This week, we learned …
… what unites and divides urban, suburban, and rural communities. Resource of the week!

Photograph by Chris Johns, National Geographic
What are rural and urban areas?
… the facts about fingerprints.

Photograph by D. Sharon Pruitt, courtesy Wikimedia. CC-BY-2.0
Are our belly buttons as diverse as our fingerprints?
… how kindergartners are seeing the (circadian) light.

Photograph by Lynn Johnson, National Geographic
What are your lighting choices?
… all about the girls who led the desegregation movement in schools.

Photograph by Thomas J. O’Halloran, courtesy Library of Congress
A third-grade girl was at the center of Brown v. Board.
… to find clean water, you sometimes have to go batty.

Photograph by Merlin Tuttle, National Geographic
Meet the Arizona myotis—a bat who lives near large bodies of water.
… people with glasses really are smarter. (Or: the benefits of bad eyesight.)

Photograph by Robert Madden, National Geographic
How many of our explorers wear glasses? Check at the Explorers Festival and see.
… what it’s like to be a dolphin.

Photograph by Brian J. Skerry, National Geographic
… Europe is being rebranded.

Illustration courtesy Wikimedia
What is the human geography of Europe?
… an Alaskan refuge may be the most contested land in the U.S.

Map by Lauren E. James, National Geographic
Use our resource to learn a little about what’s at stake.
… where our planet is protected.
