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GIS Day in Second Grade Author: Dorian Des Lauriers 40 Kenwood Circle Phone: (508) 520-0502 Understanding GIS technology can be daunting for those who do not understand the concept. Teaching GIS to a group of second graders seemed impossible. On GIS Day 1999, with the help of Des Lauriers & Assoc., Inc., Franklin, Massachusetts, the entire second grade at Jefferson Elementary School in Franklin, Massachusetts, presented a project of world explorers. The children participated in the development of sketches, plays, and songs about the explorers, which was incorporated in an ArcView GIS project. With this experience, the children developed new sense of world geography combining with technology that will benefit them for the rest of their lives. |