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Get to Know NatGeo: Chief Education Officer Dr. Deborah Grayson

Image credit: Rebecca Hale, National Geographic Society As autumn approaches and we prepare for a new school year, the Education Division at the National Geographic Society (NGS) is looking forward to a new year of learning, storytelling, and opportunity. In all of our work, NGS Education remains committed to the Society’s mission to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world through science, storytelling, and, … Continue reading Get to Know NatGeo: Chief Education Officer Dr. Deborah Grayson

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The Future of Learning: Found While Exploring the Past

Featured Image: Ashleigh Glickley captures images from the dive boat just before diving with the team of National Geographic Explorers.  Credit: Ocean Exploration Trust/Nautilus Live Ashleigh Glickley, teacher from Hawthorne Spanish Immersion School in Louisville, KY, wrote this post. “Don’t forget to breathe,” I reminded myself as we descended into the crystal blue waters off the coast of Maui in October of 2022.  It was … Continue reading The Future of Learning: Found While Exploring the Past

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The Explorer Mindset: What it Means to Think Like an Explorer

Bayan Atari, a National Geographic Society Education staff member, wrote this post. Our Explorers are what drive National Geographic forward. Every single Explorer is a curious and passionate leader who uses their creativity, innovation, and storytelling skills to find tangible solutions for the protection of our world. But what does it take to be an Explorer? It begins with a combination of attitudes, skills, and … Continue reading The Explorer Mindset: What it Means to Think Like an Explorer

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The Edge of all Life: Join the Nat Geo Expedition Documenting Earth’s Northernmost Lands

Have you ever wondered what the northernmost terrestrial life on Earth is?  This summer, a team of National Geographic scientists and storytellers will head to the northernmost land on Earth (the far north coast of Greenland) to document terrestrial life and set up base-line transects to monitor the impact of climate change over the next 100 years.  Dr. Brian Buma, the expedition leader, is an … Continue reading The Edge of all Life: Join the Nat Geo Expedition Documenting Earth’s Northernmost Lands

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Going Beyond Black Wall Street: Opening Students to a World of Black Heritage in their Own Backyard

r over 30 years, before I ever heard about it in school. No one ever told me how our family might be connected to this history. All I knew as a child was that my mom was born in Tuskegee, Alabama (with all of its loaded history) and my dad came from Cleveland, Tennessee (a city situated next to a Sundown town known as Ducktown – the name made famous by the slogan “any Blacks caught here better duck”). And as far as I knew, we were the first generation in our family to make the journey from the deep south to Oklahoma territory. Or so I thought, but that is a separate story I am exploring in my role as a Wayfinder for the 2892 Miles to Go Project.  Continue reading Going Beyond Black Wall Street: Opening Students to a World of Black Heritage in their Own Backyard

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