Welcome to the Wyoming Geographic Alliance

The Wyoming Geographic Alliance (WGA), founded in 1990, is one of the 52 state-based alliances sponsored by the National Geographic Society. The goal of the WGA is to improve geography education in Wyoming. The WGA provides professional development programs for teachers, publishes a newsletter, distributes teaching materials, acts as a clearinghouse for curriculum materials and organizes National Geographic Awareness Week in Wyoming. The WGA is housed at the Department of Geography of the University of Wyoming.

2012-2013 WGA Goals:

• Work with the UW Education Department to train pre-service secondary and elementary teachers to be WGA Teacher Consultants (TCs).
• Collaborate with the Wyoming State Department of Education to have input into the Social Studies Common Core Standards
• Continue legislative outreach
• Work with the UW Foundation to develop successful partnerships
• Continue to develop a relationship between Wyoming teachers and the Colorado Council for the Social Studies
• Continue the partnership with WYGISC at UW (Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center)
• Post teacher-created lesson plans on the WGA website

Quick Links

National Geographic Lesson Plans
WGA Lesson Plans
Jobs and Careers in Geography