Track: K-12 Education and Library Science
A Project-Based K-12 GIS Dialog
Susan RadkeBGRG is collaborating with the Aquatic Outreach Institute's Kids in Creeks Curriculum Program, the AEGIS Laboratory at University of California Berkeley, and Half Moon Bay High School under the USGS's Federal Geographic Data Committee CCAP to further develop a project-based GIS module for students and teachers to follow an environmental education curriculum to study real-world issues and problems. The forms-based interface will take users through a series of interactive dialog screens to create, load, and display data collected in the local community and to build metadata of their data sets. These data can then be viewed and studied along with data already studied, as well as with data gathered from outside sources via the Internet through the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Clearinghouse. In addition, a metadata node will be established on the NSDI Clearinghouse to pool geospatial data generated by students working on similar environmental monitoring projects worldwide.
Susan Radke
Berkeley Geo-Research Group
51 Crest View Drive
Orinda, CA 94563
USA
Telephone: 510-254-0951
Fax: 510-254-0955
E-mail: slradke@bgrg.com