Web Resources For Teachers:
GLOBE Program
http://www.globe.gov/globe_flash.html
Degree of Confluence Project
http://www.confluence.org/index.php
Geocaching
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)
(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.
(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
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:
GIS Lesson Modules East Carolina University:
http://www.eastnet.ecu.edu/eastern/gis/index.htm
GIS for schools:
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:
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
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)
(http://130.11.52.178/gateways.html)
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
http://www.geographynetwork.com/
Cooperative allows organizations to share GIS data. Learn about the services it provides and view a wide variety of maps.
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.
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.
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.
(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.
(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
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
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
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 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 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