Post - Activities
Level 2: GIS-Wise and Ready to Roll -- How
can I get started with GIS as a learning tool?
Activity 1: GIS LIVE
Scavenger Hunts
Scavenger Hunt 1: Use the student activity
sheet (.pdf) or (.doc)
to search the virtual exhibits and find out how many areas of our lives
are influenced by GIS.
Click here (.pdf) or (.doc)
for the "Virtual Exhibit GIS Scavenger Hunt".
Activity 2: ArcVoyager
Activity: Where Are You?
Download the ArcVoyager
CD from ESRI free.
Use ArcVoyager World Atlas to have students design clues for each other
that will guide them to a place in the world. Click
here for directions and examples of other student projects.
Activity 3: ArcVoyager
Activity: Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Download the
ArcVoyager
CD from ESRI free.
Use "Point Me" to look at where volcanoes and earthquakes
are located around the world. Download current earthquake data. Where
were most of the earthquakes yesterday? How big were they? Click
here for directions to "Volcanoes and Earthquakes" and
click here for
directions to "Bringing Earthquake Data into ArcVoyager from
the Internet".
For over 100 additional ArcVoyager lessons go to ArcLessons
or to KanGIS.
