Introducing Geography and Technology into Science Via Biodiversity

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Workshop participants received a variety of biodiversity materials from the USGS and elsewhere.

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Joseph Kerski from the US Geological Survey helped develop lessons, provide data, and train teachers.

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Students can examine growth of the Denver area from these population density maps from 1960 and 1990, produced from data generated for this project.

This project was and continues to be worthwhile because digital and scientific data were shared, new spatial information was produced, geographic concepts were introduced to science education, and people from state and federal government, K12, and universities networked in new ways.

About the Author:

Joseph J. Kerski serves as education outreach geographer at the US Geological Survey in Denver, Colorado, and as an instructor of geographic information systems (GIS) at the University of Denver. He conducts 40 educational workshops each year for educators on the
integration of scientific data and investigations into the curriculum. He holds a Ph.D. in Geography with an emphasis on GIs and Geography Education.

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Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal
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Volume 5, Issue 1, Winter 2002
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