Intro to GeoTech: GPS, GIS, and Remote Sensing
April 9 - May 28, 2009
Eight Thursdays from 2:30 - 4:00 PM


Learn how to integrate GeoTech into the classroom!
Receive a stipend of $100 OR a GPS Handheld!
Receive two GeoTech related books with standards based curriculum and community service project ideas.
Discover the benefits of interactive, online learning!

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Intro_GeoTech_flyer_2009.pdf

Labels: Events, GIS Activities, GoogleEarth, GPS, GPS to GIS, Imagery, Remote Sensing, STEM

Want to see a model for the possible effects of climate change on Oahu and Maui? The following website provides imagery and information about the data that created it!

Flooding the Islands of Hawaii
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/hmrg/FloodingOahu/index.php

Labels: GIS Activities, GIS Data, Imagery, Online Map Tools, Remote Sensing, STEM

Do you have ArcExplorer Java Edition for Education (AEJEE) installed on your computer? Do you have GPS waypoints that you want to add to an AEJEE map project?

See the attached file for the steps to manually transfer GPS waypoints to AEJEE.

TIP: Don't forget the negative symbol for the Hawaii longitude coordinate... we are West of the Prime Meridian! (-x, y = longitude,latitude)

7_GPStoGIS_AEJEE_handout.pdf

Labels: AEJEE, Curriculum, GIS Activities, GPS, STEM

At the Hawaii Council of Mathematics Teachers T3 Conference held on January 16 & 17, 2009 on Oahu, math teachers learned to use GPS! We calculated the circumference of the Earth, looked at how the latitude and longitude mapping system is based on mathematical coordinate systems, and learned to connect GPS to GIS with Google Earth!

Labels: Events, GIS Activities, GPS, Math, Online Map Tools

Congratulations to the students from Baldwin HS, Maui HS, and King Kekaulike HS who completed the two day GIS Training this past December!

Labels: Events, GIS Activities, STEM

GoogleMaps
http://maps.google.com

National Geographic Map Machine
http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine

The National Atlas
http://www.nationalatlas.gov

Pacific Disaster Center
http://www.pdc.org

UH SOEST Coastal Imagery & Maps
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/coasts/data

Labels: GIS Activities, Online Map Tools, STEM

This Kids Geography website puts remote sensing into easy to understand terms:

check it out

Labels: GIS Activities, GIS Data, Remote Sensing, STEM

Happy GIS Day 2008 to Hawaii Educators!

We hope you are finding ways to celebrate GIS Day with your students today - November 19, 2008. For more ideas, the official GIS Day website is: http://www.gisday.com/.

Labels: Events, GIS Activities, GIS Day

Free Online Map Tools -- If you are interested in getting your kids to visit free, online map tools just to get their feet wet with GIS, here are a couple of fun websites to try:

GeoGreetings
http://www.geogreetings.com
Idea: Have students spell their names or write a "GeoGreeting" message and learn where each letter comes from!

GoogleMaps
http://maps.google.com
Idea: Have students find the street where they live! Then check out one of the new additions from the left side menu, such as 'real-time' earthquakes around the world!

Labels: GIS Activities, Online Map Tools

The fabulous education team at ESRI develops lessons for educators that work with AEJEE and other ESRI GIS software. ArcLessons are available for download AND they come with all necessary AEJEE axl files, data layers, and lesson plans in a 'zip' file.



Try out this beginner level social studies lesson as an example:
2008 Presidential Election
http://gis.esri.com/industries/education/arclessons/search_results.cfm?id=388

Labels: AEJEE, ArcLesson, GIS Activities

The fabulous education team at ESRI develops lessons for educators that work with AEJEE and other ESRI GIS software. ArcLessons are available for download AND they come with all necessary AEJEE axl files, data layers, and lesson plans in a 'zip' file.

Try out this beginner level social studies lesson as an example:
2008 Presidential Election
http://gis.esri.com/industries/education/arclessons/search_results.cfm?id=388

Labels: AEJEE, ArcLesson, GIS Activities

James Madison University Center for STEM Education and Outreach have announced 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 notes, an answer key and all relevant data.  The activities are referenced to relevant national standards.  Each activity can also be easily modified for younger or older students.  Each activity can be used by itself or in conjunction with one or more of the other activities.  We hope teachers in a variety of settings will find these activities of use.

Labels: AEJEE, GIS Activities, STEM

Mark Your Calendar for GIS DAY! -- You may already have big plans for Geography Awareness Week and GIS Day. If not, this could be the perfect opportunity to introduce GIS to your students! Mark the week of November 16 -22 and, specifically, November 19 for GIS Day.
For ideas on activities, both high and low tech, visit the following websites:

ESRI - Tenth Annual GIS Day
http://www.gisday.com/

My Wonderful World - A National Geographic-led Campaign
http://www.mywonderfulworld.org/gaw.html

Labels: GIS Activities, GIS Day, STEM

If you are interested in having your kids follow the elections while also introducing them to various online GIS tools, here are a couple of interesting websites to try:

Google Elections '08 Map Gallery
http://maps.google.com/help/maps/elections/

National Public Radio 2008 Election Map
https://gw.medb.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.npr.org/news/specials/election2008/2008-election-map.html

Labels: GIS Activities, Online Map Tools