Teaching and Learning Activities:
Teaching Sites (Power Point Presentations and Websites)
GIS:
A Thinker's Tool
Introduction
to GIS
The
Advantages of Using GIS in Science
Introduction
to ArcView: A Desktop GIS
GIS
Kids Slideshow
USGS
Introduction to GIS
Learning Activities
ESRI
Schools and Libraries
This site
has 81 activities using Arc Explorer and Arc View.
Example lessons available on this site:
1. Climate Graphs: This lesson can show you how to compare data characteristics and locations by mapping climate graphs. The data consist of monthly temperatures and precipitation.
2. Earthquakes Around the World: This lesson allows you to investigate earthquake patterns and how they relate to tectonic plates.
3. Mapping Globe Temperature Observations: This lesson shows you how to use GIS to analyze data on the Globe Program website.
4. Investigating Africa: This lesson investigates Sub-Saharan Africa by using comparing and contrasting demographics of countries and interpreting patterns of living standards.
5. Are All Beaches the Same?: The lesson show students how grain size of sands differs in separate locations. Can your students tell them apart?
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