Giveaway: National Geographic Maps!!

"One of the most beneficial learning tools that we keep on hand is a great collection of maps and globes. They decorate our hallways and basement, our closet doors and the stairwell walls. What a great dimension they have added to our children's hands-on education! Don't miss the opportunity to let them connect the wonders of the world with the geography of the planet."  ~Amanda Bennett

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I am so excited about this Contest!!!

In conjunction with our Northern/Southern Hemisphere special this week, National Geographic has generously donated three US/World Political Map Bundles to be used in a DNG blog giveaway.  These maps are so so beautiful and designed especially for children. From the National Geographic website:

This is a very exciting year for National Geographic Maps, as we are launching our new series of maps designed specifically for the kids. Our new graded-series of maps are the first to address the unique needs of K-12 students as they advance their understanding of our World.

Unlike other classroom poster maps, ours utilize the Winkel-Triple projection, which provides the best combination of size, shape, and distance giving the student the best visual representation of the Earth’s surface. This solves the effect seen on other maps where Greenland appears larger than South America.

Our new maps start early elementary kids off right. Our Beginner Series, grades K-3, contains an easy to read maps of the World and United States. As kids progress, so do our maps! Our Political Series, grades 4-12, has up-to-date World and U.S. maps, increasing the detail of information for the teacher and student to utilize. Finally, our Physical Series, grades 6-12, helps advancing students understand the World’s diverse landform, Oceans, and our Nation’s terrain.

To add to the fun, for purchases, National Geographic is also offering to wave shipping charges to our U.S. customers, from now until September 20, 2010!  Those outside the U.S. will receive a 10% discount!  Check out their amazing map products.  You are sure to find many things that you'll want for your homeschool.  Of special interest to DNG families, their Beginners Series bundle. Once you’ve selected the items you’d like to purchase, contact brdouthi@natgeomaps.com via email, to receive your special discount.  Orders will be shipped via USPS Media Mail in 10-14 days. Offer expires 9/20/2010.

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Now for the Contest!

To have a chance to win one of these amazing National Geographic Map Bundles, leave a comment telling us which county you dream of visiting!  Please make sure I have a way to contact you, preferably an email address.

For more chances to win, you can do any or all of the following:

• Visit the National Geographic Maps website.  Find which cool product is a must-have for your homeschool. then come back and leave a comment telling us all about it.
• Blog about this contest on your blog and link back to this blog contest.  Be sure to leave a separate comment with a link to your blog post.  Doing this is worth 2 entries!
• Tweet about this contest.  Again, be sure to leave a separate comment stating your tweeted.
• "Like" Download N Go on Facebook, leaving another comment letting us know you like us.

That's 5 ways, with a total of 6 chances, to win one of these awesome prizes!

Be sure to follow the Download N Go blog with Google Friend Connect so you won't miss the big announcement.  This contest will end at 11:59 p.m. EST on Saturday, September 4, 2010.  Three winners will be chosen by random drawing on September 9, 2010, at 12:00 noon EST. We will announce the winners here on the blog and on our Facebook page. Winners will also be notified by email, if possible.

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Please note:  Employees of TOS, including independent contractors, members of the TOS Crew and DNG Review Team, are not eligible to participate in this contest.  Please read the rules for this contest here.