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A STEM GIS Module
The STEMworks™ Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Curriculum module introduces students to the growing GIS career opportunities throughout the state and nation and to discover how GIS can be used to analyze information, make decisions, and create solutions. Students are exposed to the history of cartography, learn the basics of GIS and Global Positioning System (GPS), and practice using Esri’s ArcGIS Online software in place-based activities such as studying the Hokule’a World Wide Voyage and False Killer Whales in Hawaii. Students also learn how to easily create a StoryMap to visually and easily present complex stories involving places and patterns.
Curriculum features:
Section 1: What is a GIS?
Lesson 1: What is GIS?
Lesson 2: Five Questions a GIS Can Answer
Lesson 3: GIS Data Types
Lesson 4: Attribute Tables
Lesson 5: ArcGIS Online Activity - Hokule‘a World Wide Voyage
Section 2: What is a GPS?
Lesson 1: What is GPS?
Lesson 2: GNSS
Lesson 3: How Do We Use GPS for Making Maps?
Lesson 4: Navigating Using GPS
Lesson 5: Topographic Maps
Lesson 6: Geocaching
Lesson 7: ArcGIS Online Activity - GPS and Topographic Maps
Section 3: GIS in Ecosystem Management
Lesson 1: How is GIS Helping Our World?
Lesson 2: GIS as a Career
Section 4: Story Maps
Lesson 1: Maps that Tell A Story
Lesson 2: Principles of Effective Storytelling
Lesson 3: Types of Data to Choose From
Lesson 4: Story Map Templates
Lesson 5: Being Careful about Copyrights
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