GIS Basics

• The GIS Lounge has GIS information. A good place to start.
• From A Distance An introduction to remote sensing/GIS/GPS.

Environmental Systems Research Institute

• ArcView GIS -- ESRI Information about the most popular GIS software package.
• ArcLessons Your Resource for GIS Educational Exercises
• ESRI Schools and Libraries Program - Spotlight Highlights current events in K-12 GIS.
• ESRI Teaching with GIS How is GIS being used by the K-12 community?
• ESRI - Free Software, Data, and Resources

Data

• TIGER Census Data 2000 Download data for any U.S. county.
• National Land Cover Data Availability Find data from the USGS.
• 2000 US Presidential Election Data
• ArcData Online: ESRI's Internet Mapping and Data Site Tons of data here!
• GIS Data Links
• Michigan Geographic Data Library Wow! This site is great for data, general information, and educational resources.
• Land Information Access Association works with communities to develop partnerships for information sharing.
• GIS Resources on the Web
• USGS National Earthquake Information Center Earthquake information for the world. Get up to date data.
• Geography Network - Data

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Reading About GIS

• Data in the Classroom outlines strategies for effectively interpreting and analyzing data--great for GIS!
• The History and Application of GIS in Education
• From Government Computer News, an article on how GIS can track disease epidemics: Registries are booster for health.
• From the National Institute of Justice Journal, how GIS is used in criminal justice: Mapping the Path to Problem Solving.

K-12 Lessons and Ideas

• GIS and Environmental Science for K-14 Teachers site has lessons, projects, and tutorials.
• GIS at Boulder High School See how one high school uses GIS.
• GIS/GPS Technology at Ligon Home page for an elective course at Ligon Middle School in North Carolina with lesson ideas and links.
• GIS Education at U.S. Geological Survey Rocky Mountain Mapping Center.
• KanGIS: The K12 GIS Community Great for ideas and lessons. Join their listserv.
• The National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) Secondary Education Project provides K-12 GIS background as well as links. They also developed a Core Curriculum in GIScience.
• The Wisconsin Watershed Connection project offers information on mapping and GIS.

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General

• Great Lakes Information Network Information and data from the Great Lakes region.
• GeoCommunity's Education section has tutorials, data, resources, etc. Visit this site!
• Geography Network
• GIS.com--Your Internet Guide to GIS
• GIS Day 2001 November 14, 2001 has been designated to raise awareness of GIS.
• GIS/GPS web sites from North Carolina State University's Instructional Materials in Science Education program.
• The GISPortal! It is what is says--an awesome collection of resources and links.
• The University Consortium for Geographic Information Science

GPS

• Information
  • GPS Users Group
  • Geocaching is a new GPS treasure hunt craze! Visit Geocaching - The Official GPS Cache Hunt Site or Buxley's Geocaching Waypoint Maps. Here's another geocaching page with ideas for kids.
  • Shop online for GPS receivers at The GPS Store.
  • Waypoint+ is a free utility for downloading GPS waypoints to your PC.
  • TopoGrafix also has a free GPS to PC utility.
  • Turn your handheld computer into a GPS. Visit GPS Pilot.
  • GPS Links from the Missouri Spatial Data Information Service.
  • About.com's GPS information.
  • Howstuffworks.com's "How a GPS Receiver Works"
  • Garmin manufactures and sells GPS units. There is a good section describing how GPS works.
  • Magellan is another major GPS manufacturer.
  • Navtech Seminars and GPS Supply
  • Adventure GPS Products
• Lessons
  • BOREALIS Classroom has lessons on using GPS to track weather balloons! Some intro activities are also available.
  • Camp Internet provides a challenging online and in-the-field curriculum tool for high school classrooms through its GIS/GPS and Mapping projects. A great tree mapping example.
  • The Degree Confluence Project is a great way to teach latitude and longitude as well as have fun with your GPS.
  • From a Distance includes many lessons involving both GIS and GPS...
    • From Home to School, GPS Style is an easy lesson for middle school students.
    • Plotting Latitude and Longitude is geared toward high school, but could be modified.
    • Thank Goodness for GPS
    • Who Wants To Be A Billionaire?
  • Using GPS in the Classroom
  • GPS Activities for Math
  • GPS lessons and activities from the GLOBE project.
  • Set up a Frisbee Golf Course with GPS
  • Mapping Your Community with GPS.
  • Using GPS in the Outdoor Ecology Classroom
  • The GPS Applications Exchange describes what professionals are doing with GPS. Could be modified for the classroom.

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