 | | | Roy Gumpel/Touch Productions Ltd. | | | | Human Footprint | | Did you know that 83 percent of the Earth's surface is influenced by human activity? Everything we consume, use, and discard over a lifetime has an effect on our planet. To learn more, watch Human Footprint, premiering April 13 on the National Geographic Channel. Related classroom resources help students think about global population trends, consumption, and production—and how these affect the environment. For more ways to think green, visit National Geographic's Preserve Our Planet and the Green Guide magazine. Earth Day is April 22; help students celebrate! | | | | | | |  | | "Illicit: The Dark Trade"
| | | Airing on PBS on April 16, the National Geographic Television Special "Illicit: The Dark Trade" exposes the true hidden aspects of illegal trade that threaten to undermine the benefits of globalization. This three-trillion dollar business brings increasingly dangerous political consequences for the world: intellectual property theft, money laundering, massive corruption, and subversion of entire governments. Visit the site for educational materials that fulfill national geography, economics, and civic standards for grades 6–12, as well as an informal activity guide. | | | | | | 20-million dollar Prize for Renewable Ocean Energy Announced | | Scotland will offer the world's largest prize to date for spurring advances in marine renewable energy, the country's head of state announced. The Saltire Prize, of 20 million U.S. dollars, will go to innovators from any nation who design environmentally friendly ocean technology, such as better ways to harness tidal and wind power. | | | | Lesson Plans of the Month (by Grade Level) | | | | | | | | NG Kids Virtual Field Trip | | Go on a virtual field trip around the world with National Geographic Kids magazine! In this new area of the website, we profile 16 countries and explore their amazing cultures and people in a kid-friendly format. Watch videos, learn facts, view maps, and peruse beautiful photos. More countries will be added every month! | | | | | | Summer Is Just Around the Corner! | | Still making summer plans? Travel with National Geographic Student Expeditions—the Society's new high school travel program. Our next generation of explorers now has the opportunity to discover the world through active, hands-on expeditions that combine education and adventure. Learn more about National Geographic Student Expeditions. | | | | Discount on NG Explorer! | | Don't miss out on an extraordinary offer to get National Geographic Explorer magazine for your students in grades K–12! Order before May 31, 2008, and get 10% off Explorer's already low price, plus the Magazine Maker CD-ROM to help you turn your students into magazine publishers. Explorer develops literacy skills as it teaches core science and social studies content, and it includes stunning photos and engaging stories. Kids and teachers alike love Explorer magazine! Click here to get more information or to order. | | | | Join the Explorer Classroom Magazine Teacher Panel! | | If you subscribe to National Geographic Young Explorer, NG Explorer, or Extreme Explorer, we want to hear from you. Panelists will answer brief surveys on each issue, providing feedback on stories, covers, and interest in future topics. As a thank-you for answering surveys, panelists will receive a gift certificate to use online. | | | | Thinking Games | | Take the challenge and play the Sudoku-style Cluedoku game, match the animal pairs in Baby Animal Memory, search for weather words in the new Weather Word Search game, and play the Recycle Roundup game to learn what can be recycled and composted by clicking here. | | | | | | Texas Poster Contest | | Did you hear about the Texas Geographic Alliance's Geography Awareness Week Student Poster Contest? Learn more about this 20-year tradition and the four first-place student winners in grades K–8 from across the state in 2007. | | | | |
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