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V Rsp eObserving Virginias Environmental

Resources from Space

Barbara Murray

OVERspace Project [email protected]

Virginia Space Grant Consortium

Educational Programs Manager

What is GIS?


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The goal of the OVERspaceproject is todevelop and implement for Virginias

educators , a state-wide professional

development program and network forusing remotely sensed data, GIS, and

GPS as effective teaching and learning

tools.


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GIS is a Systemofcomputer software,

hardware and data, and personnel to help

manipulate, analyze and present informationthat is tied to a spatial location

spatial locationusually a geographic location

informationvisualization of analysis of data

system - linking software, hardware, data

personnela thinking explorer who is key to the

power of GIS-

Geographic Information Systems

A Defini tion of GIS


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A method tovisualize, manipulate,

analyze, and display

spatial data

to study the world

Smart Maps

l inking a database tothe map, creating

dynamic displays


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States

Five Data LayersAlike Features

Roads

CapitalsRivers

Lakes


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Some Ways GIS is Used

Emergency Services

Environmental

Natural Disasters

Education

Government

Medical

Industry, Businesses

Defense


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GPS Global Positioning System

Astatic mappaper or digital

Maps are often a product of a

GIS

A way to visualize the analysis Asoftwarepackage


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DatabaseNot Easy to Interpret


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VisualizationWorth a Thousand Words


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Multiple Databases can be

Linked and Related


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1. Upper Roanoke River Watershed-A Learning Adventure

2. Nifty Fifty!(Studies of VA provinces and regions)

3. Water, Water Everywhere, But not a Drop to Drink! (Water supply issues)

4. Medical Geography- Vaccination in the U.S. -( Mapping disease spread)

5. Colonial Economics and Immigration- (Mapping historic sites & battles)

6. Living Life on the Edge! -(GIS uses in natural disasters )

7. Light My Fire! -(Studies of controlled burns and wildfires & satellite data))

8. A Birds EyeView -( Studies of the NASA SATS aircraft with GPS)

9. Its Raining, Its Pouring! -( Studies of precipitation and its impacts)

10. Virginia Physiography -( A study of the specific provinces of VA)

11. MicroClimates - (Student data collectionand analysis of climate types)

12. Healthy Chesapeake? -(Studies of Virginias watersheds)

12 OVERspace GIS related lesson

plans in development include:


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Science

ES.1, ES.2, ES.3, ES.9

Social Studies

Computer Technology

Math skills

English (communications)

8.5, 9.2, 9.6, 10.1, 10.7, 10.9

Geographic Information Systems

GIS@ your school


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GIS helps learners of any age

think critically, learn in an

integrated fashion, and exercisemultiple intelligences.

The infinite variations

possible in topic of study, scale

of exploration, data engaged,analyses used, and questions

asked help teachers model the

importance of being a lifelong

learner.


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Combining Various Display Methods


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Modeling of Future Trends


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GIS @ your school

You need:

Computers

Software (free or commercial)

Some experience

Lots of enthusiasmApplicable lesson plans for

integration in current curriculum


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The Global Positioning System(GPS) is a satellite-based

navigation system made up of a

network of 24 satellites placed into

orbit by the U.S. department of

Defense.

GPS was originally intended for

military applications, but in the 1980s,

the government made the system

available for civilian use.

GPS works in any weather

conditions, anywhere in the world, 24

hours a day.

There are no subscription fees or

setup charges to use GPS.


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Set of GPS units for classroom use

is available for use, through VSGC.

VDOE provided grant for 1stclass

set. Other grants will provide for

more equipment

OVERspace teachers were providedwith a high quality GPS unit

Future plans: 8 classroom sets in

Virginia for loan in teaching students

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