[OSGeo-Edu] Material for Elementary and Secondary Schools

[Helena Mitasova]

Paul,

although my focus is graduate level education I have done some work  
with 4th graders few years ago.
We have prepared some on-line material for them to work with and the  
teachers could then go back
and use the material more extensively in the class later. Here is the  
web site with some of the material
that we have used (this was before Google earth was launched so now  
so much more is available!)

http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/classwork/kidswebgis.html

Kids just loved it and we always had a great time, so I would start  
building the material using the internet
resources - kids are so used to work with browser that they can  
figure out and explore a lot all by themselves.
The biggest problem is really to find a good sequence of material  
that will allow teaching the material
in a systematic and interesting way,

Helena


Helena Mitasova
Associate Professor
Department of Marine, Earth
and Atmospheric Sciences
1125 Jordan Hall, Campus Box 8208
North Carolina State University
Raleigh NC 27695-8208
http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/



On Apr 1, 2008, at 8:36 PM, Paul Flemming wrote:

> Hi all,
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> I am looking at developing material to introduce GIS and Mapping  
> for Students in Elementary and Secondary schools.  One of the  
> things I have noticed in the material that has been developed is  
> that it is geared more for university and college students.  One of  
> the areas that needs to be developed is teaching materials for  
> elementary and secondary school teachers.  In the future there is  
> going to be a lack of people in the GIS community with the proper  
> background in mapping and GIS.  If we introduce these concepts at  
> an earlier age then a greater interest in this technology will  
> develop in later years.  If anyone has any suggestions or comments  
> please speak up.
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> Paul Flemming
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