IN GeoSpatial Education:
High School Tutorials, Lessons,
Inter-Actives, and MORE
Indiana GIS Annual Conference
May 8, 2014
Larry Biehl
Kathy Kozenski
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IN GeoSpatial Education:
Connecting INView, IGIC, & GENI
 Indiana Social Studies Academic Standards
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K-12, GHW, APHG
geospatial technologies first appeared in 1998: GPS and GIS
currently embedded under concepts as “text” – state and national
 Professional Development via GENI
 IGIC
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GIS statewide connections
o Thanks to IU, IGS, IN Spatial Data Portal, GIO…
o THANKS to YOU and your colleagues and predecessors
collaborations with GENI: conferences, professional development, assist
with lesson plan/curriculum development, field work…
professionals interact with educators and students
National Board on Geographic Names – lesson plan
 INView
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2 high school student tutorials: lesson plans, PDF, inter-actives, glossary
1 middle school student tutorial: to be complete September, 2014
 IN GeoSpatial Technologies Policy Timeline
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foundation and history
shared resources for future planning
 Framework for Connecting GeoSpatial Outreach – Dewayne Branch @ Purdue
 IN/ESRI Statewide Site License for K-12 Purposes
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INView/GENI Collaborative Efforts
 Response to opportunity provided by IndianaView (USGS/AmericaView)
 Need identified by IndianaView Consortium:
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education/outreach materials that use/highlight state geospatial data initiatives
geospatial curriculum materials for (IN) K-12 educators & students
 Determined to address students in high school (Indiana)
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Geography & History of the World
Advanced Placement Human Geography
 Create common nomenclature for educators & students (glossary)
 Presented the Project idea at 2012 GIS Conference
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Themes obtained from you and your colleagues; preparing students for decision-making from
a spatial perspective with latest technologies
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Land use change
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Water
 Blog site: http://geni.iupui.edu
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Tutorials, lesson plans, inter-actives, glossary, IN Landsat imagery/datasets collection
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Inter-actives have built-in assessment tools
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The PDFs, Lesson Plans, & Inter-Actives introduce…
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…IndianaMap
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...IndianaView
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…Land Use Change
11/2009 Landsat 5 (left) and 4/2013 Landsat 8 (right) images illustrate land cover change due 9
to construction of new Interstate 69 corridor in southwestern Indiana east of Washington.
…Technology
Changes via
examples of
portion of
Landsat
county
images
1984
(Southern Hamilton
County)
2013
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… LiDAR
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Includes Student Worksheets
Assessment:
 Student participation in class: stay focused on tutorial and worksheet
 Student completion of the Tutorial and Worksheet
 Small group work on Water Scenarios (optional)
 Ticket-out-the-Door: See the following 30 questions; add your own as needed (optional)
Resources and Extension Possibilities:
 The Water Wars by Cameron Stracher, isbn-10: 1402267592
 Trig-Star, a national high school trigonometry student competition sponsored by the National Society of Public
Land Surveyors: www.nsps.us.com or www.trig-star.info
 Landsat and Math: worksheets for grades 3-12 provided for analysis of landsat imagery.
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/education/landsat_math.html for general formal/informal lesson plan links OR
http://landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/?p=5186 for specific links to landsat lessons (math focus)
 IndianaView http://www.indianaview.org for connections to Indiana spatial data
 AmericaView http://www.americaview.org/k-12-earth-observation-day > several K-12 lessons revolving around
the use of satellite imagery in the classroom – created by educators with contact information provided
 GPS.gov, for information about global positioning systems, tutorials, videos, posters, bookmarks, and links to
other GPS resources (http://www.gps.gov). For example, a classroom lesson plan using trilateration to explain
how GPS finds a location is available at http://www.gps.gov/multimedia/tutorials/trilateration.
 Third from the Sun: Geographic Features as Seen From Space (a new introduction to satellite imagery) from
the Science Information Infrastructure via NASA (5-9,
http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/landsat/index.html)
 News article and short videos regarding the impact of the 2012 drought on the Salamonie Reservoir, Huntington
County, Indiana; lake water receded to reveal Monument City, which has been underwater since 1965. Via Fort
Wayne Journal Gazette and the IN Department of Natural Resources.
