July 30 - August 3, 2012 Click here for printable registration form for Bismarck 2012 Geospatial technologies are recognized as one of the three highest growth industries in the US today. Learn how to incorporate the tools of this trade to support science, mathematics and geography! We’ll provide dozens of easy activities using Global Positioning Systems (GPS), digital cameras, and electronic probeware mapped out in a geographic information system (GIS). GIS is the common tool to easily analyze all these data in a single interface. GPS and remote sensed imagery provide context for concepts from geometry to algebra, chemistry to physics, or agriculture to ...
Costa Rica: June 30 - July 8 We are eager to invite teachers of all levels to build their technology skills and experience sustainable development in Costa Rica. You will discover lush tropical environments ranging from rainforest, grasslands, rivers, foothills, and their impact on the marine national park of Marino Ballena. These 9 days will offer a blend of engaging hands-on experiences in digital technologies, useful in offering key community leaders and businesses valuable products, resulting in meaningful service. For over a decade, GISetc has hosted trainings in fascinating settings to support classroom implementation of GIS technology. Incorporating field notebook observations, digital ...
GISetc is excited to launch SEVEN, seven lesson plans over the remaining seven months of school relating to our recent global population surge to seven billion. Over the next seven months, we will feature a great free resource to help you teach in your classroom. Look to us on the seventh of each month for a new installment in our SEVEN series. We hope you can incorporate SEVEN in your classroom and thank you for your continued support!
We have introduced product bundles into our shop to give you BIG savings on our GIS classroom essentials. Be sure to browse all the different combinations and price points we have available. Some bundles include software and digital content as well as printed texts. All include valuable lesson plans and resources ready to integrate into your classroom!
GISetc and Geological Society of America Education have joined together to offer the GPS Loaner Program. Class sets of Garmin eTrex GPS units are available for a two week loan to educators who would like to introduce GPS technology to their students, but who are not in a position to invest in units. Schools who are interested would need to pay for shipping to and from their school, a small administrative fee and sign an agreement to return the units in a timely manner. Our units are limited, so please be sure to schedule sufficiently in advance. If you ...
Eclipse-chasers have been known to plan their expeditions months or even years in advance, but if you can get to the western United States, there’s still plenty of time to plan your party for this month’s solar eclipse. If the skies are clear, all you have to do is look up — with the proper [...]
Crowdsourcing projects have one thing in common: they harness the power of large, undefined groups to accomplish specific tasks. Participants pool their money to support a new company, brainstorm ideas to solve an industrial problem, contribute photos and videos, and tag museum objects. They are connected by time rather than place, interest rather than edict. [...]
Ok, yes -this is kind of a girly post. But in our quest for outrageous map art and fun map art projects we ran across these nifty nails on tumblr. They were so stunning we absolutely HAD to share them! We did some more digging and found the instructions, but never found the original poster [...]
NASA created these visualizations to show ocean surface currents around the world during the period from June 2005 through December 2007. The goal was to use ocean flow data to create a simple, visceral experience. Visit all of their perpetual ocean pictures here. This visualization was produced using model output from the joint MIT/JPL project: [...]
Explore your planet as never before with the mobility of EarthObserver. Use your fingertips to travel through terrestrial landscapes and across the ocean floor. Visit frozen icecaps, study geological maps, scout mountains to climb and trips on coastal waters and exploit a rich atlas of other earth and environmental imagery. For only 99 cents EarthObserver [...]
This website, Scale of the Universe, is TONS of fun to browse. They have categorized and compared everything from a planck length (that’s beyond microscopic) to the vastness of infinite space, put it all in size order and made each element clickable with further information. You could spend hours on here comparing, clicking and marveling at all [...]
Explore a collection of maps where the war on women is still being fought. This collection includes statistics on: discrepancy in education, inequity in family law, government participation by women, child marriage for girls, maternal mortality rates, women’s physical security, polygyny (polygamy), son preference ratios, and trafficking.
Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater. They argue that the total volume of water in aquifers underground is 100 times the amount found on the surface. The team have produced the most detailed map yet of the scale and potential of this hidden resource. Across Africa [...]
We were delighted to view this inspirational video from our friend, Joseph Kerski from ESRI. We are all map lovers at heart. If you would like your own Peace, Love & Maps button, visit our shop and see all the map loving fun we have to offer!!!
The Tapestry Segmentation System from ESRI divides U.S. residential areas into 65 segments based on demographic variables and consumer behavior characrteristics to provide an accurate and detailed description of America’s neighborhoods. SEVEN is a program in which we will share, seven lesson plans or free resources over the seven months of this school year since we hit seven billion, relating [...]
