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246 Geographic information systems (gis) Lesson Plans
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- 4th
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Students work in pairs and use atlases to locate specific geographic features in Africa. They use the Internet to view these geographic features. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students analyze and interpret at least one map. They answer a set of research questions and/or use teacher-developed research questions that can only be investigated via map analysis. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students examine how Louisiana's government needs their help in making sure people know where to find safe shelter in emergencies. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the effects of global warming on specific organisms. They research the possible problems global warming is causing. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students complete a virtual tour of the finest art museums in the US and throughout the world. They create their own PowerPoint presentation to present to the class on art and artist of a given country and use ArcView 3.3 and GIS software to create a map to illustrate and support their ideas. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students review GPS uses and farming techniques. They use a GPS receiver and Arc View Software to take soil-testing points from the receiver and input them onto an aerial photo map of the field where the soil pits are located. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students create an accurate map of the school campus. They use GPS and GIS software in the creation of their map which accurately portrays all buildings, shelter belts, trees, flagpoles and school campus boundaries, as well as a legend, a scale and other necessary components to a map. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students map the actual route of General George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry in the Northwestern portion of South Dakota using GPS and GIS technology. They research the route taken using written historical documents and aerial photos creating a plan prior to mapping. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students discuss the information on the first three handouts to learn the vocabulary associated with grazing and grasslands (included with the lesson). Students work in small groups to find the land cover data for their assigned county. They use ArcView Prairie to Mountain Explorer data to complete their assignment. Groups share their informationwith the rest of the class. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students work with data from a seismic wave model in a freely available GIS (geographic information system) program, ArcVoyager SE. Using a GIS, they examine maps and produce graphs to explore variations in seismic wave velocities at depths of 28 and 100 km below Earth's surface. Full Review »
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