This week, we learned …
… what happened after First Contact in Papua New Guinea. Read of the week!

What is the human geography of Papua New Guinea?
… how pollution fuels North African migration.

Photograph by Ed Kashi, National Geographic
Adapt this lesson plan on the long-reaching “legacy of litter” in our world ocean.
… gestures shared by chimpanzees, bonobos, and possibly early humans may have biological underpinnings.

Photograph by Paramount Pictures Corp., courtesy National Geographic
How do chimpanzees and humans use their smarts, as well as gestures, to improve their societies?
… climate migration could change the demography of the U.S.

Photograph courtesy NOAA
Where did some of the first waves of U.S. climate refugees relocate?
… a Franciscan manzanita is seeking same.

Photograph by Daderot, courtesy Wikimedia. Public domain
What is another endangered plant on the San Francisco peninsula?
… Florida residents may soon help determine science curriculum.

Photograph by John Stanmeyer, National Geographic
… why Kenya is getting its first coal plant.

Photograph by Erik (HASH) Hersman, courtesy Wikimedia. CC-BY-2.0
… there are still advantages to taking longhand notes.

Photograph by Cory Richards, National Geographic
Use our collection of graphic organizers to help students take notes.
… deepsea mining has its roots in CIA conspiracies.

Photograph by Stephen Low Distribution Inc.
… students who took arts-focused field trips experienced greater gains on standardized test scores.

Photograph by Melissa Farlow, National Geographic
Use our road-trip boredom busters on the way to and from your field trip destination.
… Iowa is the best state in the union.

How does one of our Iowa educators take geo-inquiry from the prairie to Peru?