The Washington Post has a really cool new interactive that's worth a look. Exploring Antarctica has videos about Antarctic research and animals, fast facts about the icy continent, and desktop wallpapers to download, but it's the stunning photos in the "Frozen Desert" slideshows that stand out the most. Have a look and see what you think!
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It's Bee season again! The state-level National Geographic Bees will be held throughout the United States on Friday, March 30. A list of the state winners will be posted on the National Geographic Bee site the second week of April—check in then and see who will be representing your state at the Nationals in Washington, D.C., on May 22-23.
In the meantime, try your hand at past National Geographic Bee questions in our newly redesigned GeoBee Challenge.
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Now that you've seen our TV public service announcement (PSA), we'd like to hear your thoughts. If you could make a PSA for geographic literacy, what would it include? What other ideas do you have for ways to fire Americans up about the importance of global knowledge? We want to hear all your ideas—big and small. Tell us!
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ESRI's great Geography Matters blog has an interesting entry about how geography is "changing the landscape" of retail business in the U.S.
Have a look, then tell us what you think.
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This opinion column, which appeared Wednesday in the Raleigh News & Observer, perfectly sums up the goals of My Wonderful World. Author Edward B. Fiske, former New York Times education editor and advisory board chairman at the Center for International Understanding, writes: "Step One toward making the next generation of workers internationally competitive is to infuse more global content into the curriculum. Put simply: our young people need to know more about — and thereby come to understand and respect — the rest of the world than they now do."
Read his column in full and tell us what you think.
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