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Discover how to incorporate spatial science basics at every level of K-12 education. You'll leave this session with resources and activities that blend into lessons, all featuring free Geographical Information Systems (GIS) curriculum.
Discover how to incorporate spatial science basics at every level of K-12 education. You'll leave this session with resources and activities that blend into lessons, all featuring free Geographical Information Systems (GIS) curriculum.
Announcements
Announcements
Today's Topics
Today's Topics
- Welcoming Guest Speaker, Dr. Aida Guhlincozzi
- Dr. Guhlincozzi's Shares Insights and Projects
- Additional Resources
Learning with Maps in the Classroom
Examples of Critical Thinking with Maps
Fire and Weather Alert
2892 Miles To Go Project
ArcGIS StoryMaps
Digital Tools
QGIS
StoryMapsJS
Open Geography
Make Interactive Maps with Google Slides and Jamboard
Exploring Interactive Maps
Meet Dr. Aida Guhlincozzi
Meet Dr. Aida Guhlincozzi
Dr. Aída R. Guhlincozzi is a Post-Doctoral Scholar at the University of Missouri. Her research interests include health geography, health GIS, and race, ethnicity, language, and gender and health care. She studies healthcare accessibility for Spanish-speaking and non-Spanish-speaking Latinas in the Chicago suburbs.
Dr. Aída R. Guhlincozzi is a Post-Doctoral Scholar at the University of Missouri. Her research interests include health geography, health GIS, and race, ethnicity, language, and gender and health care. She studies healthcare accessibility for Spanish-speaking and non-Spanish-speaking Latinas in the Chicago suburbs.
Her work incorporates community geography, Latinx geographies, feminist geographies, and qualitative GIS theory and methodologies. She also studies justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the Geosciences, especially around the recruitment and retention of students of color, and dismantling structures of oppression and white supremacy in academia.
Her work incorporates community geography, Latinx geographies, feminist geographies, and qualitative GIS theory and methodologies. She also studies justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in the Geosciences, especially around the recruitment and retention of students of color, and dismantling structures of oppression and white supremacy in academia.
Dr. Guhlincozzi's Session Resource(s)
Dr. Guhlincozzi's Session Resource(s)
Learning with Maps in the Classroom
Learning with Maps in the Classroom
Understand “the impact of geographic factors on major events”
“Analyze the causes and effects of changing demographic patterns resulting from migration within the United States”
“Identify the effects of population growth and distribution on the physical environment”
“Identify and analyze the global diffusion of American culture through various media”
“Analyze primary and secondary sources such as maps, graphs, speeches, political cartoons, and artifacts to acquire information to answer historical questions”
“Create a visual representation of historical information such as thematic maps, graphs, and charts; and
“Pose and answer questions about geographic distributions and patterns shown on maps, graphs, charts, and available database”
Using maps in the classroom invites curiosity, encourages exploration and inspires problem solving. Maps can be used to explore a multitude of topics and can incorporate visual learning, spatial thinking and quantitative skills into a lesson. Read on to explore vivid imagery from maps and learn how our online lessons integrate mapping and help you create innovative lessons.
Using maps in the classroom invites curiosity, encourages exploration and inspires problem solving. Maps can be used to explore a multitude of topics and can incorporate visual learning, spatial thinking and quantitative skills into a lesson. Read on to explore vivid imagery from maps and learn how our online lessons integrate mapping and help you create innovative lessons.
Source: “Teaching with Maps,” NAGT
Research
Research
- Science educators in particular can use maps to visualize change over time or understand the science behind the physical world.
- Learning to read a map is a foundational skill that is an essential prerequisite for subsequently developing a wide range of knowledge and skills. A brief review of the media that children see in their schools, homes, and communities reveals how frequently maps are used to convey important information and relationships. In the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress in Geography (conducted in 2010), 58 percent of fourth grade teachers reported that they use maps or globes in their instruction at least once a week (source).
The Science Education Research Center (SERC) at Carleton College describes maps as way to teach data collection and comparison in science, as evidenced in this activity.
The Science Education Research Center (SERC) at Carleton College describes maps as way to teach data collection and comparison in science, as evidenced in this activity.
They also offer links to useful science and mapping related tools, like customizable maps, maps of geologic information, and much more.
They also offer links to useful science and mapping related tools, like customizable maps, maps of geologic information, and much more.
Examples of Critical Thinking with Maps
Examples of Critical Thinking with Maps
"The critical thinking that using maps creates can be a help for any teacher at any level and in any subject. Add data to geography to make maps even richer sources of inspiration.
"The critical thinking that using maps creates can be a help for any teacher at any level and in any subject. Add data to geography to make maps even richer sources of inspiration.
What’s more, they heighten understanding and analysis opportunities."
What’s more, they heighten understanding and analysis opportunities."
