GIS Teachers Resource Web Site

 

Web Resources For Teachers:

GLOBE Program

http://www.globe.gov/globe_flash.html

 

Degree of Confluence Project

http://www.confluence.org/index.php

 

Geocaching

http://www.geocaching.com

A high-tech GPS scavenger hunt game

 

GIS.Com (http://www.gis.com/)
GIS.com – Your Internet Guide to GIS

 

Pennsylvania Geographic Information Systems (http://www.dep.state.pa.us/external_gis/gis_home.htm)
 

Geography World (http://members.aol.com/GeographyWorld)
 

NSF (http://http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/edu-broc/)
The National Science Foundation Science & Technology Centers

 

NASA Lessons on GPS-GIS (http://wwwedu.ssc.nasa.gov/ltp/LessonPlans/Grades9-12.htm)

 

ArcLessons

(http://gis.esri.com/industries/k-12/arclessons/arclessons.cfm)

ArcLessons is a resource for you to share LessonPacks for using GIS in the classroom. You can browse a list of lessons by category or use the search tools to find lessons in your area of interest. You also can contribute your LessonPacks to ArcLessons for other educators to use.

 

GIS MATH Lessons

(http://www.cnr.colostate.edu/avprojects/99proj/math_6-7/web_docs/tblcnts.html)

 

Smithsonian:
http://www.nasm.edu/galleries/gps/intro.html

Aerospace Corporation:
http://www.aero.org/publications/GPSPRIMER/index.html

Census Bureau GIS Information:
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet

CIA's World Fact Book:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

How GPS Works:
http://www.garmin.com/aboutGPS/

http://www.eaglegps.com/tutorial/gps/default.htm

http://www.colorado.edu/geography/gcraft/notes/gps/gps.html

 

ESRI Virtual Campus

http://campus.esri.com/

 

Downloadable GIS Based Lessons:

http://www.emich.edu/visit/gis_modules.htm

 

ESRI Educational web site K-12 material:

http://www.esri/industries/k-12/material.html

 

ArcLessons – Schools And Libraries – Lessons:

http://gis.esri.com/industries/k-12/arclessons/titles_only.cfm

 

Center for image processing in education – lessons and data:

http://www.evisual.org

 

GIS Lesson Modules – East Carolina University:

http://www.eastnet.ecu.edu/eastern/gis/index.htm

 

GIS for schools:

http://kangis.org/

 

National K-12 GIS List:

http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/community/lists/info_k12gislist.html

 

Educational Applications Of GIS:

https://list.terc.edu/mailman/listinfo/edgis

 

Geography Network – Download or preview map files, dynamic data:

http://www.geographynetwork.com/maps/index.html


Earth-info:

http://www.earth-info.org/

 

National Geographic:

http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/

 

Worldbank Data and Statistics:

http://www.worldbank.org/data/

 

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation GIS Lessons:

http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/esi/1997/02/GISandES.htm

 

Databases

Environmental Protection Agency (http://www.epa.gov/epahome/gis.htm)
EPA – Databases and Software – Geographic Information Systems

 

ESRI (http://www.esri.com/data/online/index.html)
ESRI - Online Data

 

PASDA (http://www.pasda.psu.edu)
Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)

 

National GeoSpatial Data Clearinghouse

(http://130.11.52.178/gateways.html)

 

New York State GIS Clearinghouse

http://www.nysgis.state.ny.us/

 

Datasets of the NYS Museums (http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/gis.html)
 

Census - Can Download Databases In Excel Format Or ASCII Format, etc..
http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html

Bureau Of Transportation Statistics - US Dept. of Transportation:
Intermodal Transportation Database
:
http://www.transtats.bts.gov

NIST Global Positioning System Data Archive:
http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/service/gpstrace.htm

Topographical Map Data:
http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/drg/free_drg.html
OR
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/glis/hyper/guide/usgs_dgl (Vector Format)

Monitor/Graph Current Satellite Data:
http://eegps.uwyo.edu/gps/monitor_current.html

Satellite Images:
http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com

 

Geography Network

http://www.geographynetwork.com/

Cooperative allows organizations to share GIS data. Learn about the services it provides and view a wide variety of maps.

 

Ocean BioGeographic Information Systems

http://www.iobis.org/

OBIS is an on-line, open-access, globally-distributed network of systematic, ecological, and environmental information systems. Collectively, these systems operate as a dynamic, global digital atlas to communicate biological information about the ocean.

 

National Park Service – GIS Data Clearinghouse

http://www.nps.gov/gis/park_gisdata/pennsylvania/gett.htm

NPS has a data clearinghouse web site where digital data is available covering both the
Gettysburg National Military Park and the Eisenhower National Historic Site.

