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Standard 1:
How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective
Africa's Struggle With AIDS
Chimps, Humans, Thumbs, and Tools
Contour Maps With DOGSTAILS
GIS: Helping to Save the African Wild
Latitude, Longitude, and Mapmaking
Mapping Mars
Oil and Water in the Middle East Region
Seeing the Human Impact on Africa: What Can You Learn From a Plane?
To the Ends of the Earth: Research in Polar Seas
What Makes a Group?
Standard 2:
How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places and environments in a spatial context
How Do We Find Our Way?
School Space: An Analysis of Map Perceptions
Standard 3:
How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth's surface
Assessing Political Boundaries
Don't Be Fooled by a Photograph
Drought, Famine, and Geographic Diversity
Explore the Spatial Patterns of Your Hometown
How Can Maps Help?
Using Maps in Ocean Research
What's Happening in Darfur?
Where in the World Would You Like to Live?
Standard 4:
The physical and human characteristics of places
A Polynesian Story
Climbing Mount Everest: Then and Now
Coral Bleaching: Making Our Oceans Whiter
Culture Shock
International Food Court
Lewis and Clark: A Legacy to Remember
Regional Guidebook
The Chesapeake Bay: A Model for Change
What Does a Picture Tell You About Culture?
Standard 5:
That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity
Investigating Central Asia Through Maps
Mission Geography: Europe
Regions of the United States: A Geographic Perspective
Spatial Organization: Identification of Functional Regions
What Do People Know About the Arctic and Antarctic?
What Is Asia?
Standard 6:
How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions
Cultural Symbols and the Characteristics of Place
Culture and Objects
Extreme Photography: Life through the Lens of Jimmy Chin
Geo-friendly Travel: Destination Honduras
Kimono
Preservation Issues: Competing Interests
Standard 7:
The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface
Deep-Sea Geysers: Hydrothermal Vents
Delving into the Grand Canyon
Desert Graphics
Finding Monster Waves
Hawaiian Hot Spots
How India Moved: Plate Tectonics and Indias Landscape
Natural DisastersExploring Plate Tectonics
Rain: Friend or Foe?
Recording the Changing Seasons in Ancient Times
Saved by a Shark
The Galapagos Islands: A Geological Wonder
Understanding Earthquakes: Learning from Kobe
What Happened to Whom?
Standard 8:
The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface
Are Hammerheads a Keystone Species?
Biodiversity
Bioluminescence: Living Light
Can You Hear a Whale?
Climate Controls
Competition on Sable Island
Crocs, Then and Now
DNA and Endangered Species
Dugongs, Elephants, and Evolution
Everyday Explorers: Investigate!
From Wolf to Woof
Harvesting the Ocean for Medical Science
Kings of the Kalahari
Leopard Seals and Penguins: A Delicate Balance
Microclimate in the Schoolyard
Photosynthesis, Trees, and the Greenhouse Effect
Pilot Whales' Social Behavior
Polar Regions: Arctic Adaptations and Global Impacts
Postcards from the Edge: Endangered Species
Solving the Sea Turtle Mystery
The Antarctic Ecosystem: Where Would It Be Without Krill?
Using Venn Diagrams to Compare Two Ecosystems
Water Column Mix-Up
Why Preserve Biodiversity?
Why Study Nurse Shark Mating?
Standard 9:
The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human population on Earth's surface
God Grew Tired of Us
: Migration and Cultural Interaction
Human Migration: The Story of the Cultural Landscape
Interpreting Population Statistics
Migration: A First-hand Perspective
Migration: Why People Move
Population Pyramids and Us
Standard 10:
The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics
Comparing Cultures
Culture in the Cupboard
Fast Food Around the World
Pygmies, Pictures, and Poetry
Religion and Belief Systems in Asia
Religion and Spirituality in Nepal
Weeping Camel: How Do Rituals Compare?
Standard 11:
The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface
"Ad-ing" to Geography
Can the Chiru Be Saved?
Commerce in the Indian Ocean
Products Across Borders
Standard 12:
The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement
Animals of the Nomads
Cities in Asia
Planning a New Town
What to Do About Sprawl
Standard 13:
How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface
Advisory Board
Famous Boundaries
Getting Involved in War
Lewis and Clark: "The Object of This Mission"
Public Lands: Preserve or Develop?
Submarines: A Heated Competition in a Cold War
The Pros and Cons of Transnational Alliances
The Shape of Things to Come
Standard 14:
How human actions modify the physical environment
A Trip to the Beach?
Aquatic Invaders
Crane Cam: Conservation and Economics
Fallout from Chornobyl
Health Indicators in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Invasive Species
Liquid Density and Oil Spills
Navigating the Niger
Predators Among Us
Research and Conservation: Doing the Legwork
Rivers: Lifelines of the Land
Threats to Ocean Life: Can Marine Sanctuaries Help?
Who Pays the Price When a Sea Disappears?
Working Together for the Manatee
Standard 15:
How physical systems affect human systems
Lewis and Clark: Native American Contributions
Lewis and Clark: Overcoming Obstacles
Natural Hazard Risks in the United States
Natural Hazards: Same Forces, Different Impacts
Sister Storms: Children of the Tropical Seas
The Impact of Natural Hazards Around the World
The Land and Lifestyle of the Inca
The Mariana Trench: Stewardship of the Deep Seas?
The Ocean and Weather: El Niqo and La Niqa
The Ocean: Our Global Connector
Tracking Tornadoes
When Natural Hazards Become Human Disasters
Standard 16:
The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources
Marine Protected Areas
Rich, Poor, or Somewhere in the Middle
Spice Geography
Sushi Bar: You, Me, Sushi
Where Do Your Possessions Come From?
Standard 17:
How to apply geography to interpret the past
CSI: Cretaceous Seas Investigation
Clues From the Black Sea
Exploring Maritime History-"Monitor" and "Hunley"
Fleas and the Black Death
Geography Matters in History
Greek and Roman Land Use: What Was the Difference?
Making a Mummy the Natural Way
On Exhibit: World Under Water
PaleoanthropologyA Complex Career Choice
Pirate Archaeology
Public Lands: Hidden Histories
Science on Screen: Evidence and Inference
Shipwrecks of the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
The Mystery of the Scroll: Ancient Egyptian Culture and Geography
The Science of Digging Up Dinosaurs
Which Way Did They Go?
Would You Have Helped Out?
Standard 18:
How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future
Addressing World Hunger
Adopt a Lot
Can Crittercam Help Protect Humpbacks?
Can Research Save the Leatherback Turtle?
Dealing With Disasters
Diving in to Save the Monk Seal
Geography and Your Dream Job
Icebergs and Penguins
Is 'African' a Language?
Life at Sea: Careers in Marine Science
Lions and People: Keeping the Balance
Ocean Conservation: Getting the Word Out With Photographs
Points of View in the News
Reviving Bodie
SIMoN Says
SPLASHMonitoring Humpback Whales
Sleuthing for a Lost Ship
Sound the Alarm: Can Frogs Really Tell Us What's Wrong?
Volunteer MonitoringGulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
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