WGBH, FFFBI, and National Geographic Launch Geography Site

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WGBH, FFFBI, and National Geographic Launch
Geography Site

http://www.fffbi.com/nationalgeographic/

In 2002, the National Geographic-Roper study
on geographic literacy among young adults in
nine countries showed that young people in the
United States lagged seriously behind their
peers in eight other countries. Eighty-three
percent could not find Afghanistan a world map,
86 percent could not locate Israel on a map of
the Middle East and Asia, but more than a third
of those surveyed knew that the island featured
in that season's "Survivor"TV show was in the
South Pacific.

So now, with a grant from National Geographic's
Education Foundation, WGBH's Fin, Fur and
Feather Bureau of Investigation takes kids
ages 8-13 online with geography-themed
interactive stories set in Tokyo, India's
Bollywood and Australia's outback. Kids learn
and then use geography skills to solve
international detective stories.

Eric Ward
Content Announcements and Linking Since 1994
eric@xxxxxxxxxxxx  - http://www.ericward.com


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