Classroom Resources
Bring National Geographic to your classroom through lesson plans, maps, and reference resources.
Classroom Magazine
explorer and Young Explorer
Explorer magazine inspires young readers through authentic and engaging nonfiction content. Supporting national reading and science standards, this K–5/6 classroom resource is available in print and/or digital subscriptions with seven issues arriving throughout the school year.
Featured Collections
Ancient Egypt
Explore the rulers, artifacts, and customs of ancient Egypt, one of the world’s most famous civilizations, with this collection.
Human Impacts on the Environment
Help your students understand the impact humans have on the physical environment with these resources.
Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution is reaching a critical point. Teach your class about the urgent issue of plastic in our waterways.
Catastrophic Weather Event
Teach students how weather events like hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and droughts impact every part of the world.
Earth-Sun Relationship
The earth’s relationship to the sun, and the amount of light it receives, is responsible for the seasons and biodiversity.
Biodiversity
Explore Earth’s diverse species and encourage your students to become stewards of life on our planet.
Mapping
Spatial thinking allows students to comprehend and analyze phenomena related to the places and spaces around them—and at scales from what they can touch and see in a room or their neighborhood to a world map or globe. Our mapping resources are uniquely positioned to introduce map skills, engage students with classic National Geographic maps, and interact with cutting-edge mapping technology.
Mapping Tools
Educational Publishing
National Geographic Learning offers instructional materials featuring National Geographic content.
About Our Learning Framework
The National Geographic Learning Framework was developed as the foundation upon which our education mission is built. It expresses our core beliefs and values, and has been created to provide guidance for every educational product, resource, service, and experience we design.