GIS

__**Web-based GIS**__ is very accessible. All you need is: //a student computer, fast Internet connection, A Web browser, & a server with Web-based maps.// Students connect to a map server that is hosting maps and lessons through a Web page URL. No special hardware or software is needed. Student can turn on and off layers of data. They can use Boolean logic expressions to query map data. The data layers can be isolated and spatial buffers created. The data tables, which sho map attributes, are available for students to examine and capture.

=MAPS - GIS Modules = Lessons developed for MAPS-GIS The following sites contain map links, instructor guides, and student materials []

=MAPS - GIS Modules = Lessons developed for MAPS-GIS
 * The following sites contain map links, instructor guides, and student materials.**


 * = [|Module Tutorial] //Students do this 1st.// =
 * [|**Ancestry and Ethnicity**]
 * ** [|Aquatic Environment] **
 * [|**Coordinates**]
 * ** [|Earthquakes - Team Scenarios] **
 * ** [|Floodplain Geomorphology] **
 * ** [|Forest Biology] **
 * ** [|Forest Ecology] **
 * ** [|Geodemographics] **
 * ** [|Groundwater] **
 * [|**Religious Adherence**]
 * ** [|Whale Migration] **
 * These sites have map links and student materials only.**


 * [|**Tornado**]
 * [|**Mental Health**]
 * ** [|Plate Tectonics] **
 * [|**Social Networks**]
 * [|**Substance Abuse**]
 * ** [|Tectonics and Landforms] **
 * ** [|Mining in the US] **
 * [|**Discrete Math**]

Contacts: Dr. Lynn Songer, PI songerL@Lanecc.edu Eric Sproles, Co-PI sprolese 'at' lanecc.edu []

Lynn's work: =MAPS-GIS Modules = Mapping, Analyzing and Problem Solving Using Geographic Information Science: Implementing a GIS Curriculum for Technical Literacy (MAPS-GIS)," (NSF# 0603492) is a three year project funded by the National Science Foundation - Advanced Technological Education (NSF-ATE) to embed Web-based GIS learning modules across the Lane Community College curriculum and to develop a four-course sequence in GIS.
 * Web-Based GIS**The MAPS-GIS Web-based modules are designed to engage students in real-world scenarios that teach geospatial thinking. Web-based GIS reduces the complexities of traditional desktop GIS, yet maintains educational advantages for teaching geospatial thinking.

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 * The following people are using these modules with students in Summer Academy 2011: **