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Activity 1: Exploring
GIS Project Possibilities
Find out what other GIS real-world projects are being done in other
schools. Make a list of how they compare to your school's GIS project
or how you could get started on your own community project.
Bunches
of projects that are happening -- who is doing them and where.
Activity 2: Using
Mental Mapping with GIS
Create a causal concept map of
your GIS school project or another school's' GIS project (see above).
You can use Inspiration
available in many schools or a free product available such as CMap
(Concept Map Software). Read more about Causal Mapping in "Mapping
Student Minds" by Ariel Owen, Learning and Leading with Technology,
v29, n7, p. 6-9.
Activity 3: Find
Out Where the Best Places Are to Get Real -World GIS Data
Environmental
data links
can be found on the NCDENR Department of Environmental Education.
GIS data and online mapping links can be found at the NCSU
library.
Activity 4: Participate
in the GIS LIVE Team Challenge
Accept the GIS LIVE Team Challenge. Go to the MOSS
Project Web site to learn about how to do the outdoor field
experiment. Report your results in the morning of November 20th
by e-mailing your spreadsheets to Cris
Crisman or Rita Hagevik.
All data from the team projects will be displayed online and available
for analysis.
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