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2004

MGA on the Move (610K)

    • Drury University Selected for New MGA Home
    • Winter Conference in St. Louis
    • Red Cross Needs Our Help
    • Slavery in Missouri Lesson Plan
    • Grosvener Grant Reports: Rediscover Lewis & Clark
    • Grosvener Grant Reports: Show Me Missouri Picture Atlas
    • Big Rivers: Patterns and Applications in Your Watershed
    • NCGE Coming to Missouri
    • Five Themes Poster Contest
    • Global Connections Workshops
    • Voices from the Hills

 

2003

Geography Action 2003: Habitats (610K)

    • Big Rivers: Watershed Ecology
    • Rain Garden Lesson Plan
    • National Atlas
    • Voices from the Hills Workshop Report
    • Geography Action: Habitats


MGA Winter Conference in Hermann (396K)

    • MGA Winter Conference 2003 in Hermann MO Workshop Report
    • Lewis & Clark "Plots & Plants" Lesson Plan
    • What on Earth Is ARG World?
    • NGS Roper Survey
    • Newspapers in Education: Missouri's Backyard
    • Learning to Look
    • Summer Institutes

 

2002

Geography Action 2002 (988K)

    • Rediscovering the World of Lewis & Clark
    • Geography Action - America's Backyard: Exploring Your Public Lands
    • Newspapers in Education Contest
    • MGA Winter Meeting Information
    • Voices from the Hills Information
    • MGA Southeast Regional Workshop Report
    • MGA Southwest Regional Workshop Report
    • Caves & Karst CD Offer
    • Show Me Adair County Report
    • "S is for Successful" MGA Fall conference Report
    • "S Is for Show Me" Lesson Plan by author Judy Young


Statewide Geography Conference 2002 (116K)

    • Statewide Fall Conference Information
    • Improved Geography Scores


Mountain Institute, Winter Conference, Summer Opportunities (773K)

    • Mountain Institute in West Virginia
    • Winter Conference in Kansas City
    • "Peak Awareness" Lesson Plan
    • Discovering Missouri Rivers Winner
    • "Show Me Missouri" project progress
    • Summer Workshop Opportunities

 

2001

Geography Awareness Week 2001: Rivers (425K)

    • A River Remembered
    • River Barge Cruise Workshops
    • "Rivers Come, Rivers Go" Lesson Plan
    • Discovering Missouri Rivers
    • Adopt-A-Stream
    • GIS Opportunities
    • Infrastructure & Entrepreneurship in PA, Moscow, and Tokyo
    • Professional Development in Action


Statewide Geography Conference 2001 (351K)

    • Heights of Inspiration
    • Starting Geography Clubs
    • "Mountains, Culture, & Japan" Lesson Plan
    • Statewide Fall Conference Information
    • Lewis & Clark Events
    • GIS Opportunities


Summer Opportunities (163K)

    • Show Me Missouri! Introduction
    • Mapping Natural Disasters Information
    • "Oreo Cookie Model of the Earth" Lesson Plan
    • Statewide Fall Conference Information
    • "To Simplify" Poem
    • New Center of U. S. Population
    • Planning for Fall


Standards Based Performance Assessment (468K)

    • Standards Based Performance Assessment
    • GAW Report
    • "Dr. Solomon Recommends ..." Websites, Pt. 2
    • National Geographic World Comes to Kansas City
    • Mapping Natural Disasters

 

2000

Geography Awareness Week 2000: Conservation (399K)

    • Geography Awareness Week Information
    • Report on Statewide Geography Conference
    • Report on Mapping the Environment Workshop
    • "Dr. Solomon Recommends ..." Websites Pt. 1
    • GeoTeacher Electronic Distribution Changeover


Statewide Geography Conference 2000 (164K)

    • Statewide Conference Information
    • Report on Summer 2000 Geography Institute in St. Louis MO.
    • GeoTeacher Electronic Distribution Changeover


Quebec (629K)

    • Quebec travel notes
    • "How Big Is Quebec?" Lesson Plan
    • Info on Summer 2000 Summer Geography Institute in St. Louis MO.
    • Info on "Mapping the Environment" workshop in St. Louis MO.

 

1999

Geography Awareness Week, 1999 - Geography & Technology (629K)

    • GAW Activities
    • "Geography Quiz Board" Lesson Plan
    • GAW Poster Contest


Statewide Geography Conference 1999 (326K)

    • Statewide Conference Information
    • Leadership Academy Report


France in Missouri: , (390K)

    • "French Settlement in Missouri"
    • "You Mean They Weren't All German!" Lesson Plan
    • Info on Summer 1999 Advanced Placement Geography Training in St. Louis MO.

 

1998

Gender and Geography: Making a Way, (176K)

    • "Gender and Geography: Making a Way"
    • "Finding My Way"
    • "How Gender Sensitive Are You?"
    • "Panel of Girls Talk - Teachers Respond"
    • "Looking At Cities Through New Lenses" Lesson Plan
    • "O SAE Can You See?"
    • "Chicago: City as Microcosm of the US" Lesson Plan
    • Program for September 26, 1998 Statewide Conference in Columbia MO.


1998 Alliance Summer Geography Institute, (137K)

    • "So Ya'll Wanna Speak Canadian, Eh?"
    • Institute Description
    • Institute Application Form

 

1997

Chicago / Geography Standards (312K)

    • "Geography Examples with Chicago Examples"
    • "Chicago: City as Microcosm of the US" Lesson Plan


1997 Geogrpahy Awareness Week: Explore Your World, (215K)

    • "Explore Your World! Geography Takes You Places"
    • "Ben's Dream" Lesson Plan
    • "A Walk Down Main Street: Exploring Your Own Community" Lesson Plan


1997 Alliance Summer Geography Institute, (117K)

    • "Geography: It's Not Just for Social Studies Teachers"
    • Institute Description
    • Institute Application Form

 

1996

Osage Prairies Region of Missouri, (273K)

    • The Osage Prairies
    • "Using Maps to Discover the Osage Prairies" Lesson Plan
    • Geography Standards Fable
    • Environmental Education/Global Change
    • Free Missouri Resources
    • Software Review, Pointers


Statewide Conference, Summer 1996 (98K)

    • Program for September 28, 1996 Statewide Conference in Columbia MO.

 

1995

Ozark Highlands Region of Missouri, Spring 1995 (215K)

    • Hardscrabble
    • Natural History of the Ozark Highlands
    • "Sugar Mountain" Lesson Plan on karst topography
    • "Topographic Maps" Lesson Plan on contour profiles
    • "Ozark Gems" Student Geographic Poetry
    • Geography Standards
    • Software Review
    • Pointers


Glaciated Prairie Region of Missouri, Spring 1995 (273K)

    • Glaciated Prairie Region
    • Northeast Missouri Crossword Puzzle
    • "Reassembly Required" Lesson Plan on constructing maps from mileage tables by using geometry
    • GeoBee
    • Pointers