Transcript INQUIRY BASE LEARNING USING GIS

GIS in Education K-12
University of Missouri St. Louis
Jose I. Pareja, May 01, 2002
What is GIS?
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It Stands for: Geographic
Information System
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It’s a system designed for
displaying, querying,
analyzing, modifying, and
storing spatial data
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Every one location on
Earth has many different
attributes.
Components of a GIS
1- Computer
hardware
2- Software tools
4- A thinking
explorer (Teacher/
(E.g. Arc Voyager or Arc
View 3.2)
Student)
3- Geographic
Data
How do People Use GIS?
1- For Mapping countries and
their attributes.
2- OUTLINE CONSERVATION AREAS- WWF/ National
Geographic URL: http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/
Manu National Park, Peru
Photograph by © WWF-Canon/André BÄRTSCHI
Manu National Park, Peru
Photograph by © Wendy P. Tori
Tree frog (Phyllomedusa craspedopus),
Cocha Cashu, Rio Manu, Peru Photograph
by L. H. Emmons
3- WEATHER MAPPING AND FORECAST FROM THE
WEATHER CHANNEL
URL: http://www.weather.com/weather/local/PEXX0011?letter=L&y=4&x=12
VIEWING TORNADO PATTERNS
5- EMERGENCY RESPONSE DAMAGE EVALUATION (TWIN
TOWERS)
Aerial photo for Damage
Assessment on WTC
Thermal Evaluation of Zone to view
potential gaps and fires and possible
places to find survivors
Proposal for New WTC
OTHER EXAMPLES
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Health and Emergency Responses
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Evaluating potential business sites
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Infrared satellite monitoring
Surveillance or Terrorist attacks (E.g. Japan Embassy,
twin towers, etc)
Environmental Monitoring
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Theatre Placement
Commercial Center (Accessibility, Population type, area,
costs, etc)
Military Intelligence- Espionage
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Fastest Routes for Police, Ambulance, or Firemen
Health care (Locating Epidemics, sources, and relations)
Oil spills (Currents, potential sites to clean-up)
Air and Water pollution (Cases)
City Planning
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Road maintenance, city growth projections, Utilities
Tools of the Trade
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ESRI
 ArcExplorer 2
 ArcExplorer 3
 ArcReader
 ArcVoyager
 ArcVoyager SE
 ArcView 3.x
 Spatial Analyst
 3D Analyst
 ARCGIS-8.x
Intergraph
GeoMedia
WorldWatcher
Idrisi
AutoCAD
MFWorks
Internet-based
A project to Develop
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Language Arts:
 Cultural Landmarks and Brochures for Peru. Role playing of a person that will use
the program
Forensic Science:
 Mapping crime on street map using past years newspapers and analyzing trends
considering land use, income, socio-economic indicators, etc. (Lima)
 Writing a police report to your boss.
Sciences in General:
 Eco-regions, flora and fauna distribution.
 Population Ecology: Demographics of the world (Steve)
Administration and Economics
 E. Wong, movie theatre site location and development. Where will you place a
future location?
Computers, Mathematics
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Mapping the schools network, Math: Tornados analysis (Jenny)
Geography
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Disasters (Bob C.), Climate patterns, Volcanism, Earthquakes. (Carl)
PATTERNS OF HIV AROUND
THE COUNTRY
POPULATION GROWTH IN
THE US