- Andrew Roush
- Andrew Roush
Example #1 - Fire and Weather Alert Map with ESRI's ArcGIS
Example #1 - Fire and Weather Alert Map with ESRI's ArcGIS
“One of the reasons we decided to implement [ESRI’s ArcGIS] is because it’s the industry standard for most of our state and local governments,” Tami says. She goes on to say, “Schools can set up #arcgis domains with no charge.”
“One of the reasons we decided to implement [ESRI’s ArcGIS] is because it’s the industry standard for most of our state and local governments,” Tami says. She goes on to say, “Schools can set up #arcgis domains with no charge.”
Tami Brass, TCEA member and Director of Instructional Technology at St. Paul Academy and Summit School, shared a Fire and Weather Alert map she created for her students.
Tami Brass, TCEA member and Director of Instructional Technology at St. Paul Academy and Summit School, shared a Fire and Weather Alert map she created for her students.
What’s amazing about the online map is you can double-click on the various alert icons (such as a fire icon). This yields more information about alerts issued.
What’s amazing about the online map is you can double-click on the various alert icons (such as a fire icon). This yields more information about alerts issued.
Example #2 - 2892 Miles To Go Project
Example #2 - 2892 Miles To Go Project
Our Route 66 team created a #SocialJustice Story Map. We did this in partnership with National Geographic Education for the #2892 project. We’re really proud of it," says Shana Peeples. Find it online at https://www.2892walk.org
Our Route 66 team created a #SocialJustice Story Map. We did this in partnership with National Geographic Education for the #2892 project. We’re really proud of it," says Shana Peeples. Find it online at https://www.2892walk.org
One aspect of the 2892 Miles to Go project is the Tulsa Massacre project:
2892 Tulsa storytellers set out to tell a much more far-reaching and expansive story. The locales include Oklahoma, Tulsa, the Greenwood District, Black Wall Street. They share more about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre than what the world has come to learn in the last few years.
This group of academics, historians, activists, and educators want to share a deeper understanding of history. They do this to avoid repeating history. They also do it to advocate for those who are leading the efforts to heal, repair, honor, and rebuild.
It’s powerful work. You can find an educator’s toolkit for 2892 Miles To Go online. It offers suggestions for crafting place-based narratives. With ArcGIS Online Tool, you can create amazing Story Maps.
It’s powerful work. You can find an educator’s toolkit for 2892 Miles To Go online. It offers suggestions for crafting place-based narratives. With ArcGIS Online Tool, you can create amazing Story Maps.
Example #3 - ArcGIS Storymaps
Example #3 - ArcGIS Storymaps
The Story Maps website offers great suggestions for getting started, which you can adapt for use with your students.
The Story Maps website offers great suggestions for getting started, which you can adapt for use with your students.
Learn More about ArcGIS StoryMaps. ArcGIS for Students is available at $100 a year. Free accounts are for K–12 instructional use only.
Learn More about ArcGIS StoryMaps. ArcGIS for Students is available at $100 a year. Free accounts are for K–12 instructional use only.
As part of your request, you must agree to the terms of use and meet the following criteria: Based in the US, engage in account management, and have no existing ArcGIS accounts.
As part of your request, you must agree to the terms of use and meet the following criteria: Based in the US, engage in account management, and have no existing ArcGIS accounts.
Ready to get started? Follow these steps:
Ready to get started? Follow these steps:
Digital Tools for Mapping
Digital Tools for Mapping
Tool #1 - QGIS
Tool #1 - QGIS
“Yes! It’s [QGIS] a great tool. I’m actually working on a grant to develop a curriculum that would incorporate QGIS,” says Dr. Guhlincozzi.
“Yes! It’s [QGIS] a great tool. I’m actually working on a grant to develop a curriculum that would incorporate QGIS,” says Dr. Guhlincozzi.
This is a powerful tool to make available for students to use at home or school. It is free and open source.
This is a powerful tool to make available for students to use at home or school. It is free and open source.
One advantage? Students learn to use a tool that isn’t expensive, and it doesn’t predispose them to closed-source solutions.
One advantage? Students learn to use a tool that isn’t expensive, and it doesn’t predispose them to closed-source solutions.
Free, open-source software often comes with a lot of community-based support, such as tutorials and tip sheets (as shown left).
Free, open-source software often comes with a lot of community-based support, such as tutorials and tip sheets (as shown left).
You can get started with QGIS right away since it’s a free download:
You can get started with QGIS right away since it’s a free download:
No doubt, some educators may choose to use ArcGIS in Chromebook settings and in K-12. In addition, they may also offer students QGIS as a free, no-cost alternative.
Tool #2 - StoryMapJS
Tool #2 - StoryMapJS
" StoryMapJS, a multimedia tool from the Northwestern University Knight Lab, can be a major boon to your teaching and learning," says Andrew Roush.
" StoryMapJS, a multimedia tool from the Northwestern University Knight Lab, can be a major boon to your teaching and learning," says Andrew Roush.
