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A change in scale changes the story! 2k views in 7 days as classrooms globally explore the world. With the light traffic of Easter Weekend. 4 donors gave $110 to keep us ad-free & private! $5 covers ~1k map loads. Please share/RT! buymeacoffee.com/geteach #geography #geogchat

New Bivariate Climate layer - geteach.com Temperature AND precipitation in one 2D color map. Pair it with Cropland and explore. Full lesson at the link: geteach.com/blog/2026/04/0… Open this view: geteach.com/?m1=1004&l1=1&… #geography @GMapsPlatform

Updated geteach.com to balance costs with classroom experience. New: Donation prompt with 24-hr "snooze" and 1-yr "thank you" flags, stored in your browser... sticking with the site's "no login" feature. #geography #maps Explanation + Costs: geteach.com/blog/2026/04/0…

15 years. 1.3 million map views. $400 to keep it running. geteach.com is a free, no login interactive map platform for K-12. Free for you = out-of-pocket for me. Support if you can ->buymeacoffee.com/geteach #APHuG #GeographyTeacher #EdTech #GoogleMapsPlatform

I scored 22,035 on the @geteach Climograph Challenge! #Geography #ClimographChallenge geteach.com/ClimographChal… youtu.be/nBqx5sgNR-8

🌍 I scored 22,131 on the @geteach Climograph Challenge! #Geography #ClimographChallenge geteach.com/ClimographChal…

New Layers (Climate Graphs and Climograph Challenge) from geteach.com using @googlearth engine with @GoogleMapsPlatform. Read the post here: geteach.com/blog/2026/03/1… #Geography #GoogleMapsPlatform #GoogleEarth #geoEducation #GoogleEarthEngine @AmericanGeo

🌍 I scored 23,165 out of 25,000 on the @geteach Climograph Challenge! #Geography #ClimographChallenge geteach.com/ClimographChal… I created this game, and this is officially the 1st time I’ve managed to hit the highest rank (>22,000 pts).

Working on a new way to interact with climate data: A 5-round exercise in spatial reasoning. Analyze the temperature and precipitation patterns, then identify the region on the map. Watch to see how I fared. Not optimized for phones Try it here: geteach.com/ClimographChal… #Geography

🌍 I scored 20,809 on the @geteach Climograph Challenge! #Geography #ClimateGuessr geteach.com/ClimographChal…

🌍 I scored 20,809 on the @geteach Climograph Challenge! #Geography #ClimatographChallenge geteach.com/ClimographChal…

Created a new Earth-Sun layer on geteach.com Solar angle, daylight, and vegetation—linked month by month. #geography #maps #earthscience

Toponym & Border Differences: See the world from different regional perspectives. geteach.com/boundaries/ An @GMapsPlatform experiment. #Maps #Geography #Toponyms #Map3D

Try it here: geteach.com/maps3d/worldcu… Take a quick tour of the 16 stadiums hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada—mapped in 3D with @GMapsPlatform. Click to fly, view Street View, see match schedules, and explore host cities.

Map of the Month! Check out this amazing @NASA animation that reveals the extent of the Mississippi Watershed! svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4493 Teachers, tell us how you would use this in your classroom!

Here’s a new geteach.com layer I’ve been building for #TCSS2025 — Informal (Shadow) Economy. Join me Sat, Nov 1 (1:50–2:50 PM) in Frisco to explore health, knowledge, living standards & equity through maps. txcss.net/conference #txcss2025 #txcss

🔗 Explore more maps: geteach.com New population density layers now available on geteach.com. Data from the Gridded Population of the World (GPWv4.11) and Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) via @googlearth engine #geoeducation #geography #googlemaps

Presenting at Texas Council for the Social Studies Conference in Frisco, TX! Join me Sat, Nov 1, 1:50–2:50 PM for “Mapping Human Development with geteach.com ." Explore development from multiple perspectives using interactive maps & HDI data. #txcss2025 #txcss

Try it out at geteach.com? This quick video shows how to select a map and add layers to explore spatial patterns. Great for classrooms or anyone curious about geographic data. #GoogleMaps #geography