“POD is a professional development program that enables secondary teachers to increase students’ content knowledge, 21st Century Skills and awareness of geospatial technology careers through Geospatial Inquiry and data analysis.”

This exercise is used to introduce students to key map elements, map design, and types of maps.

This document assesses the progress of K12 students who participated in the 2010 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in geography.

Includes professional development for K-12 Teachers, Webinar program, Resources for University and college professors

These ready-to-use projects do not require a login.

This includes resources on spatial teaching and learning, including multiple resources on spatial thinking concepts, standards, and relevant spatial links of interest.

This site provides resources for educators teaching about remote sensing and geospatial concepts.

Provides examples of how to incorporate topographic mapping, map concepts, and USGS resources into curriculum.

This site provides instructions for educators, along with a map and lesson index of content related to American history.

Searchable for other map-related technologies to incorporate in the classroom

This site includes information on spatial thinking, using maps in the field, topographic maps, and 3D phenomena.

This site includes resources, regional content, thematic content, and geospatial content of relevance to those interested incorporating geospatial topics into curriculum.

Information from Google for educators and schools on incorporating technology into schools.

This blog post discusses the use of ArcGIS Online Story Maps at the university level.

Includes links for GeoInquires (free instructional resources for ArcGIS Online), ConnectED (free ArcGIS Online for US K-12 school instruction), and Career Videos (Videos showing careers using geospatial information), Additional links for exchanging ideas, lesson plans, and skill development

This article addresses the importance of spatial thinking in society and the importance of geospatial information in solving problems.

This web map application organized by main topical area provides examples based on geographic area of exercise and lessons for educators to use and/or adapt into curriculum.

A collection of instructional material related to spatial thinking topics across disciplines in higher education.