Education Blog

ArcGIS StoryMaps are here to stay and continue to be made even better. However, some of their relatives are heading out: StoryMaps.com and Classic Esri Story Maps.

Summer is the perfect time to relax and recharge your teaching toolkit. Discover fun, flexible courses on Esri Academy that help you bring real-world data, interactive maps, and student-driven inquiry into your classroom

Teaching middle school Earth Science or Geography? Then take a look at this new collection of standards-based activities that provide an interactive and engaging way for your students to learn about the world.

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Now it is easier than ever to find a classroom activity that incorporates digital maps. Introducing the Classroom activities gallery.

Since the initial release of GeoInquiries in 2014, millions of students have experienced how GIS can bring a new, spatial perspective to many different subject areas. By all pedagogical accounts, this program with its curriculum-first design was very successful.

You’ve made it to the end of the school year. Great work is done, students are graduating, and teachers are ready for a break. Just like you prepare your classroom for the year ahead, do the same with your ArcGIS organization. Here are 3 tips for preparing your ArcGIS organization for the school year to come.

We are extending the ArcGIS for Schools Bundle license to July 31, 2027.   

Do you want to create custom elevation profiles for your fieldwork area or any other location in the world? Or guide your students to see exactly the elevation profile that you want them to see? Then the new Elevation profile functionality in Sketch tools is for you!

Map Viewer Classic is officially deprecated and will be removed from ArcGIS Online upon its retirement in Q1 of 2026.