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 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20120722/LOCAL/307229896/-1/LOCAL11
 http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/Indianas-Drought-Brings-A-Pleasant-Surprise-toArcheologists-163225086.html
 http://www.in.gov/dnr/parklake/2952.htm
“EARTH, The Science Behind the Headlines” magazine, monthly publication. http://www.earthmagazine.org
The Economist, October 4, 2013 article by N.V. entitled “Difference Engine: From Torrent to Trickle”.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/10/watersupply?fsrc=scn%2Ftw%2Fte%2Fbl%2Fdifferenceenginefromtorrenttotrickle
YouTube videos:
o NASA Launchpad: How GPS Works, September, 2008 video; 4 minutes and 11 seconds
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsmvTzw3GP4&list=PLD7BEC5371B22BDD9&index=66&feature
=plpp_video)
o Airboyd’s How Does GPS Work?, February, 2012; 4 minutes and 27 seconds
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n0T992cci
USGS
o USGS and Science Education (K-12, http://education.usgs.gov)
o Earth as Art (K-adult, http://eros.usgs.gov/imagegallery)
o USGS Kida (K-12 – nothing too challenging but fun, http://education.usgs.gov/kids)
Jobs in GIS (ESRI) http://www.esri.com/what-is-gis/careers-in-gis#videos_panel (short videos from various
individuals utilizing GIS in the field)
What is GIS? (ESRI) http://www.esri.com/what-is-gis (easy to understand explanations)
GIS-related essays and books: http://www.esri.com/what-is-gis/books (not necessarily quick reads)
Geography and GIS in Education, a three-part YouTube video series by Joseph Kerski (provides a background
explanation about GIS and the value in the classroom; type in the title and search)
Lessons related to Geography & History of the World, Urbanization and Human & Environment Interactions:
Resources, Hazards, and Health Academic Standards, http://www.iupui.edu/~ghw and follow the Lesson Plans
and Activities link
U.S. Census Bureau, http://www.census.gov
Suggestions from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources-Division of Water:
o The DNR-Division of Water posts a Monthly Water Resource Summary on the web at
http://www.in.gov/dnr/water/4858.htm.
National Geography Standards (2nd Edition):
 1 (1.1, 1.2, 1.4) – How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatial technologies, and spatial
thinking to understand and communicate information
 3 (3.1, 3.2, 3.3) – How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth’s surface
 4 (4.2) – The physical and human characteristics of places
 6 (6.1) – How culture and experience influence people’s perceptions of places and regions
 7 (7.1) – The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface
 9 (9.2B, 9.3) – The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth’s surface
 12 (12.1, 12.2, 12.3A) – The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement
 14 (14.1, 14.2, 14.3) – How human actions modify the physical environment
 15 (15.1, 15.2, 15.3) – How physical systems affect human systems
 16 (16.3) – the changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources
 18 (18.1, 18.2, 18.3) – How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future
Indiana GHW Academic Standards:
3.4, 3.5 – Population Characteristics, Distribution and Migration
5.5 – Urban Growth
9.2, 9.3 – Human and Environmental Interactions: Resources, Hazards and Health
AP Human Geography:
IA; C1, 2, 4, 5; D, E: Geography: Its Nature and Perspectives
II A1 and 2; B1, 3, 5: Population and Migration
IV A6: Political Organization of Space
VC3: Agriculture, Food Production, and Rural Land Use
VI C5, 6, 7: Industrialization and Economic Development
VII D2, 4, 5; E5: Cities and Urban Land Use
ELA Common Core: Understanding the concept of “text” to not simply be words but images, maps, data… the
possibilities become limitless.
Grades 9-12
I. Reading Standards for Literature, A. Key Ideas and Details, 1 and 2
II. Reading Standards for Information Text, A. Key Ideas and Details, 1, 2, and 3
B. Craft and Structure, 4, 5, and 6
C. Integration of Knowledge and Ideas, 7
D. Range of Reading of Level of Text Complexity, 10
III. Writing Standards, A. Production and Distribution of Writing, 4, 7, 8, and 9
IV. Speaking and Listening Skills, B. Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas, 4
V. Language Standards, A. Conventions of Standard English, 1 and 2
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Connects to Academic Standards
Ongoing Activities
 Creating MORE area datasets for specific cities/school corporations that can be
readily accessed/utilized by educators and students; historic datasets to highlight
change over time
 Data collection mechanisms for improvement of tutorial and lesson by educators and
students
 Collaborating on a GIS for Middle School Students inter-active
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Tutorial, lesson plan, inter-active, glossary, MultiSpec simplified
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Natural Hazards: tornadoes, floods, droughts, earthquakes, landslides
 Connect to more short videos
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IN GeoSpatial Jobs StoryMap
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About Geography…
 Connect to the IN GeoSpatial Technologies Policy Timeline
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Local timeline lessons/activities (Kankakee River)
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Future development of collaborative ideas and resource sharing
 IN/ESRI Statewide K-12 Site License
 Regional Geography Groups for advocates of Geographic Literacy
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If you have ideas or want to get involved with K-12
geospatial technologies education and geographic literacy,
contact Larry or Kathy
biehl@purdue.edu
geni@iupui.edu
THANK YOU !!!
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