MORE TO EXPLORE FOR TEENS
Also see: More to Explore for Kids
Careers and Colleges
Advanced Placement Human Geography
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_humangeo.html?humangeo
Get a head start! Take the AP Human Geography test and get college
credit.
Association of American Geographers Career Guide
http://www.aag.org/Careers/Intro.html
Just what does a career in geography mean? Learn all about it
in this career guide from AAG.
Geography Departments
http://www.aag.org/Careers/geography_departments.html
Looking into colleges? Choose one that has a geography department
for courses or even a major.
Geospatial21
http://www.geospatial21.org/
Learn more about geospatial technologies and career opportunities.
GIS Careers
http://www.gis.com/careers/geospatial_career.html
A 2003 Department of Labor report cited Geographic Information
Systems is a top-three emerging industry. Learn more about it
with this GIS career guide.
Field Study/Study Abroad
Earthwatch
http://www.earthwatch.org/site/pp.asp?c=dsJSK6PFJnH&b=393397
Learn how to be an Earthwatch volunteer and take part in field
research projects around the world.
Study Abroad
http://www.studyabroad.com/
Broaden your horizons—take part in a student exchange program,
live abroad for a year, or spend your summer overseas.
Summer Youth Adventures (Yosemite National Institutes)
http://www.yni.org/programs/summerprograms.html
Experience the wilderness like never before, make lifelong friends,
and have a summer you'll never forget.
Study Abroad Resources
http://exchanges.state.gov/education/educationusa/abroadstudy.htm
Want to experience life in another country? Check out the U.S. State Department's list of study abroad resources.
Games
Chimp Challenge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/challenges/flash
/chimp_challenge.shtml
Can you learn the social reactions needed to survive in a troop
of chimps?
Maps Games
http://sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
Pick your level and see how much you know!
National Geographic GeoSpy Game
www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy
Quick! Pinpoint as many places as you can before time runs out.
Ocean Games
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/blueplanet/games.shtml
Explore the deep in a sub, travel aboard an icebreaker, and head
to sea as a fish in these rich games from BBC.
SuperVolcano
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/tvradio/programmes/supervolcano/game.shtml
As the newly appointed chief of the Emergency Management Agency
for Bluebear County, it's your job to handle an eruption of the
fictional Mount Spur. Are you up to it?
Survival Zone
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/mammals/challenges/
flash/grassland.shtml
Can you survive in different habitats? You've got only your foxy
wiles to help you.
Virtual House: Biodiversity Connections
http://www.virtualhouse.org/
Explore this virtual house and see what you can learn about how
the way we live can affect our planet's biodiversity.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
EarthCache
http://www.earthcache.org/
Use a Global Positioning System (GPS) to hide and find treasures
around the globe. Ready? Set. Go!
Geocaching
http://www.geocaching.com/
Take part in a real-life adventure game for GPS users. Hide a
"treasure" or use location coordinates to find others' hidden
caches.
Geographic Information Systems
http://www.gis.com/index.cfm
GIS is one of the hottest fields around. See where you can go
with technology.
Homework Help/Student Sites
CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Need information about any country in the world? Check this extensive
resource.
Geographic Resources From the Smithsonian
http://www.SmithsonianEducation.org/MyWonderfulWorld/
Select a continent and find rich online resources that span the globe.
National Geographic One-Stop Research
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/onestop/
Type in your keyword (such as Egypt, sharks, or global warming)
and get a list of all related resources from National Geographic—photos,
maps, articles, and more.
Maps
Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/
Explore the world with this 3-D globe. Type in an address and
zoom right down to street-level.
National Geographic MapMachine
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine
Get National Geographic's award-winning atlas maps online, free.
National Geographic Xpeditions Outline Maps
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/
These black-and-white outline maps are perfect for reports, homework,
and classroom handouts. Choose the level of detail you want each
map to have.
Music
National Geographic World Music
http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com
Listen to artists from around the world, watch music videos, and more.
Smithsonian Global Sound
http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/
Travel the world—one song at a time.
News and Media
BBC Newsround
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/default.stm
This BBC news site includes games, quizzes, polls, and chat.
National Geographic News
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/news
Get daily news—on animals and nature, science, archaeology, and
much more—with a global perspective.
Youth Radio
http://www.youthradio.org
What would you do with your own radio show? Listen in to what
the teens behind Youth Radio are doing on the environment and
global issues.
