Intro to GeoTech: GPS, GIS, and Remote Sensing
April 9 - May 28, 2009
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Intro_GeoTech_flyer_2009.pdf

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

Want to put waypoints from your GPS on GoogleEarth?

The feature you want to use is called, “Add a Placemark”, and it looks like a pushpin and rests along the toolbar along the top of the GoogleEarth window.

What you do is, click the placemark anywhere on a GoogleEarth map, then, a window will pop up in which you can edit the fields for the latitude and longitude according to the waypoints you have saved on your GPS.

Note: You will need to choose in your GPS Setup menu the position format for degrees minutes seconds prior to doing this waypoint editing in GoogleEarth.

Labels: GoogleEarth, GPS, GPS to GIS, Online Map Tools

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

TEACH Engineering: Resources for K-12 http://teachengineering.org

This website has some excellent lessons that clearly emphasize mathematical concepts in GPS use. When you get to the home page, use the "Curriculum Search" field in the upper right corner and type in GPS to see what they currently have.

When I last looked, here are just a few of the lessons available:
Navigating at the Speed of Satellites
GPS on the Move
Where is Here?
Where Am I: Navigation and Satellites

Labels: Curriculum, GPS, Links, STEM

Are you interested in learning more about GPS and some fun ways to integrate it into math and science curriculum?

Check out the book Fun with GPS by Donald Cooke.

For more information on the book, chapter updates, and more, visit the website companion to the book:
http://www.funwithgps.com

Labels: Books, GPS, Links, Math, Online Map Tools

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

With at least two GPSs, students can engage in a fun activity to literally measure the circumference of the Earth!

For two versions of lessons on this, see the attached files.

Measuring the Circumference of the Earth by Joseph Kerski, ESRI K12 Education
This is a fabulous lesson with many extension.


Measuring the Circumference of the Earth by Diana Papini Warren, Women in Technology
This is a simplified version of Joseph's lesson with easy to use tables for the calculations!
MeasureCircumference_Papini.pdfMeasureCircumference_Kerski.pdf

Labels: Curriculum, GPS, Math

On Monday November 17, 2008, several Molokai classrooms celebrated Geography Awareness Week with an emphasis on "GeoTech". Students learned through presentations and hands-on activities. Kaunakakai Elementary School 2nd, 3rd, & 4th graders, Kualapu'u Elementary Kindergarteners, Molokai Middle Hawaiian Immersion, and Molokai High School EAST students all participated in events coordinated by MEDB Women in Technology. Students engaged in GPS treasure hunts on school campus after learning how the technology works (See photo). And, in celebration of GIS Day, a GIS using professional from Molokai presented at the High School and students at the Middle School used some online mapping tools.

Labels: Events, Geography Awareness Week, GIS Day, GPS, Online Map Tools