Communicate with other kids about geography
There is no end to what you can "talk" about.  Examples:

• You can give the latitude longitude of your town (without giving the name) and ask students in other places to identify the town.
• You can ask other students to tell about the most interesting geographic feature in their home town or county.
• You can describe your part of the state to others who have never been there.
• Describe the weather or climate where you live.
• Tell what you like or don't like about the [geographic] place you live.
• Pose geography puzzlers or riddles.
• Just chat, exchanging "kid" stuff.

Express ideas, theories, and speculation about geography
There are several ideas on the "Thinking" page that you can "Talk" about.  Two examples are the mystery of Sacajawea and the mystery of Meriwether Lewis.  You may think of dozens of other theories to "Talk" about.

Learn to ask useful questions
When you want to know something, there is nothing as good as asking the right question.  Some questions just don't give you the answers you want.  You have to learn to ask useful questions if you want useful answers.  You can practice asking questions on the "Talk" page.

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