We offer dynamic professional development programs in geography. Whatever your level of expertise, we can work with you to:

Build a strong foundation in geography based on state and national geography standards.

Learn strategies for weaving a geographic perspective into your everyday curriculum.

Discover the excitement of using geography as the core of an integrated curriculum.

Participate in engaging hands-on activities that will make geography come alive in your classroom.

The following is a list of workshops we have provided for teachers and administrators around the country.

Educator Programs Developed by WhereAbouts, Inc.
Inservices
Preservices
Workshops and Presentations

Educator Programs Developed by WhereAbouts, Inc.

For the past nine years, we have worked with teachers, administrators, and teachers-in-training all over the country. We have helped shape curriculum and inspire those who shape it. Our goal is to make geography come alive, to demonstrate it as an active and exciting discipline.

Inservices

Climate Graph Creations
St. Norbert College
DePere, Wisconsin

Ocean and Wind Currents: The Global Heat Exchange
Rutgers Institute of Marine and Coastal Science
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Geography Activities for Physical Education
Franklin Square School District
Franklin Square, New York

U.S. Geography and the Giant Floor Map Kit
Fayette County Board of Educators
Fayetteville, Georgia

Migration Patterns
St. Norbert College
DePere, Wisconsin

Geography and Environmental Education
Department of Environmental Education
Roswell, Georgia

Integrating Geography into the California Curriculum
St. Basil's School
Vallejo, California

All About Asia
Winnetka Public Schools
Winnetka, Illinois

U.S. Geography Comes Alive
District 63
Des Plaines, Illinois

Preservices

A Trip Around the World
Center for International Academic Progress
University of Missouri at Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri

Roping the Country
Concordia University
Chicago, Illinois

Journey Inside the Earth
Concordia University
Chicago, Illinois

Kinesthetic Geography
Concordia University
Chicago, Illinois

The Mapping Sequence
Concordia University
Chicago, Illinois

Geography in Literature
Concordia University
Chicago, Illinois

Workshops and Presentations

Puzzling Geography,in conjunction with "Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet
Field Museum
Chicago, Illinois

Space in a Box: Drawing Maps at Primary Grades
National Council for Geographic Education
Kansas City, Missouri

Children as Map Elements
National Council for the Social Studies
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

China's Family Fun
National Geographic Society Summer Institute
Winnetka, Illinois

Geography Family Fun
National Council for Geographic Education
Boston, Massachusetts

Oh, The Places You'll Go
DuPage County Institute Day
Aurora, Illinois

Geography from the Ground Up
New Jersey Council for the Social Studies
Bridgewater, New Jersey

Where to Locate a Landfill
National Council for Geographic Education
Orlando, Florida

Spatial Intelligence and Mapping
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

Where Science and Geography Meet
The Learning Choice Academy
San Diego, California

Reading the World
National Council for Geographic Education
Santa Barbara, California