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Programming and Customization

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Programming and Customization

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Students learn to use the Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming environment to add functionality to ArcView. No previous programming experience is assumed. Students who successfully complete the course are able to automate repetitive tasks, customize the ArcView interface, and share their customizations with others.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Geography; Geology; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Full Course; Homework/Assignment; Lecture Notes; Reading; Syllabus
Provider:: Pennsylvania State University
Provider Set:: Penn State, College of EMS
Author:: Jim Detwiler
Date Added:: 11/09/2017

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Remote Sensing

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This course will introduce you to Remote Sensing for the Geospatial Intelligence Professional - Students who successfully complete GEOG 883 will have a basic understanding of remote sensing systems, airborne and space borne sensors that collect optical imagery, elevation, and spectral data. They will understand the methods used to georeference and rectify these data in order to produce scaled maps and GIS-ready digital data products. The students will be introduced to the processing workflows used to convert raw data into orthophotos, digital terrain models, and image analysis products. These data products will be used in a variety of application scenarios, using commercially available software tools.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Geography; Geology; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Assessment; Full Course; Reading; Syllabus
Provider:: Pennsylvania State University
Provider Set:: Penn State, College of EMS
Author:: Karen Schuckman
Date Added:: 11/09/2017

SLDS Data Use Standards: Knowledge, Skills, and Professional Behaviors for Effective Data Use

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As state and local education agencies increasingly focus on serving educators with their data systems, a common challenge has arisen: identifying the critical knowledge and skills needed by teachers and administrators to use data effectively. Many states are creating data literacy and data use training programs for pre- and in-service educators without a common foundation on which to base the content. In addition, several state education agencies and educator preparation programs have begun communicating about how to create a stronger alignment between pre- and in-service training for educators regarding data use.

Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice: An Introduction to GIS

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Spatial Thinking in Planning Practice: An Introduction to GIS

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The goals of this textbook are to help students acquire the technical skills of using software and managing a database, and develop research skills of collecting data, analyzing information and presenting results. We emphasize that the need to investigate the potential and practicality of GIS technologies in a typical planning setting and evaluate its possible applications. GIS may not be necessary (or useful) for every planning application, and we anticipate these readings to provide the necessary foundation for discerning its appropriate use. Therefore, this textbook attempts to facilitate spatial thinking focusing more on open-ended planning questions, which require judgment and exploration, while developing the analytical capacity for understanding a variety of local and regional planning challenges.
While this textbook provides the background for understanding the concepts in GIS as applicable to urban and regional planning, it is best when accompanied by a hands-on tutorial, which will enable readers to develop an in-depth understanding of the specific planning applications of GIS. Chapters in this text book are either composed by the editors using Creative Common materials, or linked to a book chapter scanned copy in the library reserve. In the end of each chapter, we also provided several discussion questions, together with contextual applications through some web links.

Subject:: Geography; Social Studies
Material Type:: Textbook
Provider:: Portland State University
Provider Set:: PDXOpen
Author:: Yiping Fang; Vivek Shandas; Eugenio Arriaga Cordero
Date Added:: 12/23/2014

Strategic Assessment Explainer Video

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This video and resources can be used to build awareness among leaders, as well as to support educators' professional learning. Consider using this supplement to support conversations with parents/community, as well as to promote data and assessment literacy as part of ongoing professional development and PLC activities.

Summative Assessment Video Explainer

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This video and resources can be used to support educators' professional development related to data and assessment literacy. Consider using this supplement to kick off your next PLC meeting to enhance your own data and assessment literacy.

Teach your students to guide their own inquiry: Facilitation Materials for Question Formulation Technique from the Right Question Institute

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Teach your students to guide their own inquiry: Facilitation Materials for Question Formulation Technique from the Right Question Institute

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Teach your students to guide their own inquiry: Facilitation Materials for Question Formulation Technique from the Right Question Institute. This resource includes a powerpoint to lead students through the steps to construct their own questions to lead their inquiry, has student handouts, and gives exmaples for how to use the Question Formulation Technique in your instructional practices.

Subject:: Civics and Government; English Language Arts; Geography; Information and Technology Literacy; Social Studies; Speaking and Listening; U.S. History; World History
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Learning Task; Lesson; Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:: The Right Question Institute
Date Added:: 06/13/2023

Teotihuacan

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In this lesson, students examine classic Maya art and monumental inscriptions, as well as an excerpt from an Aztec encyclopedia, to explore how the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan influenced other Mesoamerican societies. Students also reason about contemporary scholars' commentary on the historical sources.

