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Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: The Geographer's Craft Project: Gis as an Integrating Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive overview of GIS as a technology that brings different kinds of geographical data together to create something that is greater than the sum of its parts.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Digital Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (Gis)

For Students 7th - 9th
Geographic information systems (GIS), once used predominantly by experts in cartography and computer programming, have become pervasive in everyday business and consumer use. This unit explores GIS in general as a technology about which...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Geographic Information System

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives in-depth information about GIS - its history, what it is, techniques and tools, applications, etc.
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Interactive
National Geographic

National Geographic: Gis in Action

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use maps to solve problems and help animals. Click on an animal to learn important facts, then click on the map to see layers of different kinds of information.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Exploring 'Wild' Places With Gis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plans uses Geographic information systems (GIS) technology to explore the local geography.
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Website
Other

Archaeology Data Service: Gis Guide to Good Practice

For Students 9th - 10th
This document is designed specifically to provide guidance for individuals and organizations involved in the creation, maintenance, use and long-term preservation of GIS-based digital resources.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Exploring Energy With Gis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will learn how Geographic Information Systems technology is used to locate energy reserves around the Earth. Provides link to website with lessons on using GIS. (Due to site changes, you may need to search for...
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Global Gis Lesson: Exploring North American Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this series of lessons, students use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) together with the tools and data from the North America Global GIS CD to investigate earthquakes, volcanoes, and population from a local to global scale....
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Exploring Change With Gis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Gives an overview of how Geographic Information Systems technology is used to monitor changes in conditions on the Earth. Provides a link to the website with lessons on using GIS. (Due to site changes, you may need to search for teachers...
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Unit Plan
University of British Columbia

Ubc: What Is Gis?

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a university-level introduction to GIS. It provides a comprehensive outline of important topics in this field of study.
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Gis and Careers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about GIS technology for solving problems and learn how employers seek workers who know how to make good decisions in a complex world.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mapping Local Data in a Gis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will learn how to conduct a map-based science research project using a Geographic Information System (GIS). They will design an experiment, collect and record geospatial data, analyze geospatial relationships...
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Lesson Plan
Other

Esri Gis Education Community

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Educators can incorporate ESRI GIS into their classroom to enrich geography lessons and use this community to trade ideas with other educators.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Looking Into Earth With Gis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Multi-instructional activity activity where students will work with data from a seismic wave model in a GIS (geographic information system) program. They will examine maps, select data, and produce graphs to explore variations in seismic...
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Is Gis?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Geographic information systems (GIS) are important technology that allows rapid study and use of spatial information. GIS have become increasingly prevalent in industry and the consumer/internet world in the last 20 years. Historically,...
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Article
University of California

Univ. Of Melbourne: Managing Uncertainty in Gis

For Students 9th - 10th
A unit of the NCGIA core curriculum in GIS (Geographic Information Science), the author gives a full discussion of uncertainty, its sources, how to deal with it, what plans to make. Very thorough.
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Lesson Plan
National Geographic

National Geographic: The Politics of Place Naming

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners use an online geographic information system (GIS) to uncover the geographic and social context of streets named after Martin Luther King, Jr. They map street locations to identify regional patterns in honoring King, consider...
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Interactive
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Exploring Climate Change With Gis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to observe climate change with these interactive lessons.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Earthquakes With Arc Explorer Gis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity allows students to predict future earthquake activity by interpreting the results of geographic information system (GIS) analysis.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exploring Ncar Climate Change Data Using Gis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With ArcGIS and climate data from the National Center for Atmospheric Research Climate Change Scenarios GIS Data Portal, students learn the basics of GIS-based climate modeling.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Gis Exploration Using the High Plains Aquifer Databases

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students work with databases and GIS to develop saturated thickness maps. Each database consists of observations made by drillers where they have encountered the High Plains aquifer base and the annual water-level measurements taken in...
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Activity
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Analyzing Hurricanes Using Web and Desktop Gis

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students research hurricane data to discover their behavior and patterns. They map them across decades to see whether their frequency is increasing. They study Hurricane Andrew and investigate the relationship between...
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Interactive
Other

Ark Gis: Exploring the Arctic

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive mapping platform that combines and integrates existing data about the environment and human activity in the Arctic.
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Website
Other

Great Lakes Information Network

For Students 9th - 10th
The Great Lakes Science Center provides research on various topics concerning the Great Lake environment such as fish advisories, contaminants, threatened species, low water levels, and sustainable development of the Lakes.

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