StoryMapJS is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events. It is a new tool. You can tell stories with large photographs, works of art, historic maps, and other image files. Add a slide for each place in your story. Setting the location is as easy as a text search for the name or address. You can change the visual style of your map with a few presets, or you can use Mapbox to create your own style. StoryMap JS can pull in media from a variety of sources. Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, Vimeo, Vine, Dailymotion, Google Maps, Wikipedia, SoundCloud, Document Cloud and more.
Open Geography
Open Geography
“The Open Geography project is doing important work to expand the population of students who can access this valuable field,” says Dr. Aida Guhlincozzi, a post-doctoral scholar in Geography and Geographic Information Science (GIS) at the University of Missouri . “The Open Geography project makes a number of key learning resources with many tools available to those who need it most.” All this can be invaluable content for educators encouraging young learners.
“The Open Geography project is doing important work to expand the population of students who can access this valuable field,” says Dr. Aida Guhlincozzi, a post-doctoral scholar in Geography and Geographic Information Science (GIS) at the University of Missouri . “The Open Geography project makes a number of key learning resources with many tools available to those who need it most.” All this can be invaluable content for educators encouraging young learners.
You can access textbooks that have gone through editing and peer review. Open Geography makes these available at no extra charge. And these are also Creative Commons Attribution licensed. Contributing support to the site includes geography notables, such as:
You can access textbooks that have gone through editing and peer review. Open Geography makes these available at no extra charge. And these are also Creative Commons Attribution licensed. Contributing support to the site includes geography notables, such as:
ESRI
Lumen
GeoTech
Salt Lake Community College
Utah State Board of Education
So what can you find at the Open Geography website?
So what can you find at the Open Geography website?
You can find eTextbooks that are mobile friendly. The website provides a list of textbooks, including:
Geography OER eTextbooks
Geography OER Lab Manuals
Geospatial Technology OER eTextbooks
There is a total of 15 different resources available for use.
You can find a rich collection of links organized into several categories. Those categories include:
You can find a rich collection of links organized into several categories. Those categories include:
- Physical geography
- Human geography
- Environmental geography
- Geographic information systems
- Remote sensing
- Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
- Spatial data and cartography
- Spatial curriculum and pedagogy
You can also find links to open education topics and to professional organizations.
You can also find links to open education topics and to professional organizations.
Making Interactive Maps: Google Slides and Jamboard
Making Interactive Maps: Google Slides and Jamboard
Creating digital maps can be a big deal. Online tools like Inkarnate make creating fantasy maps easy to do. It makes battle map, world maps, regional maps, and city and/or village maps easy to make.
Creating digital maps can be a big deal. Online tools like Inkarnate make creating fantasy maps easy to do. It makes battle map, world maps, regional maps, and city and/or village maps easy to make.
You can even craft maps inside buildings like taverns, houses, and more. The problem is, you may have to pay for it.
You can even craft maps inside buildings like taverns, houses, and more. The problem is, you may have to pay for it.
Making interactive maps with Google Slides and/or Jamboard is quite easy. You can apply this technique to a variety of instructional activities; it’s not limited to social studies, history, or geography classes. It’s also an easy way to introduce students to map making through role playing games (RPGs).
You might find the Dungeon Classroom Guide: Using Table-Top Role-Playing Games in the Classroom worthwhile reading. What’s more, the story writing possibilities that accompany even a simple map are endless. Give it a try!
A few other tools you can use include the following (in alpha order):
A few other tools you can use include the following (in alpha order):
United States Geographical Service (USGS) Topographical Map Collection. What a treasure trove of maps.
Open the Bag of Holding at
Open the Bag of Holding at
You’re familiar with a bag of holding, right? It’s a bag with an inside space that may enjoy never-ending storage. You can put anything it and the bag doesn’t get heavier. The internet is a modern traveler’s bag of holding, and Wakelet is one of the ever-expanding compartments.
To get you started in fantasy map making online. I’ve collected a few of the images I found. You will discover a lot more in this magic satchel,
This is a Wakelet collection to get you started.
Exploring Interactive Maps
Exploring Interactive Maps
Maps are a vital way to understand history, culture, government, and other social studies topics. These interactive maps help you and your students visualize the Roman world.
ORBIS The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World: This amazing digital map includes many interactive resources, and can help determine travel times and how they’re affected by place, time of year, method of travel, and more.
Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire: This full, data-rich atlas allows anyone to traverse the Empire.
Rome: Interactive Exploration: This lesson, including maps and more, serves as an excellent introduction to the topics of the ancient Roman world.
Mapping Past Societies: Move across time and space with interactive maps for archeology, the general Roman world, or environmental history.
Benthos: Digital Atlas of Ancient Waters: Explore the travel and trade routes of ancient waterways in this interactive map.
OmnesViae: Roman Routeplanner: How long would travel take during the Roman era? What routes and methods were available? Find out here.
Grasping the scale of our universe, from the very smallest atom to galaxies, can be a difficult concept for students. But Scale of the Universe 2 makes it easy.
Grasping the scale of our universe, from the very smallest atom to galaxies, can be a difficult concept for students. But Scale of the Universe 2 makes it easy.
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