At Bucknell, geography students learn GIS skills as undergrads, using real-world data to create maps that convey information in a new way and uncover storylines others might have missed.

She looked at data from the 2014 assessment and estimated that educators only spend about 20 minutes a week teaching geography. When teachers do focus on geography, Mohan said students are often ...

Many words used in geography are everyday words. But, like any other field of learning, geography has a vocabulary of its own. Use maps as often as possible.

Kids can also learn about geography by drawing their own maps! Here’s a guide for helping your child make a neighborhood map.

MCCUNE: This intersection of geography and machine learning is uniquely poised to model and address climate change in ways that we haven’t even conceived of yet. Being able to understand the complex ...