The UCSB Guide to the Geographic Approach module spotlight 🔦 Identify areas of Malaria risk by using clinical and climatic data in this module: bit.ly/4Bkc4SG

What if students could bring their block creations to life on a 3D globe? 🌎 In a new blog, Esri’s Tom Baker introduces GeoBlocks, a free tool that combines creativity, geography, and STEM through hands-on learning. Read more: bit.ly/4ieuGuE

What if the school year began with maps? 🗺️ In a new blog, 4th grade teacher Natalie Teboul shares how she uses geography to help students explore their identities, build classroom community, and connect with the world around them. Read her story: bit.ly/4zLG7RD

How can interactive maps help students understand the “why” behind where? Middle school educator Harden Barker shares how he uses National Geographic MapMaker to build spatial awareness and connect geography to history. Read his story: bit.ly/4zxTHI3

GIS Students 📢 Applications are open for: 🔸 Esri Summer Internship 🔸 Esri Student Assistantship Read this blog to learn about Esri student program and where to apply: bit.ly/4yGkQIg

What causes earthquakes, and how do they impact communities? 🌎 Help students explore earthquake patterns, plate tectonics, and human impacts with a ready-to-use National Geographic MapMaker activity. Explore the lesson: link.esri.com/701UU00000RSRY…

Explore GeoAI in ArcGIS 🤖🌎 This Esri Higher Education E-learning Guide for Geospatial AI provides resources covering AI, machine learning, deep learning, spatial analysis, imagery, lidar, and more: bit.ly/4s9RSid

Smarter capacity planning starts indoors. 🏫 See how Horry County Schools uses ArcGIS Indoors to turn disconnected facility data into actionable insights, helping staff make faster space allocation decisions across 58 schools. 🗺️ Read the story: 🔗 bit.ly/4hYwCbT

How has GIS education evolved over 25 years? Dr. Sowmya Selvarajan reflects on the shift from desktop mapping to GeoAI and how geospatial technology continues to shape teaching, research, and student opportunities. Read her story: bit.ly/47sq5zZ

See how a passion for maps, nature, and technology led to an award-winning 3D GIS application that helps researchers explore bird migration in new ways. 🌎 A great example of GIS driving scientific discovery. 🐦 bit.ly/4jWbrIx

What can 3D GIS reveal about bird migration? 🌎 See how an ETH Zurich graduate used ArcGIS to build an interactive web app that helps researchers visualize animal movement, behavior, and migration in new ways. 🐦 bit.ly/4jWbrIx

How can GIS spark interest in CTE career pathways? 🗺️ Teachers Dominique Evans-Bye and Shalini Singh use National Geographic MapMaker to introduce ninth graders to GIS through engaging lessons and real-world topics. Read their story: community.esri.com/en/discus…

Celebrate Earth Science Week (Oct. 11–17)! 🌎 Explore how minerals shape our world with Esri Earth Science GeoInquiries and National Geographic MapMaker lessons. Help students investigate mineral resources, geology, and sustainability. Learn more: bit.ly/3VMvAHi

Teachers! Join our webinar to discover how National Geographic MapMaker can engage students with interactive maps, 3D exploration, and ready-to-use activities for science and social studies. 📅 Nov. 17 | 5 PM PT Register: link.esri.com/701UU00000hBgO…

What’s the key to getting students excited about GIS? Start with what they already love. 🎸🦇 From Black Sabbath to Batman, this student story shows how connecting GIS to personal interests can inspire lifelong learning. Read it here 👉 bit.ly/47PzYI1

Upcoming AI in education webinar 📣 Topic: Strategies for Integrating Thoughtful AI into GIS Teaching and Learning When: Nov. 5 @ 10 am (PT) Register: bit.ly/4hMbC87

The University of Tennessee Chattanooga is using imagery, GIS, and GeoAI to understand urban tree canopy loss and identify where restoration can have the greatest impact🌳 Read about their team of GIS students and researchers: bit.ly/4zrcWTA

Explore Indigenous North America with your students! 🗺️ This National Geographic MapMaker activity helps students discover Indigenous territories, cultures, and connections to the land through interactive maps. Explore the activity: link.esri.com/701UU00000RSRY…

We are here in Denver, CO at GSA Connects 🗺️ stop by the Esri booth to chat all things #GIS and get your Esri swag 🙌

This lesson from The UCSB Guide teaches you how to: 🔥 Manage wildfire emergencies with real-time data: bit.ly/4ifej1T Integrate real-time data with a wildfire case study in the United States.