WORLD In excavated waste heaps, researchers have found evidence that ancient Greenlanders may have been eating large amounts of bowhead whale. But these 4,000-year-old “dumpsters” are from millennia before humans had the technology to hunt down such massive prey. (NPR) How long have people been whaling? Use our article to find out. Teachers, scroll down for a quick list of key resources in our Teachers … Continue reading Whale of a Mystery
What did you learn this week? Let us know in the comments or at education@ngs.org. This week, we learned … … how to terraform Mars. What materials are necessary to terraform Mars?What materials are necessary to terraform Mars? How would terraforming a planet determine what organisms could be introduced there? … pre-K might not be all it’s cracked up to be. What are your … Continue reading 11 Things We Learned This Week!
The following post was written by 2014 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow Michele Huppert during her expedition to the Arctic. The Grosvenor Teacher Fellow Program is a professional development opportunity made possible by a partnership between Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Education. Expedition Location: Arctic Svalbard, Norway, Greenland, and Iceland Earth still has some amazing places where a very small number human beings leave their footprints. Jan … Continue reading Jan Mayen, the Rarely-Visited, Most Northern Volcanic Island on Earth
