National Geographic Education Compass Newsletter: Read the First Issue!

View in Web Browser. Share: April 2011 Issue • New Compass newsletter • New beta website • New interactive mapping tool • Give us your feedback! Images Videos Downloads Featured Resource NEW National Geographic Education Website National Geographic Education invites you to visit our new beta website, NatGeoEd.org. Our redesigned site includes features for families, which will make geography come alive—at home or in the community. Explore beautiful National Geographic photography and film, a growing reference library to support student homework and research, an interactive mapping portal, and this new Compass newsletter (formerly My Wonderful World). We will continue to roll out new features based on feedback—please tell us what you think for chances to win prizes! Current Event Connection Japan: 2011 Earthquake Get resources to help your family understand the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and the tsunami that struck Japan.   Celebrate Earth Day Celebrate Earth Day, an annual event that raises awareness of the need to protect Earth's natural resources for future generations.   Featured Content Map MapMaker Interactive Jump into geographic investigations with the interactive student atlas, a new tool from Nat Geo Ed. Article Wild Things There are many dangers associated with keeping exotic animals as pets; learn why from experts. Cartoon What Is Geography? Do you know what geography is, really? Find out in this four-page graphic novella. Travel Teen Trips With Nat Geo! This summer, follow in the footsteps of National Geographic photographers, writers, and scientists. Featured Opportunities Student Contest Compete in ThinkQuest Win a laptop, a trip to San Francisco, and cash for your school! Student Contest Tell your Environmental Education Week story, April 1–May 31. Celebrate Environmental Education Week April 10–16; tell your story. Hot Topics Big Cats Ocean Arbor Day White House Website Favorites Activities & Projects Reference & News Mapping Multimedia More to Explore And the Winner Is… Find out which school won the Find Your Footprint Contest. Thanks for voting—keep thinking green!   Nautilus Patch Contest Design a crew patch for the explorers on Bob Ballard's ship! Learn more.   Soundbytes Geographic Quote "Nature does nothing uselessly." —Aristotle   Reader Comment We want to hear from you! Please take a brief survey about our new beta site, and we'll post one open-ended comment here each month.   Poll Nat Geo Knows! Watch each of the three videos in the Nat Geo Knows series highlighting our new beta website, and tell us which one is your favorite! We'll share the results next month.       Photographs courtesy the National Environmental Education Foundation (Enter the Photo Blog Contest), Mark Thiessen (Activities & Projects), Mary Crooks (Reference & News), Michael Nichols (Multimedia), Institute for Exploration (Nautilus Patch Contest). If you received this email from a friend and would like to subscribe to this or other National Geographic emails, click here. Unsubscribe | Change Email Address | Update Email Preferences | Privacy Policy | Mission Statement | NGS Customer Service Click the unsubscribe link above to be removed from our email program, or send your request to… National Geographic; Attn: E-newsletter Program; 1145 17th Street N.W.; Washington, D.C. 20036. Copyright © 2011 National Geographic Society. All Rights Reserved. To ensure that you receive your National Geographic emails, please add ngs@newsletters.nationalgeographic.com to your address book now.