N ational Geography Awareness Week, initiated in 1987 by the National Geographic Society's Geography Education Program , is an annual celebration to promote geographic literacy. Geography Awareness Week occurs in November. Each year, there is a new theme. I n celebration of National Geography Awareness Week, the National Air and Space Museum holds public programs and demonstrations designed to promote interest in geography.
All activities are free and open to the public.
View new digital satellite images and discover how they are used to make maps and explore the changes taking place on our planet. The geography quiz will test your geography knowledge by asking you to identify features on the Earth. One prize is awarded each game. Contest is free. U sing satellite and space shuttle imagery, Geography from Space challenges visitors to identify geographic features from space.