This week, we learned …

… an icy superhighway once carried glaciers from Namibia to Brazil.

How did they drift apart?

 

… the Delta teacher shortage has reached crisis levels.

What are trends that contribute to teacher shortages? How is National Geographic working to address them?

 

… for years, buckets full of uranium ore sat in a museum building at Grand Canyon National Park.

What is ore?

 

… citizen cartographers are helping to “slay the gerrymander.”

What is gerrymandering?

 

… how New Yorkers are tracking the signs of climate change.

How are students and changemakers acting on climate?

 

… “mudlarkers” uncovered a 5,600-year-old skull along the banks of the Thames.

What else was going on in Britain 5,000 years ago?

 

… which states are still lagging in teaching climate science.

Use our rich collection of reliable resources to bring climate science to your class.

 

… rural Chinese b-boys have moves.

What are some other way Asian cultures have adopted hip-hop?

 

… some neighborhood demographics are blurring, while others are becoming more distinct.

Introduce young students to the concept of neighborhood mapping with our simple resource.

 

… Neptune is moonier than we thought.

What is a moon?

 

… a swing dance to superconnecting wires was the winner of this year’s Dance Your PhD!

We hope someone hulas their PhD next year.