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On expedition in Chad, Spencer Wells explains the Genographic Project to local village leaders.

Photograph by David Evans/NGS 2006

February 9, 2010

What's New

• Educators: Permission Slip for Use by Minors in the Classroom


• Get The Genographic Project Classroom Companion!


• What is The Genographic Project?


• Genographic Project Lesson Plans


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Learn about the Geography Action! 2007-08 theme of Asia!

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• Africa in 3-D
• Migration: The Human Journey

Sonpur, India, 1983. At dawn elephants lumber into the river at Sonpur. Their keepers will scrub them clean with porous stones, decorate them with paint, and sell them at the giant fair. Photograph by George F. Mobley

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In Patagonia, a rare patch of calm settles on Torres del Paine National Park, where gale-force winds often batter glacial lakes and granite peaks. Photograph by Peter Essick

Resources

Need lesson plans and other resources to teach with the Genographic Project? Check out the exclusive Genographic Project Classroom Companion.

Don't miss the National Geographic Xpeditions lesson plans on the Genographic Project. Students can explore the "me connection" with their surname and understand migration, the basics of DNA, the patterns of genetic markers, ancestry, and much more.

Science is exciting, and it's for everyone—interactive adventures, hands-on experiments, and live cams—Explore TryScience.org.

From the March 2006 National Geographic magazine "The Greatest Journey". Photograph by Chris Johns

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Photograph courtesy NGS

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Photograph courtesy NGS