GIT Resources - Lesson Plans
Various Lesson Plans
ArcLessons - ArcLessons is an ESRI developed site used as a resource to
share LessonPacks for using GIS in the classroom. The LessonPacks
on ArcLessons have been created by teachers for use in the
classroom.
Digital Library for
Earth System Education – contains
links to other sites that provide GIS data and lesson plans
http://www.dlese.org/library/query.do?q=GIS%20lesson%20plans&s=0
Teaching
with GIS in the Geosciences
James Madison University – STEM: National Center
for Rural Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Education Outreach – Geospatial Technology
Middle School
lesson plans
Rural middle
schools
http://www.isat.jmu.edu/stem/curriculum.html
GIS Modules from Lane Community College, Eugene, OR, as part of their MAPS GIS project.
A major component of the MAPS GIS project is the creation and dissemination of Internet based learning modules that use GIS to teach a variety of geospatial concepts across the curriculum.
http://gis.lanecc.edu/Plone/modules/
GIS Career Awareness Learning Modules from San Diego State University. These web-based GIS Learning Modules are designed for High School students, and certificates are available on completion of the modules.
http://geoinfo.sdsu.edu/hightech/
GIS for History – lessons plans that use GIS. Do
not have to have GIS software. The map is online that
is used with layers that you can turn on and off. You
just need a computer with internet access. Designed
for high school and undergraduate American History
classes but could be amended for younger students.
http://www.gisforhistory.org/
GIS Lessons on the
Web – Web-based GIS lesson plans. You
do not need GIS software to use these lesson plans.
http://arcims.mathsciencecenter.info/protected/lessonplans.html
USGS lesson plans using GIS
http://education.usgs.gov/common/lessons/gis.html
Metropolitan East
Coast Assessment Education Module – includes
a link to the data needed for the two lessons provided – climate
change mapping and thematic mapping using census data.
http://metroeast_climate.ciesin.columbia.edu/edumod.html
National Geospatial Technology Extension Network
Remote Sensing and GIS for Educators
http://geospatialextension.org/resources/data-sources/remote-sensing-and-gis-for-educators
National Geographic
Xpeditions – Geography Standards
in Your Classroom – site has index of lesson plans. Some
of these lessons use the internet to demonstrate GIS and
view satellite imagery. Some of the lesson names that
do this are “GIS Helping to Save the African Wild” and “What
can we learn from satellite images”
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/matrix.html
Learning with GPS – GPS lessons
plus links to other online resources
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classgpslsn.html
Virginia's CTE Resource
Center – provides
links to sites plus
http://www.cteresource.org/publications/featured/geospatial/
http://www.lane.k12.or.us/insttech/vtc/gps.html -
maybe, look at in more depth
KanGIS – check out student data mapper. Also
has national training calendar for educators.
http://kangis.org/
Lesson Plans For Google Earth
Google for Educators
http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
Google Earth Lessons
http://www.gelessons.com/
Explore Your Earth
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/exploreyourearth/ -
also has a document that explains how the lessons meet
National Standards
Google Earth Resources for Geography Teachers
http://www.geographypages.co.uk/googleearth.htm
Locations in Shakespeare’s
Plays: Placemarks for Google Earth
http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/155428/an/0/page/0
Variety of Google Earth Lessons
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/GeogP/gearthplan/
Lesson Plans for NASA WorldWind
Pennsylvania
View – a member of a nationwide consortium
for remote sensing education, research , and geospatial applications. Has
data and lesson plan ideas.
http://www.paview.psu.edu/education/education.html
Other
My NASA Data – contains lesson
plans and other resources about how to use NASA data in
the classroom
http://mynasadata.larc.nasa.gov/index.html
ESRI Education Community
http://edcommunity.esri.com/