Education Blog

Esri is participating in the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) annual CareerTech Vision conference in Nashville, Tennessee, from December 9-12, 2025. I can't wait to talk drone mapping, GIS certification, and GIS training resources. 

Take a dive into the latest National Geographic MapMaker Guided Lessons for grades 6-8.

GIS Day is only a couple of days away. If you are still looking for ideas for your classroom, here are some to consider.

Esri consistently releases new contents, updates, and resources related to their products, solutions, apps, and applications, as well as best practices, success stories, recorded webinars, and more. Although these resources are posted in various locations, they can be difficult to find.

This blog provides a comprehensive list of all the October 2025 technical highlights and resources from Esri. It is a buffet-style list, so feel free to pick and choose the topics that interest you.

I'm excited to share a new activity for students - Experience GIS for Conservation. This activity is appropriate for students in environmental science and conservation classes, as well as those in Natural Resources, Environmental Service systems, Conservation and Land Management, Ecological Resource and Development, Environmental Protection, STEM, and Law pathways. 

I recently worked on a new activity to explore and understand Redistricting and Gerrymandering through maps. The patterns I used might help a teacher make an activity that reinforces a topic for their classroom by incorporating maps. Here are some tips for making your own map activity on a topic for one of your classes.

This guide evolves the GIScience curriculum using up-to-date case studies, teaching approaches, and technologies. Developed collaboratively with educators and practitioners, it equips learners to apply geospatial thinking and analysis to solve problems with GIS.

Watch the webinar recording made on October 29, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (PT) to learn a new curriculum that teaches how to apply a geographic approach to real-world problems while linking those lessons to the fundamental concepts of modern web-based GIScience.

ArcGIS Online updated last night and here are the new features I think educators will be most interested in.

Explore real-world places with spooky names—like Ghost Ranch and Witch’s Canyon—while building mapping and critical-thinking skills.

Many Earth science teachers begin teaching freshwater units in early fall.  Usually these investigations cover at least the flow of freshwater in the water cycle, paying attention to  rivers, lakes, and streams.