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 declaring your interdependence! Challenge friends, classmates, and family members to complete missions and earn badges exploring geography and the ways in which you're connected to everything around you.
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.
Geography Awareness Week
Explorer activity
cmccooey813 Started Animal:garbage ratio
lori_1203 Completed Make an Earth Sandwich
missionhungry1 Completed Macro photograph a micro world
Francesca Completed Become a remote sensor
mememoo Completed Cook your soil a meal
Rewards
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Tell an object’s story
‘Interview’ something that you’ve bought that was made in or comes from another country....
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Story-teller Badge | 351 | ||
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Mapping Badge | 377 | |||
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Map stories
Ask some people who have moved to your local area the story of why they moved... |
Story-teller Badge | 378 | ||
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Edible Interdependence | 380 | |||
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Web Maker | 389 | |||
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Edible Interdependence | 390 | |||
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Make an Earth Sandwich
Find someone on the other side of the planet to finish off an Earth Sandwich by |
Web Maker | 398 | ||
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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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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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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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Trash art
Go out with a trash bag and collect trash. Turn the items into a piece of art and try to get...
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Take action! Badge | 449 | ||
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See your neighborhood as if you just moved in
Can you ‘notice’ three things that you’ve never observed before within a 5 minute walk...
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Photographer Badge | 467 | ||
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Protect your heritage
Try to identify the oldest thing (it could be a person!) in your neighborhood. Start a...
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Take action! Badge | 484 | ||
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Edible Interdependence | 499 | |||
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Capture water
Photograph or sketch everything you can find that is part of the water cycle. |
Freshwater Explorer | 514 |
