USING ONLNE MAPS TO AGGREGATE GOOD TEACHING RESOURCES
ROGER PALMER
BISHOP DUNNE CATHOLIC SCHOOL DEPT CHAIR
Leveraging Online Maps to Teach Next Generation
Standards in Earth Science
The Next Generation Standards:
guide student knowledge toward a scientific and coherent view of the natural sciences
focus on a limited number of core ideas… to avoid shallow coverage and allow teachers and students to explore each idea in greater depth.
encourage learning science and engineering via integration of content knowledge to scientific inquiry and engineering design.
Online Maps Accessible to Any Browser
ArcGIS.com/homeMap button opens a great search tool and map
view
Online Maps Access Authoritative Data
Think iTunes for spatial data but for free (public accounts)This online system has encouraged many governmentagencies to publish their data in this one location.
Add and Visualize Your Own Data
Or Data From The Web :budburst.org/data
Project BudBurst. 2013. Project BudBurst: An online database of plant phenological observations. Project BudBurst, Boulder, Colorado. Available: http://www.budburst.org; Community Attribution: http://budburst.org/attribution.php; Accessed: April 14, 2013.
Online Maps Leverage Online Content
Can Be Embedded meridian.aag.org/changingplanet
Placed into Skins and TemplatesStorymaps.esri.com
Or Served in Curriculum Packagesedcommunity.com/Resources/ArcLessons/OWGE
Click to Open the Student Material
We Will Continue to Pull Together Teaching Templates for the Best Resources
Thanks for Your Time With Students
Questions, comments, or demo’s?
Links Mentioned: Arcgis.com/home Meridian.aag.org/changingplanet Edcommunity.esri.com/resources/arclessons/owge Gisetc.com/home/map-portals/
Stay in touch!Roger Palmer - [email protected]