Category: gis lessons
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New GIS Lesson on Diseases
I have a new addition to the Rural STEM collection of lessons…Your students can explore the spread of all three diseases or just focus on one with your class. The Cholera activity features the legendary work of Dr. John Snow in London in the 1850’s. The .zip files below contain three disease-related activities: H1N1 (“Swine… Read more
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The Watsons Go to AGX 900
I’ve designed an ArcGIS Explorer 900 version of my “1963-A Journey North to South” lesson that explores topics inspired by the novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham by Christopher Paul Curtis. You can download from my website at http://www.barbareeduke.com/downloads/downloads.htm and will follow soon on ArcLessons. Additionally, I shared the data on ArcGIS online (http://www.arcgisonline.com). Search… Read more
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ASCD 2009 Interview
In March 2009, Dr. Shannon White and I presented at the ASCD Conference in Orlando on using GIS in the Classroom. This posting slipped by me but here it is after the fact… http://ascd.typepad.com/blog/2009/03/geographic-imaging-systems.html We’ll be together again in San Diego next week for the ESRI Education Users Conference (www.esri.com/educ)…come see us! http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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GIS Educator – Winter 2008 edition
Check out my latest article in ESRI’s GIS Educator…page 5.http://www.esri.com/library/newsletters/giseducator/gised-winter08.pdf http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Coastlines Lessons for My World GIS
Great resources, folks! Science Approach’s CoastLines project has posted the My World-based lessons on its NSF-ITEST sponsored Web site: Environmental MonitoringExploring the EvergladesInvisible BoundariesMatter of InchesMonitoring from AfarStorm Water Pollution Environmental Monitoring, Invisible Boundaries, and Storm Water Pollution are My World adaptations of ArcView 3.x lessons developed for the Center for Image Processing inEducation’s Mapping… Read more
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Spatial Happenings in Hannibal, NY
Kudos to Bob Jones and all his supporters in Hannibal, NY! They’ve launched a great effort to integrate spatial thinking into their schools. Check it out!http://www.hannibalcsd.org/spatial/ELA.htm http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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New Collection of GIS Lessons
We’re happy to announce the publication of the Rural STEM GIS activity collection for AEJEE and ArcGIS. This collection of 12 activities (authored by Barbaree Ash Duke, edited by me and classroom tested by teachers around the country) focuses on middle school science and social studies. Each activity comes with student instructions and worksheet, teacher… Read more
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A Dozen Reasons to Use GIS in Your Classroom
They’re ready! The National Center for Rural STEM Education Outreach-Geospatial Technology has drafted, tested, edited and posted. The lessons as well as a wealth of resources and curricular materials are ready for download. Check out the site: http://www.isat.jmu.edu/stem/curriculum.html GIS lessons are waiting for you! http://gisined.blogspot.com http://www.barbareeduke.com Read more
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Activity Testers Needed for Rural STEM Project
GIS in Education CommunityThe National Center for Rural STEM Education at James Madison University is looking for activity testers for a new set of GIS activities written for AEJEE and ArcGIS 9. The lessons are written for middle school students, but we would be interested in testers at all primary and secondary school grades.We’ll offer… Read more