Geography Awareness Week
Geography Awareness Week (GAWeek) is an annual public awareness program that encourages citizens young and old to think and learn about the interconnectedness of our world.
Celebrate GAWeek this year by discovering the adventure in your own community! Challenge friends, classmates, and family members to complete missions and earn badges in photography, storytelling, mapping, and taking action. Download and print this year's poster for your classroom or bedroom wall to inspire you and then get started!
GAWeek was established by Presidential proclamation in the United States in 1987 and is organized by National Geographic Education Programs (NGEP). Each year more than 100,000 people actively participate in GAWeek through activities, events, lessons, games, and challenges. Download a print version of the missions in the form of a fun activity booklet.
Geography Awareness Week
Explorer activity
JONTYSAURUS Completed Capture water
JONTYSAURUS Started Become a remote sensor
JONTYSAURUS Started Animal:garbage ratio
shadow-hostage Completed Speak Up For Geography!
1Dforever Completed Speak Up For Geography!
Rewards
Mission
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Alien invasion
Photograph evidence of where a non-native plant or animal has invaded a local ecosystem....
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Photographer Badge | 444 | ||
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Animal:garbage ratio
Explore a local stream, river or lake looking for trash and animals. How many birds, mammals, fish... |
Freshwater Explorer | 847 | ||
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Award sustainable businesses
Explore your local stores and coffee shops. Which ones have the most sustainable products?...
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Take action! Badge | 675 | ||
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Become a remote sensor
Turn a digital camera into a satellite. Hover it above the ground and take a picture of the...
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Photographer Badge | 609 | ||
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Capture water
Photograph or sketch everything you can find that is part of the water cycle. |
Freshwater Explorer | 514 | ||
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Create a river story
Write a story about a real or imagined journey going from the source of a river to its mouth. |
Freshwater Explorer | 770 | ||
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Cross the border
Walk (or drive or cycle) between one neighborhood and the next. When do you know that you’ve...
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Story-teller Badge | 351 | ||
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Mapping Badge | 377 | |||
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Explore like a frog
Go swimming. Move through the water like a fish, a crab, a frog, a whale and a squid. |
Freshwater Explorer | 425 | ||
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Flash dance!
Create a mashed-up and cross cultural dance routine that reveals how water is important to... |
Freshwater Explorer | 918 | ||
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Flower power
Plant some beautiful flowers or start a community garden to make a neglected place more...
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Take action! Badge | 432 | ||
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Ghost wood
They say that the suburbs are areas where “they chop down trees and then name streets after...
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Mapping Badge | 251 | ||
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ID a problem
Identify a problem that faces young people in your area: homelessness, kids without school...
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Take action! Badge | 1000 | ||
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Invisible maze
Create a maze that can’t be seen because it winds through your neighborhood. Create a map...
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Mapping Badge | 337 | ||
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Macro photograph a micro world
Explore from a bug’s-eye view. Take photos of a place close-up to make a tiny place look...
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Photographer Badge | 325 |
