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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in a variety of businesses and organizations. They present proposals, representing different businesses and organizations, that support how GIS technology could benefit them. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore physical characteristics of a region through use of a low-tech version of a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) map-overlay analysis. They form conclusions about human development regions that emerge from physical regions. Full Review »
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- 5th - 10th
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Students examine the frequency and distribution of earthquake epicenters and compare these epicenters to the distribution of plate boundaries and cities. Full Review »
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- 6th - 11th
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Students examine the uses of GIS (Geographic Information Systems software) in the management of Canadian National Parks. They use ArcView software to prepare a layout displaying human influences on Beausoleil Island. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students examine the Geographic Information System. They download land use and vegetation maps and synthesize a map of the natural areas and the human use areas. They simulate a GIS overlay of the maps to produce a combined product. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the significance of marine benthic habitats and how they can be mapped and monitored. They participate in a class lecture and discussion, complete a worksheet, and retrieve and analyze data using a geographic information system. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students discuss and review the basic concepts of latitude and longitude using a globe. Students also discuss the use of Geographic Information Systems and Global Positioning Systems and occupations in which this technology would be useful. The lesson is completed practicing using latitude and longitude to locate places in an assignment. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students able to use information technology, such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and remotely sensed images, to gather information on ways people have changed the physical environment of the United States in the nineteenth century. They are able to identify the types of problems that resulted from those changes. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students demonstrate how water quality and environmental health issues can be analyzed together, how hydrologic information can be built up, and how decisions can be made using GIS. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students conduct activities to discover how to utilize maps, compasses, geographic information systems, and global positioning systems by geo-referencing tree locations. On a field trip they use the tools to collect the coordinates of trees they hvve identified. Full Review »
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