ResourcesZine is both an online newsletter and a searchable database of information. Updated frequently, it contains a wealth of information about youth involvement in planning. Navigate from the ResourcesZine home page to lesson plans, the latest news and events, feature articles, awards and contests, reviews of books and other publications, helpful links, and Kids and Community, our site tailored for kids. In addition, a comprehensive search engine can help you find the specific resources that are right for your needs.

With the popularity of GIS and other geospatial mapping tools these days, it can be hard to keep track of all of their innovative K-12 education applications. eSchool News has articles on many GIS educational ideas all in one place.

GIS programs for kids are thriving, so much so that the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association's (URISA) annual conference — which will take place in Washington, D.C., August 20-23 — will feature a whole track on K-12 GIS education.

As seen at the 2007 APA National Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Land Choices, a curriculum developed by the state's Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, sheds light on the unique subject of Pennsylvania land-use planning — and provides ideas for land-use education that go beyond the state's borders.

Help kids learn more about city planning. Kids and Community is a website made just for kids with fun activities like a scavenger hunt and a story creator. The site encourages our cities' leaders of tomorrow to take an active interest in city planning today.

ArcNews: 4-H Clubs Get Involved in City Planning (December 2006)

4-Hers in Hillsboro, Oregon, used GIS to contribute to a street tree inventory, while 4-H youth in St. Louis helped improve Forest Park. In these two inventive programs, young people learned about GIS outside of the classroom while providing valuable information to community planning efforts.

A Street Through Time chronicles the story of a street, taking the reader on a journey through the different ages of a human settlement, from the Stone Age (10,000 B.C.) to the present day. Enjoying peace and prosperity, enduring hardship and war, regressing and progressing, the street inspires in young readers a sense of both the enduring and transient building blocks of a place's history.

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