Pre - Activities
Level 1: GIS Newbie -- What in the world is GIS?
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
in Everyday Life"-- View a entertaining and informative Shockwave
Flash animation movie of 14 vignettes showing how GIS affects your life,
from alarm clock in the morning to dinner at night, in ways you never
imagined!
"The
World in a Box"-- Get a comprehensive look at the GIS field
in this award-winning documentary video. Purchasing information through
ESRI.
National URISA Workshop Video -
"Introduction to GIS"
An assortment of
GIS workshop videos, appropriate for use by educational institutions as well as the private sector.
Activity 3: GIS
Memory Mapping Game
Play a memory game to learn about grids and mapping.
GIS Memory Game -- Three levels -- fun for everyone.
