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BioBlitz 2008 |
| Registration is open for BioBlitz 2008: Santa Monica National Recreation Area, May 30–31. You, your scout troop, school group, family, and friends can all join in this 24-hour species inventory in the Santa Monica Mountains. Alongside scientists, naturalists, and volunteers, you'll explore the 150,000-acre (60,703-hectare) park observing and recording as many living organisms as possible. National Geographic, the National Parks Service, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, and California State Parks collaborated to provide ongoing activities and lectures during this event that celebrates biodiversity. If California is not in your spring plans, download these educational resources to help you and your favorite junior scientists plan a bioblitz close to home. |
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Teacher grants available from the National Environmental Education Foundation
To help provide teachers around the country with support for their innovative work to bring environmental education into the classroom, the National Environmental Education Foundation is launching the Classroom Earth National High School Challenge—an opportunity for up to 25 teachers to secure as much as $5,000 to $10,000 in funding to bring innovative environmental themes into their coursework. Visit www.neefusa.org to learn more and to download the application.
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National Geographic Bee Finals
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The National Geographic Bee finals take place May 20–21 in Washington, D.C. Find out who is representing your state and where you can watch the top ten compete with moderator Alex Trebek.
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| Giant River Stingrays Found Near Thai City |
When anglers called that March afternoon to say that they had caught a giant freshwater stingray near a bustling Thai city, biologist Zeb Hogan couldn't believe it. He had just spent a week in the remote Mekong River in northern Cambodia, searching for the ray—which might be the world's largest freshwater fish species—to no avail. |
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| Lesson Plans of the Month (by Grade Level) |
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| Hands-On Explorer Challenge Winners! |
| Congratulations to the winners of the third annual National Geographic Kids Hands-On Explorer Challenge! Sponsored by PURELL® Instant Hand Sanitizer, Nikon, and Tourism Australia, the 2008 Expedition Team—comprised of 15 kids ages 9 to 14 and two teachers—will travel to Australia in July to explore the natural wonders of Queensland's Great Barrier Reef and prehistoric Daintree Rain Forest, and to Tasmania, where the young explorers will help save the Tasmanian devil. |
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| Introducing JASON's New Ecology Curriculum |
| The preview site for The JASON Project's new ecology curriculum unit is live! Get an early look at Operation: Resilient P***t and its multimedia components, standards alignments and more. Download a full-color, 32-page curriculum sampler and follow Dr. Sylvia Earle, the renowned oceanographer and National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence, as she leads JASON Argonauts on a mission to help restore Chesapeake Bay! Operation: Resilient P***t will be available in summer 2008, both in print and online. Go to jason.org, log in, and register—it's free! |
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| Tomb of the Unknown Mummy Game |
| Explore the Tomb of the Unknown Mummy and help solve the mystery of who's buried within. Move from room to room, collecting artifacts before your lantern light runs out. Is it the pharaoh? The royal nurse? Choose one of the five potential solutions and see if you're correct. Plus, read a Q&A with NG Explorer Fredrik Hiebert and see what it's like to be a real-life Indiana Jones. |
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| People and Places |
| Go on a virtual field trip around the world at National Geographic Kids! In this new area of the website, we profile 16 countries and explore their amazing cultures and people in a kid-friendly format. Watch videos, learn facts, view maps, and peruse beautiful photos. More countries will be added every month! Click here. |
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