OUTLINE and LESSON PLANS

OUTLINE and LESSON PLANS

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Week 01

BEFORE THE CLASS:

· PowerPoint to explain what GIS is ready. (ESRI has this)

· GPS Receiver with charged batteries.

· Send agenda for the day (image could be attached here)

· Have printouts for students to accomplish tasks in each website.

· Revise the lesson (Check websites are working)

DURING CLASS

· Administration

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· Email Activity

i. Open email to see agenda

· Desktop

i. Create a subfolder “GIS” in the students personal desktop folder

· Emphasize that everything regarding this activity has to be saved here.

o Use Google earth to explore different landmarks in MO, USA and the World (Partners countries- Check Grand Canyon/ Amazon, African Mt Ranges, etc.)

o Use KanGIS Studentmapper to map student data about Pizza likings etc and see them in a realtime map.

o Look Realtime Satellite Telemtery Sites- and talk about migration patterns, behavior, etc. How this change in time (seasons & space)

o Ecoregions & Hotspots. Make students explore different regions of the earth and evaluate biodiversity. Make inquiry activities or Webquest for this. See (K. Kurz- Hotspot Environmental Unit)

o Explore USGS site for some other activities

· Online Mapping (Interactive, real-time, collaborative, static) Design inquiry for these websites.

RESOURCES USED

i. Google Earth (Free Download): http://earth.google.com/

ii. Terraserver, URL: http://terraserver.microsoft.com/

iii. National Geographic- Map machine, (Explore) URL:http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

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iv. Real time Mapping. Journey North URL:http://www.learner.org/jnorth/index.html

v. KanGIS site mapping interesting things in class, URL:http://kangis.org/mapping/sdm/

vi. Conservation International Hotspots. URL:http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/xp/Hotspots

vii. WWF Ecoregions:

URL: http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildplaces/index.cfm

TASKS TO ACCOMPLISH

See Attachments…

GPS/ GIS-

IE: - Image search on the Web

Desktop: Creating a new subfolder and moving files from one place to another.

Developed by: Jose I. Pareja (UM-St. Louis)