GIS Live 2004
"Crossing Boundaries with GIS"

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

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 in Edenton, NC used GIS during Big Sweep, the North Carolina component of the International Coastal Cleanup. This yearly event involves volunteers from all across North Carolina and approximately 90 countries coming together to clean up the rivers, lakes, and ocean.

Join teachers and students as they present how they have used GIS to learn about their environment.

Preparing for the Session:

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

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

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