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Online GeoTools to Enhance Science & Math Education

Timothy S. Hare & Christine E. McMichael Kentucky Center for Geospatial Education, Research, & Outreach Institute for Regional Analysis & Public Policy Morehead State University t.hare@morehead-st.edu c.mcmichael@moreheadstate.edu. Online GeoTools to Enhance Science & Math Education.

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Online GeoTools to Enhance Science & Math Education

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  1. Timothy S. Hare & Christine E. McMichael Kentucky Center for Geospatial Education, Research, & Outreach Institute for Regional Analysis & Public Policy Morehead State University t.hare@morehead-st.educ.mcmichael@moreheadstate.edu Online GeoTools to Enhance Science & Math Education

  2. Activity Outline (~120 minutes) • What tools are available? • GeoTool Demonstrations • Google Earth & Commonwealth Map • Hands-on Activities • Science Data Demonstrations • Hands-on Activities • Online Support for GeoTools

  3. Free Multimedia Ways to Explore… • Kentucky • Commonwealth Map • Static Web Sites • Where Storms Are Worsening • Global Warming Art • World Atlas of Flooded Lands • Interactive Climate Map • World • Google Earth • Virtual Earth • National Geographic Map Machine • UN Environmental Knowledge for Change • US • Wetlands Mapper • Historical Hurricane Tracks

  4. The Commonwealth Map

  5. Google Earth • Free • Must be installed on computer • Compatibility • Windows • Mac • Details • Interactive web mapping of the Earth & sky • Very popular with kids • Numerous educational materials available

  6. Google Earth Demonstration • Main Interface • Address locations • Built-in modules • Add-in modules

  7. Activity Getting Acquainted with Google Earth

  8. Activity Tasks - Open Google Earth • Locate your study area (home & school) • Measure length of your route between home & school(Ruler icon/path) • Create a path between home & school (Path icon) & customize color & width • Add Placemarks for key locations (Placemark icon) • Draw outlines of some buildings (Polygon icon) • Save Path, Placemarks, & buildings to kml

  9. More advanced tasks • Create a web site and embed your maps • Geotag photos • Show pictures & graphs in GE & GM • Create 3D buildings

  10. Google Earth (GE) Resources • Downloading Google Earth • Google Earth User Guide • Google Earth Outreach • Google for Educators • Google Earth Galleries • Main Gallery • Outreach Gallery Additional Resources • User Forums • Google Earth Blog • Google Maps Mania

  11. How to integrate these tools into your classroom… • As classroom demonstrations • As supplemental/supporting material for prepared subjects • Building hands-on student activities • To support individual student projects • Class projects • E.g., collecting community data & creating web maps

  12. As classroom demonstrations • Where are the wetlands in your community? • Have hurricanes ever affected Kentucky? • What is the effect of global warming? • What areas are affected most by flooding? • What areas are running out of clean water?

  13. As stand-alone activities • Targeting content standards • Environment & wetlands • Social Studies • Math • Geography • Economics • History

  14. Benefits • Free • Easy to use • Hands-on activities • Depth of knowledge & understanding • Gee-Whiz affect for students

  15. Supplementary Data for GE • Wetlands • Satellite Images • Geology • Other Green Initiatives • Energy • Coal

  16. Activity Designing a class activity using Google Earth

  17. Activity – Design Classroom activities • Choose a class topic • Locate a related GE resource • Outline a student activity that uses the selected GE resource to help students understand the topic • Prepare a short explanation of your activity to the class

  18. Online Materials • All associated resource can be downloaded from the Internet at: http://www.kcgero.org/ksta08

  19. Timothy S. Hare & Christine McMichael Kentucky Center for Geospatial Education, Research, & Outreach IRAPP, Morehead State University 100D Lloyd Cassity Building t.hare@morehead-st.edu 606-783-9436 Thank You

  20. Institute for Regional Analysis and Public Policy (IRAPP) Center of Excellence, MSU AKentucky Program of Distinction http://irapp.morehead-st.edu

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