Techniques for Science Teachers - Using GIS in your Science Classrooms and Activities - Science Education Graduate Class
Syllabus (Updated March 2, 2011)
News/comments
Final exam - please find some time to take this post test (without using your notes). Just e-mail it back to me @ chad.heinzel@uni.edu.
April 28 - I still do not have a full confirmation that money has moved from one account to another, so I cannot verify any registrations to the Iowa Academy of Science meeting including my own. None the less I am going and I do not believe that they will turn anyone away. If you receive any flack, just tell the people at the registration desk that you are with the GIS group from UNI. I've been told that the GIS workshop is in Room 134 of Voeks Auditorium. I'm not sure where that is on the Wartburg campus, but it is a small campus and cannot be that hard to find. Our workshop starts around 8:30AM on Friday and is slated to last until 10:30. I do not foresee that we will use the full time slot.t. Link to the Iowa Academy of Science webpage and here is a Link to a map of Warburg's campus.
Lecture slides
Lecture 1(What is GIS)
Lecture 2 (Coordinate Systems)
Lecture 3 (Getting to know ESRI's ArcGIS software)
Lecture 4 (Gathering data via the internet) Snow day
Lecture 5 (Maps - The Good, Bad, and Ugly)
Lecture 6 (Getting to know ESRI's ArcGIS software II)
Lecture 7 - Mobile Technology and GIS
Lecture 8 Google Earth and Science Classrooms (Powerpoint verson .pptx click here)
Lecture 9 Teaching topography using GIS/GPS
Lecture 10 Teaching geology with GIS/GPS
Lecture 11 Review and questions
Lecture 12 Your choice... What do you need help with?
Homework
Homeworks are in a word document (not .docx) you should be able to save it (right click then SAVE LINK/Target As), write your responses, and e-mail back to me at IGEIN@UNI.edu by the following Monday.
Week 5 (homework holiday)
Week 7 - Try to work through Module 2: Lesson 1 The Earth Moves in your textbooks. You should turn in a one page summery of A. Ease of use, B. Effectivness of content (did you learn anything), C. Describe your students/do you think they could learn from this activity.... (know more than 2 pages)
Week 8 - Develop a simple yet imformative Google Earth activity to use with your students (Please use the previously described format from your GIS text as much as possible)
Week 9 - Design a Topographic Map activity with or without a scientific theme
Files for week 9 (1. Iowa counties , 2 . Bedrock surface elevation , 3 . Surface topography , 4. NED 10m 5. Cedar Falls Quad, 6. 1930's airphoto of Black Hawk Co. 7. DEM of Blk Hawk Co. 8. A USGS 1:100,000 Quad of your choice (see video below if you need help downloading it from the IA DNR site...
Week 10 Options A. Create a Geology Activity for your classroom using Iowa DNR data OR listen to the following podcast and write a no more than one page summary about the program details and a no more than one page personal reflection... (the personal reflection will not be graded...)
Week 11 Final project description
Final exam (same as in the news post)... Thanks!!!
Links
Video assistance
The video vault (previous homework assistance)
Simple editing #1 Adding a new shapefile (point,line, or polygon) to an existing map project
Simple edting #2 Removing an unwanted point