by Barbaree | Jan 28, 2011 | Free Resources, Our Blog
Our friend Wing Cheung at Palomar College in Southern California sent us these resources. Palomar promotes the learning outcomes necessary for their students to contribute as individuals and global citizens to live responsibly, effectively, and creatively in an...
by Barbaree | Nov 17, 2010 | Free Resources, GIS Day, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
Sounds festive, don\’t you think? GIS Day is held each year in the third week of November, on the Wednesday during Geography Awareness Week, a geographic literacy initiative sponsored by the National Geographic Society. Watch the GIS Day video from...
by Barbaree | Nov 16, 2010 | Free Resources, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
Launched in 1987 by presidential proclamation, Geography Awareness Week is an annual opportunity for families and schools to engage in fun, educational experiences that draw attention to Geo-Literacy and the importance of geographic understanding in ensuring our...
by Barbaree | Jun 2, 2010 | Free Resources, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
Credit: NASA/Goddard/Jen Shoemaker Two NASA satellites are capturing images of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which began April 20, 2010, with the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. This series of images reveals a space-based view of the burning oil rig...
by Barbaree | May 27, 2010 | Free Resources, GIS Happenings, Our Blog
Geospatial News from Boston.com As ash from Iceland\’s Eyjafjallajokull volcano continued to keep European airspace shut down over the weekend, affecting millions of travelers around the world, some government agencies and airlines clashed over the flight bans....
by Barbaree | May 27, 2010 | Free Resources, Our Blog
Eyes In The Sky II is a NASA grant assisted program awarded to the Technical Educational Research Center (TERC) to lead a cohort of 100 science teachers to leverage NASA imagery to teach high school science. The course consists of two segments. The first, a 12 week...
