GIS Live 2005
"Open Spaces - Wild Places"

Sessions Previews

Bennett's Mill Pond Project and GIS
Colleen Karl from NCSU's Science House and
Project Teachers and Students of Bennett's Mill Pond

4-H Historical Mappping
Edenton 4-H's GIS Club Project

Description:

The Bennett's Millpond Project is a new collaborative program for aquatic environmental learning partnering The Science House, the Albemarle Learning Center, Chowan County, and NC State University. This program will focus on studying the environment of an unusual and historic space, the colonial-era Bennett's Millpond near Edenton, NC. The Millpond and the surrounding area are considered a coastal swamp and have not previously been studied. Research and data collected will include water quality (chemical, physical, and biological), hydrology of the area, meteorology, and aquatic and terrestrial flora and fauna.

4-H students and their leaders used GPS to investigate the historic Native American settlements near Edenton, NC . Join teachers and students as they present how they have used GIS to learn about their environment.

Preparing for the Session: Activities for Parents and Educators to engage in:

(K) What do you KNOW about this already?

How can GIS be used to investigate important environmental problem questions?

(W) What have you LEARNED?

What have the teachers and students found out about the Millpond and their community using GIS?

(L) What else would you LIKE TO KNOW?

How could you use GIS and GPS and what could you do to investigate the environment where you live?