Whittemore Elementary in the Daily News Tribune

Reporter Joyce Kelly and photographer Bear Cieri enjoyed the EarthView visit to Whittemore Elementary almost as much as the EarthView team did! The photographs capture EarthView at its best -- with students learning.

The report also captures both the richness and the excitement of the experience for the EarthView team, local educators, and students.

Puzzle and Game Maps

Games have been a popular way to learn geography for centuries -- even before the Internet! In fact, this article at BibliOdyssey mentions that jig-saw puzzles were invented just prior to the American Revolution, and for 20 years, the only depicted maps!

Read the article to learn about pre-1900 geography games, so you know what to look for the next time you are in an antique shop. And keep this tradition in mind the next time you play geography games online!

The Presidential Map

Here is an important message for fans of EarthView: President Obama likes maps, too!

On June 10, the president received a map from the National Geographic Society (which also sponsor's our Globe Lady's program, MyWonderfulWorld.org). President Obama started studying the map right away! It is amazing what you can learn, just by looking at a map.

What is your state crustacean?

Geographers have noticed that people identify characteristics of their home regions that are distinctive. Together these characteristics define what geographers call a sense of place. In Maryland, the blue crab is just one of several symbols of which Marylanders are rightly proud.

Read about these symbols and then do some research on the symbols -- official or informal -- of your own state. Be sure to explore the rest of the Maryland Kids Page -- it teaches a lot of geography!

Geography overview

As the geography editor for About.com, Matt Rosenberg reviews a lot of geography items online, so he knows what an exciting and varied discipline it is. In his Geography 101 article, he provides a good introduction to what he calls the "mother of all sciences."