K-12 Education
Mentored high school students build an in house low-cost sensor
LCS Poster UNT _Max & Luke v4.0.pptxAir Pollution Educational Videos
Summer 2020, our team received a summer seed grant from UNT AERI titled "Build localized air pollution monitoring capacity using low-cost sensors and develop an air quality education program". One research objective is developing free educational materials to inform K-12 students regarding the importance of air quality. One deliverable is the two videos transcribed in both English and Spanish. The first video is a "gross" video, aiming to get people's attention on this issue. The second video is an empowerment one, aiming to enforce people with the power of taking actions.
Please contact lu.liang@unt.edu if you are interested in using those materials or collaboration.
Air pollution Gross Video (English Version)
Air pollution Gross Video (Spanish Version)
Empowerment Video (English Version)
Empowerment Video (Spanish Version)
StoryMap: Citizen Science for Teachers
Useful Resources - GIS
Create Your Own Citizen Science Project - by Dr. Lori Delacruz Lewis
Getting started with GIS for Educators – https://esriurl.com/gettingstartedforeducators
This is the doc we encourage educators to go through as part of getting a bundle (you’ll find actually getting the bundle is #14 in the list). A lot of it is things you’ll be doing with them, and can skip, but I thought it might be interesting to see where some folks who are interested in GIS are starting at. It also gives you an idea of the capabilities and resources that we find K-12 classrooms are interested in.
ArcGIS Online organizations for schools – https://esriurl.com/agoorgsforschools
This is the doc we distribute to help educators manage their own orgs (you’ll find this is actually linked from the doc above, as #13). I find it is in need of a refresh, and it’s something I’m working on, but there is info in it that will be useful as the orgs are set up (it also includes talk about personally identifiable information and minors, as mentioned briefly in the call).
A series of videos done recently to help teachers and parents-turned-teacher get a handle on GIS. It’s call Mapping Hour and is available here: https://esriurl.com/mappinghour
In particular in that series, episodes 6 and 7 talk about using CSV files and might be of interest for your project.
An app that runs on iOS, Android, and Windows devices that lets students work with maps (although not create them) even if the students are offline. Here is the app: https://esri.com/explorer
Be aware that getting it setup to go offline does take creating the content with the intent to use it offline. But check it out, and if it seems like something you’d want to be able to take advantage of, we can go into more detail on it.