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246 Geographic information systems (gis) Lesson Plans
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the Association of American Geographers' Web site to explore careers and training in geography. They answer questions and interview a person who uses geographic training in their work. They present their findings. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in a statewide initiative to locate safe shelters in emergencies. They collect information about their school's facilities, locate latitude and longitude using GIS technology, and create a timeline of a Louisiana disaster. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students are introduced to the GIS system. They create a map plotting local sites the Environmental Protection Agency has on its EPA Regulated Sites list. They identify a list of schools that are near potentially hazard sites. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine how scientists analyze data to plan projects to restore environmental resources damaged by pollution. They read background information on the Christina River Project, analyze data, and complete a worksheet. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students review the use of both GPS and GIS units. They collect waypoints from each business, church, public use areas and apply their knowledge of GPS and GIS in building an informational guide. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the current technologies used in mapping resources in the marine environment. They look at remote sensing, sounding, and underwater vehicles. They examine image from the benthic habitat produced by the GIS in order to see the animal life that exists there. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to GIS and its uses. They make predictions before viewing the actual lead poisoning cases by location of Dade County. Pupils use actual Miami-Dade County spatial data to explore basic principals. Students Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are introduced to how to operate a geographic informational system. Individually, they follow instructions given to them by their teacher to create a map of Austin using the GIS. To end the lesson, they save it according to a specific file name and their teacher reviews it for a grade. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students comprehend the impact of global warming on our coastal cities. They appreciate how geographic information systems can be used to represent scientific data. Students research the melting of the ice caps in Antarctica and the Arctic. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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students interpret recent regional-scale climate events based on current stream flow, monitor changes in time, and to consider additional interpretations that could be derived if other data were in map form. Full Review »
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