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GIS Workshops associated with:
| From Shore to Sea, Frozen Worlds Learning Segment, Hawaii: Learning Segment |
  • GIS Resources
    • GIS Competition:

    ESRI's US Community Atlas has opened for its third year. Classes in K-12 schools are encouraged to compose a profile of their community, consisting of 10-20 maps (in GIF or JPG format) and 1000-2500 words (in HTML documents). After constructing and testing their group project, classes post the files on the ESRI Community Atlas web site, and create an entry in a
    searchable database.
    The Community Atlas is a great opportunity for teachers in science, social studies, English or language arts, and technology! This year, classes can choose between three main types of projects: general community profile, local conservation issue, or a historically focused  presentation. Each arena offers broad flexibility, and suggestions are listed on the "Details" page of the web site.
    As before, classes earn GIS software for their school when they submit complete projects. One software award per school can be earned for complete projects submitted before December 21, 2001, and a second award per school for complete projects submitted by May 17, 2002.
    Previous CWRU GIS Workshops: Frozen Worlds Learning Segment
    GIS Day resources
    ESRI's own Resources

    Additional GIS Resources
    Wikipedia's  GIS information
    National Geographic's  My Wonderful World, geography site cosponsored by ESRI
    Middle School Example
    How Stuff Works explains GPS
    Explore Earthquakes with Global GIS, from The Rocky Mountain Mapping Center and KanCRN
    Yahoo's GIS Directory
    USGS pictures and maps for order
    Mapping with MicroSoft's terraserver, downloading procedures and using photographs to create land cover maps.
    The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
    Interactive Maps of the United States and MultiMedia Maps
    Census Info:
    Northern Ohio Data & Information Service: Cleveland/Akron Area Demographic Information
    2000 US Census, U.S. Census Data, & Census Bureau's Factfinder
    GPS tutorial from Trimble
    Jim Kilmer's GIS AntQuest for Frieberger Field! (part of the 4/28 GIS workshop intgegrating GPS)
    Longitudinal/Latitudinal Conversions, other conversions and a neat desktop conversion calculator.
    Real Time Water Data, US Flood conditions
    Northern Ohio GIS information from the Census.
    World Geographic Information at CountryWatch.com.
    National Land Cover Program and State Data
    National Park Service GIS
    Global Change Data
    The Geography Network
    ESRI's Resources (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.)
    1. ArcVoyager support
    2. General and Introductory Materials to GIS
    3. School & Library Site
    4. Lessons
        5. "The ArcVoyager Special Edition Training Tasks" used in our workshop, along with other Voyager lessons and activities linked from this page.
    5. ArcData and ArcNews online
    6. Jump Station: jump to www sites.  ESRI links for schools.
    7. Jason Hawaii links
    8. Community Atlas special project/contest and projects posted to date.
    9. Data and Maps for the savvy computer-using-teacher:

    National Geographic Awareness & GIS Day

    GIS Day, Geography Awareness Week: November 17-23, 2002. GIS Day 2002 will be held the Wednesday of Geography Awareness Week, November 19, 2003.  Integration of GIS and The Lewis & Clark Expedition , learn more about Lewis & Clark, or review more lesson plans.
    GIS Atlas Competition
    Hawaii State GIS Program
    KanCRN Resources, GIS Community for Educators
    GIS and GIS for Schools; Collaborative Research Network has sponsored a GIS day for which a collection of products for teachers and students has been kept on display.
    US Geological Survey
    USGS' GIS links
    Land Cover Program and State Data
    The US Air Force Academy
    GIS Map & Resources and data resources from The Department of Economics and Geography
  • Unique GIS Resources
    • Mapping with MicroSoft's terraserver, downloading procedures and using photographs to create land cover maps.
    Other Educational outreach resources for Terraserver.
    Satellite Tracking
    Maps GIS: Windows on Native Lands, Current Places and History (Native American links)
    FAQs on GIS;  Frequently asked questions...
    USGS GIS resources.  (United States Geological Service)
    Great Lakes views from Space
    WWW Resource List for GIS, University of Edinburgh, Dept. of Geography.
    Maine's office of GIS along with their GIS page.
    Mike Kostiuk's GIS Resources
    Southwest Peleographic Reconstruction
     
  • Teacher Training Resources
    • ESRI VirtualCampus
    www.gis.com has links to "Education and Training."
  • Jim's Satellite Tracking links
  • Lycos Mapping link
    • 1) Enter an address; 2) Right-click the map.  Select "View Image"or on a Mac "Open Image"; 3) In the Location URL, look for the argument called "IC=" or "CT=".   Latitude is first, longitude is second.
  • Satellite Mapping link
  • Longitudinal/Latitudinal Conversions, alternative and another Long/Lat Conversion site,  other conversions and a neat desktop conversion calculator.
  • and Jim's WildFire Tracking Site
  • Heavens-above.com {http://www.heavens-above.com/}
  • GeoCaching, GPS tutorial
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    last revised 8/28/2006
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