GeoInquiries™: The road ahead
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 is very successful. As underlying technology, leadership, partnerships, and capacities change, so do our instructional offerings.
Classic GeoInquiries (2014-2021)
Based on the retiring “classic” Map Viewer, these activities are retired and unsupported now. While they are still “discoverable” in ArcGIS Online, they should not be used especially beyond June 2025. Please do not use or direct teachers to these. They remain discoverable only in ArcGIS Online to ease the transition. By Q1 of 2026, they will be non-functional.
“New” GeoInquiries (2020-present)
These GeoInquiries use the “new” or modern Map Viewer in ArcGIS Online. As of May 2025, these activities are accessible from https://esriurl.com/geoinquiries. Some of these GeoInquiries will shift to a “retiring and unsupported” state in June 2025. A subset of activities will remain discoverable, including activities from:
- Earth science
- Human geography
- World geography
- Environmental science
- US history
- Elementary
- Government
- World history
A few activities from these collections may be discoverable:
- Math
- American literature
Sharing
GeoInquiry instructional activities are licensed under Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA). Educators can freely modify these activities, create a new map, and even release the activities for other educators to use. The Creative Commons license requires that you acknowledge Esri’s original creation and do not use for commercial purposes (including selling the activity).