Resources

Geographic Information Systems

Kyle Treddinick's website: http://www.geographyforgeographers.com/

GIS Resources

• Esri ConnectED (Sign your school up for a free site license) - https://www.esri.com/en-us/industries/education/schools/our-story

• Esri Education - https://www.esri.com/en-us/industries/education/schools/our-story

• Esri Geoinquiries (Canned 15min GIS based lessons for multiple disciplines) - https://www.esri.com/en-us/industries/education/schools/geoinquiries-collections

• ESRI MOOCs (Online training, I would suggest the Making Online Apps one) - https://www.esri.com/training/mooc/

• U of M Polar Geospatial Center Coordinate Converter - https://www.pgc.umn.edu/apps/convert/ (YOU NEED TO HAVE COORDINATES IN DECIMAL DEGREES - NEGATIVE LATITUDE FOR SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AND NEGATIVE LONGITUDE FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE)

Documents

• The Instructions for using AGOL - Adding a Layer gives a description on how to actually add layers to a map.

• Rubric - The Rubric is just to give an idea how to grade a GIS based project.

• Skill builder - The AGO skill builder gives a sense for how complicated different tasks are with GIS.

• Badlands CSV - The Badlands.csv is the table of data that Kyle came up with over the four days.

• Latitude/Longitude Template (CSV) - Basic templates for a general lat long and address referencing project for people to play around with.

Accounts

• iNaturalist

• GLOBE Observer (web)

• Download GLOBE Observer as an app

Badlands National Park

• Education Resources

• Natural Features and Ecosystems

• Education Contacts

  • Ranger Ed Welsh

Story Telling Tools

• Creative Writing for Science.

• ESRI Story Map

• Google Tour Builder

• Adobe Spark

  • Arthropod Sampling Video example

• Open Explorer

GLOBE

• Hydrosphere

  • Conductivity

  • Temperature

  • pH

• Tutorials for using the GLOBE website

GLOBE Observer

• Land Cover

Monitoring Equipment

• Vernier Go Direct Sensors

• Transparency Tubes

Arthropods

• Insects and Arthropods Dr. Bachmann's powerpoint. (PDF)

iNaturalist

• Teacher's Guide

• Our Project

• Adventure Scientists Wildland Pollinators

National Geographic Educator Certification Program

• About

• Receive updates

Mapping w ArcGIS

• Intro to GIS Nat Geo activity

• ESRI Field Data Collection

Luther Standing Bear

• History

• Books, articles and forums

Suggested Reading

• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

• How to Make Your Teaching More Engaging (Principle 4: Stories Are Our 'Most Natural Form of Thought')

• Creating Experiences Rather Than Lessons