National Geographic has unveiled a brand-new Kids site with a colorful, easy-to-navigate design and lots of new games, stories, videos, and activities. There's also a new My Page area, where kids can personalize their pages, save their favorite games and stories, and email their friends.
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Are you taking part in the first-annual Geography Cup? If not, here's a reminder. (The competition ends December 31.)
This new, good-natured online competition pits the United States against the United Kingdom and is designed to call attention to the importance of geography knowledge. (Read a news story.)
The brainchild of U.K.-based Give Geography Its Place and U.S.-based A Broader View, the Geography Cup consists of 13 randomly selected questions. Participants can take the quiz up to three times a day between now and December 31. Current scores are available anytime on the Geography Cup site.
Ready? Sign up now and fight for the title of geography champ!
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If you haven't already done so, be sure to enter for a chance to win a ten-day trip for four to the Galápagos Islands, courtesy of My Wonderful World coalition member Lindblad Expeditions. The sweepstakes ends December 31. Good luck!
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Still doing your holiday shopping? Here are just a few ideas for some geography-related gifts.
For Kids
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What kinds of geography-related gifts do you recommend? Tell us!
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Is Hanukkah the same whether you're in Chicago or São Paulo? Do you celebrate Christmas differently in Anchorage, Albuquerque, or Alberta? What's the "sense of place" of your holidays? Tell us!
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"Blood diamonds" (or "conflict diamonds") are in the news these days, thanks to Blood Diamond, a new movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio.
So what are "blood diamonds"? That's the term given to illegally sold gems that fund civil war and atrocities in Sierra Leone and other African nations.
Learn more in these news stories:
And go deeper with these interactive features:
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Scholastic's Parent & Child magazine has an article about helping children develop a lifelong appreciation of diversity. The article talks about global education, or "helping your child find his own place in the world community — to become a true 'citizen of the world.'"
Read the article and tell us what you think. How do you help your children appreciate diversity?
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The current Smithsonian magazine has a fascinating article about the ancient African trade and educational center of Timbuktu and modern scholars' race to save ancient manuscripts.
Read the complete article and see photos—and talk about it here!
The Smithsonian Institution is a member of the My Wonderful World coalition. (See the Smithsonian's special My Wonderful World pages.)
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Here's a great Q&A from Canada.com about "Mr. Geography," a Toronto taxi driver named Mohammad Saaed Collins who offers a free ride to anyone who can answer a single geography question correctly.
Why geography? As Collins puts it, it's "the most important subject for humans."
"We're standing on geography. People are born on geography. Moving from place to place is geography. If you study it deeply, you'll find all major conflicts stem from geography. "
See the entire Q&A, then tell us what you think.
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