Purposeful Problems: Using Problem-Based Gameplay to Promote Geo-Capabilities

Mission Palms Coference Room: Joshua Tree

Overview By immersing students in scenarios or problems reflective of real world scenarios, educators can promote deeper geographic understanding, independent decision-making skills, and the ability to transfer powerful geography knowledge […]

Introduction to Google My Maps

Mission Palms Conference Room: San Pedro 60 E 5th St., Tempe, Arizona

Overview Easily create custom maps with the places that matter to you. Draw: Add points or draw shapes anywhere. Search: Find places and save them to your map. Import: Instantly […]

Beat the Heat: Making Heat Safety Fun

Mission Palms Conference Room: Dolores

Overview Join us to discover initiatives aimed at educating students on the importance of heat safety. Our online game, developed in collaboration with Arizona State University's Ask a Biologist team, […]

Group Testing in the AP Classroom

Mission Palms Coference Room: Joshua Tree

Overview Enhance student learning through group testing in any classroom. The methodology in this session is geared toward the AP classroom but can be modified to fit the needs of […]

Unite the APHG Curriculum with Six Place Processes

Mission Palms Conference Room: Covetto 60 E 5th St., Arizona

Overview Human geography courses tend to be compartmentalized into distinct topics, such as the geography of migration, religion, linguistics, politics, land use, agriculture, urbanization, and economics. This segmented approach, akin […]

Tales & Travels: First Chapter Friday

Mission Palms Conference Room: San Pedro 60 E 5th St., Tempe, Arizona

Overview Embark on a global storytelling journey! World Geography meets middle grade books through First Chapter Friday. Students make real-world connections through weekly reads that have a setting in a […]

Lessons Learned from Creating a Local Atlas

Mission Palms Conference Room: Colonnade 60 E 5th St., Tempe, Arizona

Overview A resource geographer, a cartographer, and an educator collaborated to make an atlas of a local watershed as a tool for geographic education. This project addresses declining geographic literacy […]