Subject:: American Indian Studies; Ancient History; Archaeology; Geography; Social Studies; World History
Material Type:: Formative Assessment; Lesson; Lesson Plan
Author:: Stanford History Education Group
Date Added:: 06/25/2023

Topographic Mapping with Lidar

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Topographic Mapping with Lidar

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This course offers an introduction to the capabilities of lidar sensors and platforms, data processing systems, and derived digital data products. Students in this course will master basic skills needed to leverage commercial lidar data sources and information products in a broad range of applications, including topographic mapping, flood inundation studies, vegetation analysis, and 3D modeling of urban infrastructure.

Subject:: Earth and Space Science; Geography; Geology; Social Studies
Material Type:: Full Course
Provider:: Pennsylvania State University
Provider Set:: Penn State, College of EMS
Author:: Karen Schuckman, CP, PLS and Mike Renslow, CP, RPP
Date Added:: 11/09/2017

Tracking the Outbreak Research Project

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Tracking the Outbreak Research Project

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This is a geography project for human/environment interaction project, also works for Diffusion.

Subject:: Geography; Social Studies
Material Type:: Formative Assessment; Lesson Plan
Provider:: C
Date Added:: 05/05/2016

Traveling in Wisconsin

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Traveling in Wisconsin

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Students are encouraged to read at home, where parents help them track their reading minutes, then teachers record their reading minutes in portfolios where minutes turn into "miles. " They visit sixteen cities around the state to collect clues and solve eight crimes. This activity weaves facts into the crimes that students are trying to solve as they travel their reading miles.

Students will:
Increase reading fluency with time spent reading at home
Review addition and subtraction as they add minutes into their portfolios and then subtract them as miles when they travel in Wisconsin
Use map-reading skills to trace their routes from city to city on a Wisconsin road map
Apply problem-solving skills to match their collected clues to the descriptions of the criminals in their game packets

Subject:: Education; Elementary Education; Geography; Social Studies
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: Wisconsin Historical Society
Date Added:: 07/10/2022

Tribal Resource Departments

Tribal Resource Departments

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Wise management of tribal lands and natural resources is very important for the future of American Indian communities. Tribes depend on these resources to sustain their economies and cultures long into the future. Tribal leaders know that lands and natural resources are at risk of degradation and there is a need for good management to protect and restore those resources. Each tribe has its own unique and special natural gifts. Coastal tribes have the salmon, Alaska Natives tribes have the caribou, and Great Plains tribes have the bison. In the Great Lakes region there is wild rice and maple syrup. In the Northwest, there is the whale.

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Career and Technical Education; Geography; Mathematics; Social Studies; U.S. History
Material Type:: Lecture Notes; Lesson; Lesson Plan; Reading
Author:: Lessons of Our Land
Date Added:: 07/13/2023

United Nations Sustainability Goals Lesson Plan

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United Nations Sustainability Goals Lesson Plan

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Explore what the United Nations sustainability goals are and their purpose for improving the human and environmental global community. After learning about the goals in general,s students will dig deeper into understanding how achieving Goal #6 Access to Clean Water and Sanitation looks different in every country. After learning about their other countries, students will explore how Wisconsin's own drinking water must be monitored to make sure it's safe. Students will then be asked to explore ways they can alert people to the need to test and make sure their own drinking water is safe.

Subject:: Elementary Education; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Geography; Global Education; World Cultures
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Author:: Kate Van Haren; Victoria Rydberg-Nania
Date Added:: 06/05/2020

Urban, Suburban, Rural Communities

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Learn about urban, suburban and rural communities in this social studies lesson for kids. We share everything your first and second grade student needs to know about urban, suburban and rural communities and areas.

Subject:: Civics and Government; Education; Geography; Social Studies
Material Type:: Diagram/Illustration; Game; Interactive; Self Assessment
Provider:: Homeschool Pop
Date Added:: 02/02/2017

WGNHS – Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey – UW–Madison

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WGNHS – Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey – UW–Madison

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The Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS) has been serving Wisconsin for over 125 years. Part of the Division of Extension at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, WGNHS provides objective scientific information about the geology, mineral resources, and water resources of Wisconsin. We conduct research, map Wisconsin’s geology, and share information through our publications and outreach.

WGNHS has been producing geologic maps, scientific reports, and more for over 125 years. Our publications catalog offers thousands of maps, reports, datasets, and other publications—all of which are available to view and download for free.

The Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS) was created by the Wisconsin Legislature in 1897. It is the descendant of earlier state surveys in Wisconsin, which date back to 1854.

WGNHS, part of the Division of Extension at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, is an interdisciplinary organization that conducts natural resources surveys and research to produce information used for decision-making, problem-solving, planning, management, development, and education. Survey is defined to include resource inventory as well as basic and applied research and analysis. WGNHS has no specific regulatory or enforcement responsibilities.

Mission of WGNHS:
Understanding the earth • Charting its history • Sustaining its resources
The Survey conducts earth-science surveys, field studies, and research.

We provide objective scientific information about the geology, water resources, and mineral resources of Wisconsin.

We collect, interpret, disseminate, and archive natural resource information.

We communicate the results of our activities through publications, technical talks, our website, social media, and responses to inquiries from the public.

These activities support informed decision making by government, industry, business, and individual residents of Wisconsin.

Water Resources of the United States—National Water Information System (NWIS) Mapper - USGS

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Water Resources of the United States—National Water Information System (NWIS) Mapper - USGS

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The National Water Information System (NWIS) Mapper provides access to over 1.5 million sites contained in the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS), including sites where current and historical surface-water, groundwater, springs, and atmospheric data has been collected. Users can search by site type, data type, site number, or place.

What's the Problem?

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What's the Problem?

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Students learn of the impending asteroid impact scenario, form teams and begin to study the situation in depth. A simple in-class simulation shows them the potential for destruction and disaster. They complete worksheets and look at maps to help them define and understand the problem: What is the needed cavern size and depth? What are the geographical areas and natural features? A homework measurement assignment prepares them for the next lesson/activity.

Subject:: Career and Technical Education; Geography; Social Studies; Technology and Engineering
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Adventure Engineering,
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Where Are the Plastics Near Me? (Mapping the Data)

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Where Are the Plastics Near Me? (Mapping the Data)

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In a student-led and fairly independent fashion, data collected in the associated field trip activity are organized by student groups to create useful and informative Google Earth maps. Each team creates a map, uses that map to analyze the results, adjusts the map to include the analysis results, and then writes a brief summary of findings. Primarily, questions of fate-and-transport of plastics are are explored. If data was gathered in the field trip but the teacher does not desire to do the mapping activity, then alternative data presentation and analysis methods are suggested.

Subject:: Career and Technical Education; Geography; Social Studies; Technology and Engineering
Material Type:: Activity/Lab
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Andrey Koptelov; Nathan Howell; National Science Foundation GK-12 and Research Experience for Teachers (RET) Programs,
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

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Where is Here?

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In this lesson, students are shown the very basics of navigation. The concepts of relative and absolute location, latitude, longitude and cardinal directions are discussed, as well as the use and principles of a map and compass.

Subject:: Career and Technical Education; Geography; Social Studies; Technology and Engineering
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Lesson Plan
Provider:: TeachEngineering
Provider Set:: TeachEngineering NGSS Aligned Resources
Author:: Integrated Teaching and Learning Program,; Janet Yowell; Jeff White; Malinda Schaefer Zarske; Matt Lippis; Penny Axelrad
Date Added:: 09/18/2014

Wisconsin DNR Open Data Portal

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Wisconsin DNR Open Data Portal

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This is the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources GIS Open Data Portal. It is a free resource for locating, viewing, and downloading data developed and/or maintained by the Wisconsin DNR.

This site also has categories of: Water, Fish and Wildlife, Managed Lands, Cimate, Parks and Recreation, Forestry, Transportation, Indexess and PLSS, Boundaries and Land Cover and Vegetation.

The site also has Applications that include: PFAS in Wisconsin Data Viewer, Western Coulee and Ridges Regional Master Plan, North Central Forest Regional Master Plan, Wildfires Dashboard App, Report Invasive Species, CWD reporting, etc

Subject:: Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources; Biology; Botany; Career and Technical Education; Civics and Government; Earth and Space Science; Ecology; Education; Elementary Education; Environmental Literacy and Sustainability; Environmental Science; Forestry and Agriculture; Geography; Geology; Health Education; Health Science; Higher Education; Hydrology; Life Science; Social Studies; Zoology
Material Type:: Activity/Lab; Homework/Assignment; Learning Task; Lecture; Lesson; Lesson Plan
Author:: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Date Added:: 03/12/2024