Abstract
 Webmapping for the "Special Habitats of Tennessee" NGSEF Project Track: Teaching with GIS Author(s): Wolf Naegeli, Mary Ball Carson-Newman College, the Southern Appalachian Information Node of the National Biological Information Infrastructure, the Tennessee Environmental Education Association, the Tennessee Geographic Alliance, and other partners are developing Tennessee's first statewide K-12 program to integrate geography and science standards. Students will engage in age- appropriate, cross-curricular, standards-based activities to promote appreciation, enhancement, and stewardship of "special habitats." These may include backyard and schoolyard habitats, parks and natural areas, and other terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems within the state. The activities will be facilitated by teachers who have received special training through the project. Students will share and display local data, access and interactively explore local and regional data from a variety of sources, and apply inquiry skills to search for patterns in data related to real-world questions. The project is supported by a Grosvenor Grant of the National Geographic Society Education Foundation. Wolf Naegeli University of Tennessee Energy, Environment & Resources Center 4425 Balraj Lane Knoxville , TN 37921-2938 US Phone: 865-584-4806 E-mail: wnn@utk.edu Mary Ball Carson-Newman College Biology Box 72044 Jefferson City , TN 37760 US Phone: 865-471-3254 E-mail: mball@cn.edu |
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