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GIS and Education: Bringing the Concepts of GIS into the Classroom

Learn how GIS is brought into the classroom through interactive programs like Map Your Watershed and the Augmented Reality Sandbox creating topographic models.

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GIS and Education: Bringing the Concepts of GIS into the Classroom

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  1. GIS and Education: Bringing the Concepts of GIS into the Classroom Josh Garver Assistant Director Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District Katie Phillips GIS Technician Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District Ohio GIS Conference September 24 – 26, 2018 Hyatt Regency Columbus Columbus, Ohio

  2. Legal Basis and Organization ● Are a political subdivision of the State of Ohio under ORC 940 ●Regulated by the Soil and Water Conservation Commission and organized within the Ohio Department of Agriculture ●Districts are organized along county lines and governed by a five-member, unpaid, and publicly elected Board of Supervisors. We receive non-mandated funding from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, local municipalities, and from the state as match funding ●We have been in Franklin County since 1946 ●Primary focus is on stormwater runoff and the conservation of our surface water resources ●Collaborate with: state agencies, county agencies & local municipalities within Franklin County Our Mission: To promote responsible land use decisions for the conservation, protection, and improvement of soil and water resources by providing information assistance through effective partnering, technical guidance, and education.

  3. Backyard Conservation Conservation Implementation District Programs Developing Lands: Urban Con. Education and Outreach Geomatics Watershed Resource Specialists

  4. How do we explain what GIS is to students in a 45 minute education program? Answer: We can’t, well at least not fully http://www.co.ontario.ny.us/1176/GIS-Program-Background Geographic Information Systems:What is it?

  5. GIS and the Classroom • How can we bring the concepts of GIS into the classroom? • Education Programs: Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District offers education programs to all schools within Franklin County, OH • Map Your Watershed (2017)

  6. How can we use technology to map a watershed? Map Your Watershed Developed in 2017 by Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District Introduced students to the basics of GIS and how we use it in our organization Also introduces students to watersheds http://www.co.ontario.ny.us/1176/GIS-Program-Background

  7. What is GIS Data? Map Your Watershed This program introduces students to the different data types (vector vs. raster) as well as data features (points, lines, and polygons)

  8. How do we organize data? Map Your Watershed Students see how we organize thousands of records into one attribute table

  9. Ultimately: How can we use GIS to map a watershed? Map Your Watershed …and finally how can we use GIS to map a watershed? What did we (FSWCD) learn from presenting this program?

  10. GIS and the Classroom • How can we bring the concepts of GIS into the classroom? • Education Programs: Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District offers education programs to all schools within Franklin County, OH • Augmented Reality Sandbox (2018)

  11. What is it? Augmented Reality Sandbox The AR Sandbox was originally created by the University of California (US Davis) The AR Sandbox uses real-time integrated augmented reality system to physically create topographic models https://arsandbox.ucdavis.edu/about/

  12. Funded by Ohio of Environmental Education Fund Mini Grant Augmented Reality Sandbox Our AR Sandbox is a collaboration between Franklin County Drainage Engineer’s Office and Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District

  13. Augmented Reality Sandbox: as an Educational Tool • New Educational Tools • Augmented Reality Sandbox • Classic Educational Tools • Classic Mapping Exercises: • Project Aquatic Wild: Where does Water Run? Initial Mapping Activity • Project Wet: Seeing Watersheds

  14. Combine Classic with New Augmented Reality Sandbox Through a combination of classic educational tools and new educational tools Break students into 3 groups with 5-7 students per group Group 1: Seeing Watersheds Activity Group 2: Where does Water Run Activity Group 3: Sandbox

  15. Classic Educational Tools Augmented Reality Sandbox Project Wet and Project Aquatic Wild offer resources and activities to educators Project Wet: Seeing Watersheds Project Aquatic Wild: Where Does Water Run?

  16. How to use AR Sandbox to trach GIS Augmented Reality Sandbox Ask students to create certain landforms: hills, valleys, ravines, floodplains, etc. Flood the model and watch how the water flows Discuss with the students how elevation changes the direction water flows Discuss contours, elevation, DEMs, topology, etc.

  17. Thank you!!! Josh Garver Assistant Director Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District jgarver@franklinswcd.org Katie Phillips GIS Technician Franklin Soil and Water Conservation District kphillips@franklinswcd.org

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