This activity, designed for secondary school geography students, provides reinforcement of skill development in the uses of census data and offers students a greater understanding of the socio-economic structure of their community. Students convert raw census data into percentages, develop quartile ranges, and construct choropleth maps to…

In teaching, the policies of the great powers must be considered if one is to understand developments affecting two-thirds of the world's population. Ways are listed to guide students to awareness of how policies of the developed world affect, and are affected by, conditions in the underdeveloped world. (Author)

A structure for a class using the inquiry or problem-solving method of teaching is presented to maximize interaction between the members of the class. This structure involves geographic concepts of orientation, distance, shape and size of group. (Author)

Author discusses the possibilities for converting deserts and other undeveloped areas to productivity, emphasizing the need for a marriage of emerging science and technology with the knowledge of the professional geographer. (Author/SP)

Describes geography of the moon. A brief history of selenographic history is given and basic features including lunar seas, mountains, craters, rays, and faults are described. Lunar photographs are included. (JM)

Cross-cultural and developmental research on the untaught mapping abilities of children aged five through ten suggests that mapping behavior is a normal process in human development, and that map learning begins long before the child encounters formal geography and cartography. (Author)

Time-Distance maps and the simulation game of "Section" illustrate the High School Geography Project Materials. History of the project, objectives, strategies, and innovativeness are discussed. (VW)

Using the U.S. Bureau of the Census's National Travel Survey as the primary data source, the exercises described will help high school or college level students develop basic geographic skills, including data interpretation, map construction, and spatial analysis. They will also familiarize students with broad patterns of recreation travel. (RM)