When you join our Student Ambassadors on a journey through Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, you’ll quickly understand what it’s like to have compound vision. That’s because you’ll see China’s…
For Teachers Welcome K-12 Teachers, Students, and Parents! Everything in this For Teacher's section is designed just for you. Everything in this teaching area is designed specifically for K-12 teachers…
Join Governor Tim Pawlenty and our seven "Student Ambassadors" as they travel to Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong on November 11 to 19. They’re traveling with 200 Minnesota business, education…
We are separated by oceans and mountain ranges and deserts and forests, by hemispheres of East and West, by thousands of miles and thousands of years, by different customs and…
Minnesota-China Connection is your first-class ticket for a whirlwind educational trip to China – without leaving home. Seven “Student Ambassadors” traveled with Governor Tim Pawlenty on a historic trade mission to…
The Land of 10,000 Innovations A Timeline of Minnesota’s Inventive History Going With Your Gut Few things hold a teenager’s attention like food, so let’s start with the stomach. Here…
You may think that the beautifully wrapped box you're about to present to your host is a thoughtful gesture, something that will be appreciated, perhaps even cherished. But under the…
A small foot on a woman is a beautiful woman, says ancient Chinese tradition. The practice of Chinese footbinding saw women’s feet broken and curled into 3-inch shoes at a…
An Inventive History How Chinese Thinkers and Tinkers Changed the World Life in 21st Century Minnesota has been greatly shaped by many inventions and innovations that had their birth in…