Join the Barbara Petchenik Children's Mapping Competition!

2141

02-26-2024 08:29 AM

4 0 2,141

Do your kids love drawing maps? Their creativity could win them a national or even international award! The @cartographyGIS Barbara Petchenik Children's Map Competition is open to US students 15 years old and under. The deadline to submit is coming soon! 8 March 2024: https://cartogis.org/awards/children.

As a long time admirer of this competition, and of the value of mapping as a tool to encourage students to think critically, holistically, and spatially, and as someone who treasures the books from past competitions, visible below, I highly encourage you to encourage students that you know to apply, and to tell teachers that work with these students to get involved.

Books of maps from the Petchenik Children’s Map Competition:

The World Drawn by Children (2021, Spanish and English, PDF).
Children Map the World (2017)
Children Map the World (2015)
Children Map the World (2005)

--Joseph Kerski

You must be a registered user to add a comment. If you've already registered, sign in. Otherwise, register and sign in.

Comment

About the Author

I believe that spatial thinking can transform education and society through the application of Geographic Information Systems for instruction, research, administration, and policy. I hold 3 degrees in Geography, have served at NOAA, the US Census Bureau, and USGS as a cartographer and geographer, and teach a variety of F2F (Face to Face) (including T3G) and online courses. I have authored a variety of books and textbooks about the environment, STEM, GIS, and education. These include "Interpreting Our World", "Essentials of the Environment", "Tribal GIS", "The GIS Guide to Public Domain Data", "International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning with GIS In Secondary Education", "Spatial Mathematics" and others. I write for 2 blogs, 2 monthly podcasts, and a variety of journals, and have created over 5,000 videos on the Our Earth YouTube channel. Yet, as time passes, the more I realize my own limitations and that this is a lifelong learning endeavor and thus I actively seek mentors and collaborators.