This week, we learned …
… if you can’t read a topographic map, try turning it upside. Resource of the week!
Use our activity to help students create their own topographic maps.
… ice cream, you scream, we all scream from sphenopalatine ganglion neuralgia.

Photograph by Sisse Brimberg, National Geographic
Dig into the rich, delicious history of the ice cream cone.
… scientists may have just identified the biggest dinosaur of all time.

Illustration by Dr. Dennis Bogdan, courtesy Wikimedia. CC-BY-SA-4.0
What are the other giant animals of Earth?
… pollution is turning sea snakes black.

Photograph by Klaus Stiefel, courtesy Flickr. CC BY-NC 2.0
Are there other examples of animals adapting their appearance to a polluted atmosphere?
… Louisiana is sinking twice as fast as we thought.

Why is Louisiana sinking at all?
… maps can show how water can be precious lifeline—or a weapon.

Take a look at Guerrilla Cartography’s first atlas, on food.
… what it takes to be a country.

… archaeologists are tracing the migration of ancestral Puebloans—through turkey DNA.

Who were the Ancestral Puebloans?
… ancient Romans had the best concrete, and modern Romans have one of the worst water crises.

What influence did technology like concrete have in ancient Rome?
… medieval manuscripts are a DNA smorgasbord.

How else are medieval manuscripts helping modern scholars?
… where the can’t-miss educational technology events are this school year. Start planning!

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