Spotlights

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Grades None (Ages None)

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T I 

The Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship is awarded to a select group of educators each year, providing a once-in-a-lifetime expedition experience. Fellows bring their adventures back to their students with photographs, video, scientific data, and stories from the field, inspiring students to become engaged, geo-literate decision makers. In this video you'll get a glimpse of unforgettable animal sightings, breathtaking landscapes, and educators' enthusiasm during their trips.

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Grades 3-12+ (Ages 8+)

Subjects
Geography

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T I F S 

Video.

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Grades 3-12+ (Ages 8+)

Subjects
Informal Education, Social Studies, Geography

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T I F S 

Photo. From scriblita to the Big Easy.

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Grades 9-12+ (Ages 14+)

Subjects
Social Studies, Science, Geography

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T I S 

Video. For bio archaeologist, Dr. Jackie Eng, when an ancient communal grave is uncovered, her first job it to identify the number of individuals in the burial context. She does this by counting the number of left femurs.

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Grades 9-12+ (Ages 14+)

Subjects
Social Studies, Science, Geography

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T I S 

Bog bodies—mummified corpses still intact 2,000 years after their death—offer questions and clues about life and death in Iron Age Europe.

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Grades 3-12+ (Ages 8+)

Subjects
Science

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T I S 

Wild Chronicles heads to Japan where a heated war between honeybees and giant hornets is being fought to the death. Armed by evolution, which species can ensure its own survival?

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Grades K-12+ (Ages 5+)

Subjects
Science

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T I F S K

Illustration Gallery: In a game of hide-and-seek these tricksters would never be found!

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Grades 4-12+ (Ages 9+)

Subjects
Social Studies, Science

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T I F S 

The work of Amber Case, a cyborg anthropologist, focuses on the interface of culture and technology. She discusses how she merged her studies in sociology, anthropology, and engineering with her passion for making technology more efficient and user-friendly, allowing people to connect and better understand one another.

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All Grades

Subjects
Science, Health, Geography

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T I F S K

Caterpillars are the larval stage of moths and butterflies. They are mostly herbivores, and eat so much, so quickly, that they are often considered agricultural pests.

Best For
Grades 4-12+ (Ages 9+)

Subjects
Mathematics, Geography

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T I F S K

Use the U.S. census of 1790 to add up the demographics of early America.

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All Grades

Subjects
Cross-Disciplinary

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T I 

Graphic organizers are useful tools for building knowledge and organizing information. You can use a T chart to compare and contrast two things.

Best For
Grades 3-12+ (Ages 8+)

Subjects
Informal Education, Science

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T I F S K

Video. Photographer gets the shots he's been waiting for.

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All Grades

Subjects
Science, Geography

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T I F S K

A gallery of black and white reproducible maps of the Chesapeake Bay estuary and watershed in the eastern United States.

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All Grades

Subjects
Cross-Disciplinary

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T I 

Graphic organizers are useful tools for building knowledge and organizing information. You can use a classification chart to classify, categorize, or sort information.

Best For
Grades 9-12+ (Ages 14+)

Subjects
Social Studies, Arts, Geography

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T I S 

A silk gown made from maps? Maps of French Indochina on display in a Dutch museum? What’s going on here?

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Grades 3-12+ (Ages 8+)

Subjects
Science

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T I F S K

Video. Domestic cats are just following their natural instincts.

Best For
Grades 7-12+ (Ages 12+)

Subjects
Social Studies, Religion, Cross-Disciplinary, Geography

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T I S 

These videos explore the power of cross-cultural friendships in confronting hurtful generalizations and stereotypes. 

Best For
Grades 6-12+ (Ages 11+)

Subjects
Science

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T I S 

Illustration. The Calvin cycle is a process that plants and algae use to turn carbon dioxide from the air into sugar, the food autotrophs need to grow.

Best For
Grades 6-12+ (Ages 11+)

Subjects
Science, Cross-Disciplinary, Geography

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T I F S 

Travel with James Cameron and the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER team as they attempt the first ever solo dive to the world's deepest known point, Challenger Deep.

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All Grades

Subjects
Cross-Disciplinary

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T I 

Graphic organizers are useful tools for building knowledge and organizing information. You can use a cycle diagram to organize a repeating series of events or actions.

Best For
Grades 7-12+ (Ages 12+)

Subjects
Social Studies, Cross-Disciplinary

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T I S 

“The Dialogue” follows four American and four Chinese university students as they travel together through Hong Kong and Southwest China. On their journey together, the students deepen their understanding of one another and their abilities to bridge cultural differences.

Best For
Grades 3-12+ (Ages 8+)

Subjects
Social Studies, Geography

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T I F S 

Video. Watch as the Lost Boys experience for the first time what most American's take for granted and as they gain valuable insight on American 'norms.'

Best For
Grades 5-12+ (Ages 10+)

Subjects
Social Studies

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T I F S 

Are dollar coins a good investment? Financial experts weigh in.

Best For
Grades 5-12+ (Ages 10+)

Subjects
Arts, Cross-Disciplinary, Geography

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T I F S 

Illustration. Understanding a historic painting.

Best For
Grades 7-12+ (Ages 12+)

Subjects
Social Studies, Arts

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T I F S 

Photo. The Florence Cathedral, birthplace of the Renaissance.

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All Grades

Subjects
Social Studies, Arts

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T I F S K

A dollhouse offers clues about life in 17th century Holland.

Best For
Grades 3-12+ (Ages 8+)

Subjects
Science, Geography

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T I F S 

Earthquakes happen all the time, and can be barely noticeable or terribly devastating. What causes them? What can we do to be prepared?

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All Grades

Subjects
Cross-Disciplinary

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T I 

Graphic organizers are useful tools for building knowledge and organizing information. You can use a cause-and-effect diagram to identify what happened (effect) and why it happened (cause).

Best For
Grades 9-12+ (Ages 14+)

Subjects
Science

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T I S 

Photo. Thinning shells threatened raptors.

Best For
Grades 5-12+ (Ages 10+)

Subjects
Social Studies, Mathematics

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T I F S 

Who elects the President of the United States? Go to Electoral College and find out.