of schools are performing below average. This...
by Barbaree | Mar 7, 2012 | Free Resources, Our Blog, SEVEN
Explore US population maps from ArcGIS Online by ESRI help you explore and learn more about where you live. Geography connects our many cultures and societies and influences our way of life. ESRI is built on the philosophy that a geographic approach to problem solving...
by Barbaree | Mar 6, 2012 | Free Resources, Our Blog
Have your students map the origins of their pencils in this innovative and complete classroom activity from National Geographic! Click here for the free lesson plan. Your students will be able to: – identify component parts of a pencil – recognize major...
by Barbaree | Mar 5, 2012 | Free Resources, Our Blog
What sprawls in Vegas doesn\’t stay in Vegas. Time-lapse images from the Landsat series of Earth-monitoring satellites reveal in false-color, multispectral imagery how urban sprawl has stretched out from Nevada\’s \”Sin City\” over the past...
by Barbaree | Mar 2, 2012 | Apps We Love, Free Resources, Our Blog
Are you looking for the perfect hiking trail? Do you need a virtual compass to help navigate directions? Now you can view professional, high quality trail guides on-the-go! The Trails.com app offers over 48,000 trail guides from the top outdoor publishers. Trail...
by Barbaree | Mar 1, 2012 | Free Resources, Our Blog
Recently, over a healthy snack, some folks from ESRI wondered: Just where did their food come from? And how far did it travel to get to them? They were surprised to learn that their humble nosh represented a cumulative distance of over 20,000 miles! Visit their...
