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GIS in the Classroom book. Alibran Marsha Alibrandi takes us to the cutting edge of teaching social studies and environmental education using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). A computer application for urban planning, weather reporting, and geological and demographic studies, GIS has been increasingly employed by teachers to help students improve their geographical and critical thinking skills. Alibrandi presents an overview of this technology and examples of how it can transform your classroom. Geography is everywhere and so is GIS!
GIS in the Classroom: Using Geographic Information Systems in Social Studies and Environmental Science . The book offers stories of teachers and students from the .
GIS in the Classroom: Using Geographic Information Systems in Social Studies and Environmental Science. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a computer application for urban planning, weather reporting, and geological and demographic studies. and Canada who have harnessed the power of GIS to conduct water quality testing where pollution and reduced flow had impacted local shellfish beds; develop a profile of their city during the pre- and post-U. civil rights era by interviewing African American adults who had attended their school; and.
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Marsha Alibrandi takes us to the cutting edge of teaching social studies and environmental education using Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a computer application for urban planning, weather reporting, and geological and demographic studies. This book takes teachers and students to the cutting edge of teaching social studies and environmental education using GIS. Students can use GIS as a tool to explore, question, integrate, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and act on information. American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). Seven Bioscience Challenges. html American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS). Using GIS to Answer the 'Whys' of 'Where' in Social Studies. In the April 2000 issue of Social Education, Marsha Alibrandi and others introduced an oral history project that integrated geographic representations of African American history before and durin. More).
GIS in the classroom : using geographic information systems in social studies and environmental science, Marsha Alibrandi ; foreword by Charlie Fitzpatrick. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-325-00479-X (alk. paper) 1. Social sciences-Study and teaching-United States-Computer network resources. 2. Environmental sciences-Study and teaching-United States-Computer network resources. 3. Geographic information systems.
Alibrandi, . GIS in the classroom: Using geographic information systems in social studies and environmental sciences. Heinemann, Portsmouth (2003)Google Scholar. 14. Baker, . Case, . The effect of GIS on students’ attitudes, self-efficacy, and achievement in middle school sciences classrooms. Journal of Geography in Higher Education 98, 60 (2003)Google Scholar. 15. Fontanieu, . Genevois, . Sanchez, . Les pratiques géomatiques en collège-lycée.
Andrew J. Milson, Marsha Alibrandi. Andrew Milson is a professor of social science education and geography at the University of Texas at Arlington. He taught middle school history and geography near Dallas, Texas. He has published more than 30 articles and is an elected member of the Executive Board of the National Council for Geographic Education.
Marsha Alibrandi takes us to the cutting edge of teaching social studies and environmental education using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). A computer application for urban planning, weather reporting, and geological and demographic studies, GIS has been increasingly employed by teachers to help students improve their geographical and critical thinking skills. Alibrandi presents an overview of this technology and examples of how it can transform your classroom.
Geography is everywhere and so is GIS!
GIS is just the right tool for students to explore, question, integrate, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and act on information. Alibrandi offers stories of teachers and students from the U.S. and Canada who have harnessed the power of GIS to conduct original research. Follow these students as they employ GIS to:
conduct water quality testing where pollution and reduced flow had impacted local shellfish bedsdevelop a profile of their city during the pre- and post-Civil Rights era by interviewing African American adults who had attended their schooladdress community needs, including Food Bank distribution routes and site locations for child care facilities?solve problems in Canada, from transportation planning for the Olympics to mapping ethnic neighborhoods.The companion interactive CD-ROM provides the GIS software, plus sample projects and activities for GIS integration, developed by the author and Shannon White, that are closely tied to the text.
Learn a new tool alongside your students. Introduce them to a technology that works equally well in other classes. Integrate their knowledge framework&mdahs;and connect their learning to greater local and global communities.
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