 

Free Downloads

ArcVoyager Software (http://www.esri.com/company/free.html)
Download the free GIS data viewer ArcExplorer, and browse free data, and other useful resources from ESRI (ESRI is a GIS software developer).

 

ArcExplorer Software (http://www.esri.com/software/arcexplorer/aedownload.html)

Download this free GIS data viewer ArcExplorer.

 

ArcWatch Newsletter (http://gis.esri.com/newsletters/newssubscribe.cfm?news=ArcWatch)
Subscribe to ArcWatch a free ESRI newsletter.

 

GIS Touches Our Lives - Movie

(http://www.esri.com/company/gis_touches/start.html)

Learn how GIS affects your everyday life in this entertaining and informative Shockwave Flash animation movie of 14 vignettes showing how GIS affects your life, from alarm clock in the morning to dinner at night, in ways you never imagined! Great for kids and adults alike. This animation is now downloadable, so you can view it offline. Extract all the zipped files and open start.html in your browser.

 

GIS on “The District”

(http://www.esri.com/news/thedistrict/index.html)

During the 2000-01 television season, CBS's hit TV show The District showcased geographic thinking and used ArcView GIS in every episode. You can now download or view a five-minute movie titled "GIS on The District, First Season." The video is narrated by Lynne Thigpen (Ella Farmer on The District) and illustrates many of the basic concepts of geographic thinking using examples taken from the 2000-01 episodes.

 

Structural Geology - Mapping/GIS Software - Free Downloads
http://www.earthsciences.uq.edu.au/~rodh/software/

 

Geocomm: Free Scripts, Extensions, Tools, Demos
http://software.geocomm.com/

Free GIS Downloads:
http://www02.giscafe.com/Download/

Free GIS Downloads - Unix/Linux:
http://www.freegis.org

Software For Viewing USGS Standard Format Map Data - dlgv32 Pro:
http://mcmcweb.er.usgs.gov/drc/dlgv32pro

 

Glossary

IBM GIS Terms

http://giswww.pok.ibm.com/glossary.html

 

AGI GIS Dictionary

http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/agidict/welcome.html

 

ESRI Glossary of Terms

http://www.esri.com/library/glossary/glossary.html

 

USGS – Geographic Names Information Systems

http://geonames.usgs.gov/index.html

 

 

 

Student Activities:

 

Planetary Geology

http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/lists/teachers/links/ii/58/link_02.html

Find a comprehensive site with planetary images, wallpaper and screen savers, a map-a-planet interactive that allows you to create a map at your preferred level of customization, a current research section, a kids' section, and even GIS for the planets: U.S.G.S. Planetary GIS Web Server. Audience: middle school and up.

 

GIS Quest

http://www.gisquest.org

Game to learn about GIS technology and test your skills against GIS mapping applications. Quest for the best location for a new solar house.

 

GIS project ideas, lesson plans, activities, coloring pages, trivia games, topo bingo

http://www.usga.gov/education

 

Maps latitude/longitude pairs

http://stellwagen.er.usgs.gov/mapit

 

GIS DAY Memory Game (http://www.gisday.com/cd2002/games/gisdaygame.swf)
There are three different levels.

 

Geo Game (http://maps.esri.com/GeoGame/)
Play the ESRI GEO Game

 

GIS DAY

(http://gisday.com)

GIS DAY is an international celebration of geography and technology. It brings together teachers, students, professionals and geography enthusiasts. The next celebration is scheduled for November 19, 2003.

 

GIS Contests:

Bay Area Automated Mapping Association Poster Contest

http://www.baama.org/meetings/

 

Central Joint Data Committee – Third Annual Map Contest

http://www.centralcoastdata.org/public_html/

 

Maine GIS User Group Project Contest

http://www.megug.org/MEGUG/contest.html

 

Conservation Challenge 2002 (http://www.pasda.psu.edu/challenge/)
Here are the details of the Conservation Challenge 2002 Contest. It also includes winning projects from last year.

 

Christopher Columbus Awards (http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/events/bayernsf/start.htm.)
The Christopher Columbus Awards are presented to teams of middle school students who take creative approaches to problem solving and know how to use available science and technology resources to make a difference in their communities. Teams compete for a one-week, all expenses-paid trip to Walt Disney World for National Championship Week. Awards also include $36,000 in U.S. Savings Bonds and the $25,000 Columbus Foundation Community Grant. Coaching and student guidelines are available at Deadline is January 31, 2002

 

Videoconferencing

 

Videoconferencing Links

http://www.lcesc.k12.oh.us/neo-linc/videoconferencing_links.htm

 

 

Pacific Bell Knowledge Network

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/directory.html