Now Accepting Applications

Calling all VA teachers interested in Early American and Revolutionary War history!

Travel with the Virginia Geographic Alliance June 22 - 29, 2025 to experience, reflect, and commemorate 250 years of US independence in one of the most dynamic and critical geographic areas in American and World history.  Fort Ticonderoga, Lake George, Fort William Henry, Lake Champlain, Saratoga, Fort Orange (Albany), and the Mohawk Valley contain some of the most significant sites and situations that shaped the United States.  This 7-day experience will provide participants with the opportunity to visit historic sites and museums while working with scholars and archivists to consider and reflect on the significance of our country's semiquincentennial  through a geographic and multi-perspective lens.  Selected participants will receive a stipend for successfully completing the experience and creating a lesson plan.  Local program travel expenses covered by VGA.

 Applications are due January 13th. 

Please make a copy of the application by clicking on the button below.

We are now accepting applications for the 2025 Chesapeake Bay Climate Institute. Applications are due January 15, 2025 Join us for our fifth year in Wachapreague!

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The program An Experiential and Data-driven Approach to Agricultural Education (ADVANCE) is a face-to-face professional workforce development opportunity that provides educators with the knowledge, experience, curriculum resources, supplies/equipment, and mentoring to support the implementation of drones and precision agriculture concepts in the classroom.

This is primarily a hands-on, field-based professional development program. After completing the ADVANCE program, participants will be FAA remote pilot certified, knowledgeable, and experienced in implementing a complete drone-based data collection workflow. In addition to receiving valuable knowledge and experience through the face-to-face workshop, educators will receive a stipend, a mini-grant, free virtual training (in preparation for the remote pilot test), paid registration for the FAA's remote pilot certificate, & more!

Explore the Creation of a

Vital Virginia Government Document

“Mapping the Commonwealth” exhibition runs through June 7, 2025

A new, free exhibition at the Library of Virginia tells the story of 10 years, five governors, two principal surveyors and one lead engraver — the time frame and team needed to create one of the first official state maps in the nation.

On view through June 7, 2025, the exhibition presents examples from 40 manuscript maps that highlight the painstaking task of creating Virginia's first official state map. Correspondence and other documents related to the publication of the map, as well as copperplates — printing plates used for engraving — are also displayed in the exhibition. Combining art and science, these surveys attest to the dedication, skill and stamina of surveying teams who worked without the benefit of GPS and today’s technology.