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Activity 1: Online Mapping
There are many online mapping Web sites that you and your students
can use to explore and answer questions.
Step 1: Background information and online mapping for teachers:
Overview
of GIS
GIS in Education
Step 2: GIS WebQuest for Students
Step 3: Additional
Resources for Students
Be sure and plan your Online Conference participation so you and
your students will be better able to ask questions about those topics
of greatest interest to you.
Activity 2: Videos About
GIS
"GIS
on The District"-- View a five-minute movie titled "GIS
on The District, First Season" narrated by Lynne Thigpen (Ella
Farmer on The District). CBS's hit TV show The District uses ArcView
GIS in each show.
"The
World in a Box"-- Get a comprehensive look at the GIS field
in this award-winning documentary video. Purchasing information
through ESRI.
Activity 3: GIS
Memory Mapping Game
Play a memory game to learn about grids and mapping.
GIS
Memory Game -- Three levels -- fun for everyone.
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