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February 9, 2010

What's New

• The Giant Map Tours the US


• Geography Awareness Week: A Look Back


• Teachers, you or your students could win a trip to explore Australia!


• 2007 Geography Outreach Institute Asia Lesson Plans Arrive on National Geographic's Xpeditions


• Register for the 2008 National Geographic Bee - For Students in Grades 4-8

• What's New — All Items

Geography Action! Web site.
Visit the Geography Action! Web site for educator resources, activities for your schools and communities, lesson plans and more.

National Geographic Classroom Companion
• Get resources (lesson plans, maps, photos, news articles, books, videos, and more) related to interesting topics in National Geographic Magazine.

Events

Keep current on important dates with the GA! calendar.

GA! April Events

A free-standing arch and crescent-shaped gate frame a mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, the most populous Muslim nation on Earth. Photograph by James L. Stanfield

Resources

Geography Action! 2007 -08 focuses on the natural, cultural, and historic treasures of Asia.

GA! NIE Resources

Geography Outreach Institute Lesson Plans

GA! Asia Lesson
Plans

The Countries of Asia

The Music of Asia

Additional Geography Action! resources:

2006 Africa
2005 Migration
2004 Culture

Brilliant red mineral pigments are ground to powder on a stone pestle for Holi, the Indian festival of color. Photograph by Cary Wolinsky

Showcases

An adult Macaca fascicularis ensconces an infant in her arms in an area between coastal Pattaya and Bangkok, Thailand.
Photograph by Steve Raymer

Forums

Photograph by Claire Quam-Wickham

Other Helpful Websites

National Geographic Live!

Columbia University East Asia Curriculum Project

Geography Action! Asia Website

Asia Society

Freer Gallery

My Wonderful World

Xpeditions Asia Lesson Plans

National Geographic's The Jason Project

Filipino girls line up to practice a dance routine during a training session to become overseas entertainers. Photograph by Karen Kasmauski