GeoInquiries™ are short, standards-based inquiry activities for teaching map-based content found in commonly used textbooks. Each activity is designed using a common inquiry model and can be presented quickly from a single computer and projector or modified for students’ hands-on engagement. Collections of 15–20 activities per topic enhance your curriculum throughout the year. For more GeoInquiry resources, explore the "Getting to Know GeoInquiries" guide.
Explore plot lines, authors’ lives, and the historical context surrounding commonly read stories in high school American literature classes.
This collection teaches map-based concepts from middle/high school earth science: topography, earthquakes, volcanoes, oceans, weather, climate.
This collection supports the map-based concepts in high school environmental science like speciation, pollution, population ecology, and energy.
This collection includes a range of topics such as elections, Federalism, rights, and comparative government.
This high school collection focuses on human interaction with the planet. Concepts include urbanization, transportation, language, and religion.
These geometry and beginning algebra activities show critical connections between math and maps, using ArcGIS Online to extend core concepts.
This collection includes upper elementary cross-curricular map concepts, focusing on social studies and science Common Core State Standards.
This collection of inquiry-based learning activities address landforms and physical processes, ecosystems, and more.
This collection brings historical periods and maps to life, emphasizing the spatial nature of critical events throughout world history.