Research and Development - GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS OFFICER

Introduction to GIS (developed by National Geographic)

What's so Spatial about the Cementery? (developed by National Geographic)

Primary Middle  Secondary

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Critical and creative thinking

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Personal and social capability

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Numeracy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: Literacy

Australian Curriculum General Capability: ICT Capability

Cooperative Learning Activity

"One of a series of inquiry-based activities that teach social studies/science concepts and geospatial skills using My World GIS software, designed for K-12+ students."
Subjects: Geography, Physical Geography, Social Studies.

This project is part of Investigating Your World With My World GIS, a set of activities designed for use with My World GIS software. Each activity was developed by an active curriculum developer and user of My World GIS in K-12 and higher education. The set of activities was designed to span a range of curricular areas and grade levels and to use the powerful features of My World GIS to help students learn key content and practice spatial problem solving. To access the full set of activities and project overview, go to www.natgeoed.org/myworldgis

Teacher

Frances Moore's Comment - I tried this programme and it said I was too late in the day to be using it - so the clock is based on US times. As teachers, you will have to think about overcoming this obstacle. Looks like this program costs $ but as teachers you might be able to have the software for free for 90 days.

The whole exercise can be adapted to Australian conditions and realities - but the basis is excellent. A trip [excursion] to the local cementery and the collection of data using Excel and Google Maps is an option. Map the details back at school using the local cementery's map and the data collected.

Lesson Plan [PDF]

Number of lessons: 2 - 3  45min lessons