Another Use for Old National Geographics: Meeting Many K-12 GPS Science Standards with Mental Challenges
Session Format
Workshop (45 minutes)
Location
Room 2911
Abstract for the conference program
Did you realize that some/most public school libraries in this area do not carry National Geographic because there are pictures of naked people? Well, that is not a problem because people will happily donate them or you can assemble an inexpensive teaching collection from local thrift shops and library sales. Or you can even download images of the covers from the WWWeb and print them 8 per page for a laminated set of cards. Those covers are enough to create thought-provoking lessons on a wide variety of topics. They are especially useful to: provide controlled photographic examples without computers, address standards that do not lend themselves to hands-on activities, and build quizzes to review for tests. This workshop will be a “Hands & Minds – On” activity where you can try my grade-level activities and then brainstorm with other teachers to come up with even better ideas.
Proposal Track
Non-research Project
Start Date
3-6-2015 9:15 AM
End Date
3-6-2015 10:00 AM
Recommended Citation
Jones, Leslie S., "Another Use for Old National Geographics: Meeting Many K-12 GPS Science Standards with Mental Challenges" (2015). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 3.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2015/2015/3
Another Use for Old National Geographics: Meeting Many K-12 GPS Science Standards with Mental Challenges
Room 2911
Did you realize that some/most public school libraries in this area do not carry National Geographic because there are pictures of naked people? Well, that is not a problem because people will happily donate them or you can assemble an inexpensive teaching collection from local thrift shops and library sales. Or you can even download images of the covers from the WWWeb and print them 8 per page for a laminated set of cards. Those covers are enough to create thought-provoking lessons on a wide variety of topics. They are especially useful to: provide controlled photographic examples without computers, address standards that do not lend themselves to hands-on activities, and build quizzes to review for tests. This workshop will be a “Hands & Minds – On” activity where you can try my grade-level activities and then brainstorm with other teachers to come up with even better ideas.
