Pre- Activities
Level 3: GIS Veteran Looking for a New Challenge--
How can I design real-world projects using GIS?
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 GIS
Live Team Challenge to learn about how to use NC OneMap to solve
a problem question. Report your results on a webpage and
e-mail Rita Hagevik your results!.
